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USFWS Columbia Pacific Northwest Region
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USFWS Pacific NW Region

·Sep 12

Speaking with the Land: A Different Kind of Habitat Expert

By Juliette Fernandez, Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Complex project leader I drove up to the unit, a sea of flowering wapato, and saw a sole backhoe working on what seemed to be an island. I walked up a small two-track road approaching the equipment, bright in the hot August sun…

National Wildlife Refuge

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Speaking with the Land: A Different Kind of Habitat Expert
Speaking with the Land: A Different Kind of Habitat Expert
National Wildlife Refuge

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USFWS Pacific NW Region

·Sep 12

Getting Youth Hooked on Fishing and the Outdoors

By Dr. Erin Abernethy, Portland/Vancouver Area Urban Conservation Coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service The delighted squeals of children echoed around the pond as new anglers attempted to hook fish instead of their siblings. Earlier this summer, more than 100 families converged on West Salish Pond in Fairview…

Fishing

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Getting Youth Hooked on Fishing and the Outdoors
Getting Youth Hooked on Fishing and the Outdoors
Fishing

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Sep 5

People, Nations Build Hope for Caribou through Central Selkirk Maternity Pen Project in Canada

This year is the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, a law that has been a powerful catalyst for conservation of America’s most treasured fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats. In the Pacific Region, our Tribes, state and federal agencies, and partners have joined with our dedicated staff to…

Endangered Species

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People, Nations Build Hope for Caribou through Central Selkirk Maternity Pen Project in Canada
People, Nations Build Hope for Caribou through Central Selkirk Maternity Pen Project in Canada
Endangered Species

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Aug 31

Taking a Leap of Faith: Harnessing the Power of Community in Conservation

One woman’s battle against invasive bullfrogs unites federal, state, and private citizens By Amanda Smith, public affairs specialist, Pacific Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Bullfrog

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Taking a Leap of Faith: Harnessing the Power of Community in Conservation
Taking a Leap of Faith: Harnessing the Power of Community in Conservation
Bullfrog

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USFWS Pacific NW Region

·Aug 23

It’s a Bird, It’s a Crane! Sandhill Cranes Nest for the First Time at Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge

By Megan Nagel, public affairs specialist, Pacific Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service While birding at Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge in North Idaho, you can see so. Many. Birds. Number four on the Idaho Birding Trail list for North Idaho, at peak times during the fall migration you can see…

Wildlife

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It’s a Bird, It’s a Crane!
It’s a Bird, It’s a Crane!
Wildlife

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USFWS Pacific NW Region

·Aug 22

Fighting and Preventing Wildfire and Restoring Habitat for Fish, Wildlife, and Plants

By Megan Nagel, public affairs specialist, and Jan Peterson, for the Pacific Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service “The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the fuels management work we do is why I chose to make a career in fire,” shares Josh O’Connor, the Regional Fire…

Wildfires

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Fighting and Preventing Wildfire and Restoring Habitat for Fish, Wildlife, and Plants
Fighting and Preventing Wildfire and Restoring Habitat for Fish, Wildlife, and Plants
Wildfires

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USFWS Pacific NW Region

·Aug 11

Casting a Fly Toward Careers in Fisheries

By Kevin Cody, digital media and outreach intern for the Pacific Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service For over 20 years, the Northwest Youth Conservation and Fly-Fishing Academy (academy) has been teaching not only the ins and outs of fly fishing to teenage youth, but also the importance…

Internships

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Casting a Fly Toward Careers in Fisheries
Casting a Fly Toward Careers in Fisheries
Internships

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USFWS Pacific NW Region

·Aug 9

¡Bienvenido a su casa para Día de los Niños! The First Time to Welcome You Home

By Juliette Fernandez, project leader, Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge The lids of the large boxes of delicious looking pan dulce were lifted by refuge volunteers as four buses opened their doors at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. …

Bird Watching

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¡Bienvenido a su casa para Dia de los Niños! The First Time to Welcome You Home
¡Bienvenido a su casa para Dia de los Niños! The First Time to Welcome You Home
Bird Watching

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USFWS Pacific NW Region

·Aug 9

On the Minestrone-ness of Bird Subspecies: Some Words on the Totally Human Endeavor of Studying Red Knot Genetics

By Lev Levy, public affairs officer, Pacific Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service “It’s such a human thing to do, isn’t it?” Jesse Conklin, a bird ecologist and population geneticist, smiled wryly. We were talking about studying birds, and the totally weird things humans do so that we…

Birding

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On the Minestrone-ness of Bird Subspecies: Some Words on the Totally Human Endeavor of Studying Red…
On the Minestrone-ness of Bird Subspecies: Some Words on the Totally Human Endeavor of Studying Red…
Birding

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USFWS Pacific NW Region

·Aug 7

Ocean-going fish, Infrastructure, Local Economy all Winners Thanks to Oregon’s Salmon SuperHwy Partnership

By Jan Peterson, for the Pacific Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service In just a decade, the Salmon SuperHwy project is already more than halfway to its goal of opening 180 miles of cold, clean water along Oregon’s North Coast for spawning anadromous fish such as coho, Chinook…

Fisheries

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Ocean-going fish, Infrastructure, Local Economy all Winners Thanks to Oregon’s Salmon SuperHwy…
Ocean-going fish, Infrastructure, Local Economy all Winners Thanks to Oregon’s Salmon SuperHwy…
Fisheries

7 min read

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