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See Spot Fly: New Story Map Takes Flight with One Very Rare Butterfly
See Spot Fly: New Story Map Takes Flight with One Very Rare Butterfly
Join the journey of a tiny Oregon silverspot butterfly to see how partnership puts the wind beneath their wings
USFWS Columbia Pacific Northwest Region
Aug 12
Science for the Summer: a Service Intern Gathers Field Experience in Washington
Science for the Summer: a Service Intern Gathers Field Experience in Washington
By Ari Espinosa, MANNRS Intern, Washington Fish & Wildlife Office
USFWS Columbia Pacific Northwest Region
Aug 11
Employment Program Helps Makah Tribal Member Find His Future at Hatchery
Employment Program Helps Makah Tribal Member Find His Future at Hatchery
By Dan Spencer, information and education specialist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Puget Sound & Olympic Peninsula Fish Hatchery…
USFWS Columbia Pacific Northwest Region
Aug 11
Idaho Refuge Begins $7.8 Million Project With Great American Outdoors Act Funding
Idaho Refuge Begins $7.8 Million Project With Great American Outdoors Act Funding
By Brent Lawrence, public affairs officer, Pacific Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
USFWS Columbia Pacific Northwest Region
Jul 26
Intern Adventures: Timing is Everything — Early Bird in the Field Spots Rare Cuckoo
Intern Adventures: Timing is Everything — Early Bird in the Field Spots Rare Cuckoo
By Thomas Serrano, Pathways Intern, Pacific Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
USFWS Columbia Pacific Northwest Region
Jul 19
Jane Lemieux Returns Home, Just Like the Salmon She Raises at Quinault NFH
Jane Lemieux Returns Home, Just Like the Salmon She Raises at Quinault NFH
By Dan Spencer, information and education specialist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Puget Sound & Olympic Peninsula Fish Hatchery…
USFWS Columbia Pacific Northwest Region
Jul 15
Spring Chinook Salmon Adult Returns Surging This Summer in Pacific Northwest
Spring Chinook Salmon Adult Returns Surging This Summer in Pacific Northwest
By Cheri Anderson, public affairs officer, Pacific Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
USFWS Columbia Pacific Northwest Region
Jul 13
Trio of Data Management Champions Working to Save Oregon Silverspot Butterflies
Trio of Data Management Champions Working to Save Oregon Silverspot Butterflies
By Bill Kirchner, biologist, Pacific Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
USFWS Columbia Pacific Northwest Region
Jul 1
Mid-Summer Smoked Mallard: Celebrate Hunting Season on the Fourth of July
Mid-Summer Smoked Mallard: Celebrate Hunting Season on the Fourth of July
By Joe Sands, wildlife biologist, and Lev Levy, public affairs officer, Pacific Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
USFWS Columbia Pacific Northwest Region
Jun 30
Owl Bet You Didn’t Know
Owl Bet You Didn’t Know
Learning from the Woman Involved in Washington State’s First Habitat Conservation Plan Thirty Years Ago
USFWS Columbia Pacific Northwest Region
Jun 28
Salmon…A Pacific Northwest Icon
Salmon…A Pacific Northwest Icon
By Cheri Anderson and Sean Connolly, Fish and Aquatic Conservation staff in the Pacific Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
USFWS Columbia Pacific Northwest Region
Jun 27
Guardians of the Oceans: A Superhero’s Guide to Defeating the Heat Blob and Saving Seabirds
Guardians of the Oceans: A Superhero’s Guide to Defeating the Heat Blob and Saving Seabirds
By Lev Levy, public affairs officer, Pacific Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
USFWS Columbia Pacific Northwest Region
Jun 8
Excitement Returns as Students, Staff Celebrate at Salmon Summit
Excitement Returns as Students, Staff Celebrate at Salmon Summit
By Cheri Anderson, public affairs officer, Pacific Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
USFWS Columbia Pacific Northwest Region
May 9
Restoration and Robots: Boise State Student Eden Ravecca Tracks Prairie Falcons to Inform…
Restoration and Robots: Boise State Student Eden Ravecca Tracks Prairie Falcons to Inform…
By Lev Levy, public affairs officer, Pacific Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
USFWS Columbia Pacific Northwest Region
Apr 13
Mini Nature Moments with Kids
Mini Nature Moments with Kids
By Juliette Fernandez, refuge manager at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Complex.
USFWS Columbia Pacific Northwest Region
Apr 7
Weathering the Pandemic: Makah Hatchery Staff Comes Together During Extreme Isolation
Weathering the Pandemic: Makah Hatchery Staff Comes Together During Extreme Isolation
By Brent Lawrence, public affairs officer with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Pacific Region.
USFWS Columbia Pacific Northwest Region
Apr 7
Go Beyond Getting a Job: Biologist Shares How She Landed Conservation Career
Go Beyond Getting a Job: Biologist Shares How She Landed Conservation Career
By Amanda Smith, public affairs officer, Pacific Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
USFWS Columbia Pacific Northwest Region
Mar 29
Healing the Soul by Healing the Land
Healing the Soul by Healing the Land
Indigenous Traditional Ecological and Cultural Knowledge Helps Reshape a Community
USFWS Columbia Pacific Northwest Region
Mar 28
Conservation Gives You Wings: Biologist Spreads Her Wings, Helps Rare Oregon Silverspot Butterfly
Conservation Gives You Wings: Biologist Spreads Her Wings, Helps Rare Oregon Silverspot Butterfly
By Amanda Smith, public affairs officer, Columbia-Pacific Northwest Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
USFWS Columbia Pacific Northwest Region
Mar 18
From Chasing Frogs to Restoring Habitat: Grant Specialist Heather Hollis Helps Partners Practice…
From Chasing Frogs to Restoring Habitat: Grant Specialist Heather Hollis Helps Partners Practice…
By Lev Levy, public affairs officer, Pacific Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
USFWS Columbia Pacific Northwest Region
Mar 17
Not All Who Wander Are Lost: Adventurous Native of Driftless Area, Iowa, Knows Where He Is Going
Not All Who Wander Are Lost: Adventurous Native of Driftless Area, Iowa, Knows Where He Is Going
By Amanda Smith, public affairs officer, Columbia-Pacific Northwest Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
USFWS Columbia Pacific Northwest Region
Mar 4
Invasive Green Crabs Pose Threat to Washington’s Shellfish Industry
Invasive Green Crabs Pose Threat to Washington’s Shellfish Industry
By Steven Sobieszczyk, public affairs specialist for the U.S. Geological Survey in Portland, Oregon; Brent Lawrence, public affairs…
USFWS Columbia Pacific Northwest Region
Mar 3
Conservationist Robes Parrish Moves On, but Leaves Behind a Legacy
Conservationist Robes Parrish Moves On, but Leaves Behind a Legacy
By Katy Pfannenstein, fish biologist, Columbia-Pacific Northwest Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
USFWS Columbia Pacific Northwest Region
Feb 18
Super Simple Game Bird Poppers
Super Simple Game Bird Poppers
By Joe Sands, wildlife biologist, Columbia-Pacific Northwest Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
USFWS Columbia Pacific Northwest Region
Feb 10
Ancient Neighbors Forecast the Future: Learning from Lampreys about Climate Change
Ancient Neighbors Forecast the Future: Learning from Lampreys about Climate Change
By Amanda Smith, a public affairs officer for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Columbia Pacific Northwest Region
USFWS Columbia Pacific Northwest Region
Feb 10
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