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Refuge System Celebrates 108 Years

Refuge System Celebrates 108 Years

Mar 3, 2011

The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Published

Mar 3, 2011

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Brown, white striped stretched-neck American Bittern with long sharp bill looking straight up in a frozen stance has great camouflage coloring next to thick brush and bushes

American Bittern

An ‘ākohekohe sits on a branch. It has a black body with orange patches strewn throughout its body. An orange circle outlines its eye.

Decision-making in a new era of conservation

A woman smiles while holding a Pacific lamprey. Logs and structures from Makah National Fish Hatchery are in the background below the trees and sky.

Story of Service: Kathleen Gerard

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