-ScienceWoman, JodyFraser (16307128154)
Title: Fish and Wildlife Biologist Duty station: Palm Springs Fish and Wildlife Office Who is your Female Conservation Hero or Mentor? Of course the classics – Rachel Carson and Mardy Murie – but here in the FW... More
2015 Recovery Champion Awardee (26530831054)
Channel Islands National Park Superintendent Russell Galipeau and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Field Supervisor Steve Henry. Photo by Ashley Spratt/USFWS
2015 Recovery Champion Awardee (26531665384)
President of the Institute for Wildlife Studies David Garcelon (award recipient) with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Robert McMorran and field supervisor Steve Henry. Photo by Ashley Spratt/USFWS
2015 Recovery Champion Awardee (26532412793)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Field Supervisor Steve Henry commends the 2015 Recovery Champion Awardees from the National Park Service, Institute for Wildlife Studies, and The Nature Conservancy. Photo by Ashl... More
2015 Recovery Champion Awardee (26532475093)
Scott Morrison of The Nature Conservancy and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Robert McMorran. Photo by Ashley Spratt/USFWS
2015 Recovery Champion Awardee (26862174540)
Channel Islands National Park Superintendent Russell Galipeau and U.S. Fish and Wildlife biologist Robert McMorran. Photo by Ashley Spratt/USFWS
2015 Recovery Champion Awardee (26862189110)
The Nature Conservancy biologist Christina Boser and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Robert McMorran. Photo by Ashley Spratt/USFWS
2015 Recovery Champion Awardee (26862195180)
Lotus Vermeer of The Nature Conservancy and U.S> Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Robert McMorran. Photo by Ashley Spratt/USFWS
2015 Recovery Champion Awardee (27041719482)
Lotus Vermeer of The Nature Conservancy and U.S> Fish and Wildlife Service Field Supervisor Steve Henry. Photo by Ashley Spratt/USFWS
2015 Recovery Champion Awardee (27041722322)
Scott Morrison of The Nature Conservancy and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Field Supervisor Steve Henry. Photo by Ashley Spratt/USFWS
2015 Recovery Champion Awardee (27041727322)
President of the Institute for Wildlife Studies David Garcelon and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Field Supervisor Steve Henry. Photo by Ashley Spratt/USFWS
2015 Recovery Champion Awardee (27068040401)
Eamon O'Byrne of The Nature Conservancy and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Field Supervisor Steve Henry. Photo by Ashley Spratt/USFWS
2015 Recovery Champion Awardee (27068047601)
The Nature Conservancy biologist Christina Boser and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Field Supervisor Steve Henry. Photo by Ashley Spratt/USFWS
2015 Recovery Champion Awardee (27136650235)
Former Chief of Natural Resources for Channel Islands National Park Kate Faulkner and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Robert McMorran. Photo by Ashley Spratt/USFWS
2015 Recovery Champion Awardee (27136710985)
Former island fox biologist for Channel Islands National Park Tim Coonan and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Robert McMorran. Photo by Ashley Spratt/USFWS
2015 Recovery Champion Awardee (27136720065)
Eamon O'Byrne of The Nature Conservancy and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Robert McMorran. Photo by Ashley Spratt/USFWS
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service botanist Connie Rutherford serves as an educator and mentor to young biologists with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Photo by Jenny Marek/USFWS.
A refuge officer checks the fishing license of a refuge visitor
Image title: A refuge officer checks the fishing license of a refuge visitor Image from Public domain images website, http://www.public-domain-image.com/full-image/people-public-domain-images-pictures/male-men... More
Agencies working together at SR-76 Restoration Site (34064418064)
Partners from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish and Wildlife and Caltrans were involved in making sure this restoration provided suitable habitat for native wildlife. Photo by Joan... More
Alexandra Dibble Pitts, -ScienceWoman (16730448559)
Women in Wildlife March is Women’s History month, and we want to highlight some of the amazing women here at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on our social media sites. Name: Alexandra Dibble Pitts Title: Deputy ... More
Amber Aguilera (16680327266)
Amber Aguilera, Fish and Wildlife Biologist Credit: USFWS Amber Aguilera, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office, Sacramento, Calif. Female Conservation Hero? Rachel Carson. Where did ... More
Angela Picco (32894285233)
IN THEIR OWN WORDS: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in California, Nevada and the Klamath Basin recognizes the inspiring journeys and contributions of Service #WomenInScience. Angela Picco, Wildlife Biolog... More
Anne Voss (33715635306)
Anne Voss, Fish Biologist Credit: USFWS Anne Voss, Fish Biologist, CA-NV Fish Health Center, Anderson, Calif. “Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and d... More
Arts and Crafts (22094154384)
Fish and wildlife biologist Lara Drizd with the Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office worked with kids to design butterfly arts and crafts during the Dia De Los Muertos celebration. Photo by Ashley Spratt/USFWS.
Ashley Spratt (25045360314) - Johannesburg, South Africa
Ashley Spratt, Public Affairs Officer Credit: USFWS Ashley Spratt, Public Affairs Officer, Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office, Ventura, Calif. Who is your Female Conservation Hero or Mentor? A hero or mentor in m... More
Ashley Spratt with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service helps steady the bas...
Biologists with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service teamed up with Girl Scouts of California’s Central Coast on November 22, 2015 at Camp Arnaz near Ojai to build floating nest platforms that will be used by fed... More
Biologists (27102293982)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists Jenny Marek and Mark Ogonowski at Endangered Species Day at Sycamore Canyon School in Newbury Park, California. Photo by Mike Glenn/USFWS.
Carla Wise (32876424383)
Carla Wise, Biologist Credit: USFWS Carla Wise, Biologist, Southern Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office, Las Vegas, Nev. Carla says, “As a child, my love of wildlife started by catching frogs and turtles with my ... More
Carol Roberts (16689991526)
Carol Roberts, Supervisory Fish and Wildlife Biologist Credit: Jon Avery/USFWS Carol Roberts, Supervisory Fish and Wildlife, Biologist, Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office, Carlsbad, Calif. Who is your Female Con... More
Cat Darst (16076259314)
Cat Darst, Assistant Field Supervisor: Listing and Recovery Division Credit: USFWS Cat Darst, Assistant Field Supervisor: Listing and Recovery Division Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office, Ventura, Calif. Who is y... More
Cathy Wilson (33689636095) - Public domain map
Cathy Wilson, Cartographer Credit: USFWS Cathy Wilson, Cartographer, Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Las Vegas, Nev. From trips to the field to collect data, to processing data and imagery at her desk... More
Cay Goude & media TMRP,11-14-13 (10978883175)
Photo Credit: Doug Cordell/USFWS Cay Goude, Assistant Field Supervisor, USFWS, Sacramento Field Office explains the benefits of the plan. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was joined by the California Departm... More
Cay Goude (16705197912)
Cay Goude, Assistant Field Supervisor, Endangered Species Credit: USFWS Cay Goude, Assistant Field Supervisor, Endangered Species, Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office, Sacramento, Calif. Female Conservation Her... More
Cay Goude, Florence LaRiviere & media, TMRP, 11-14-13 (10979072954)
Photo credit: Doug Cordell/USFWS Florence LaRiviere shares the history of local support for the plan. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was joined by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Coasta... More
Christie Nichols NFBW (34925419411)
Christie Nichols (and Norman Nichols) Klamath Falls Fish and Wildlife Office Habitat Restoration Biologist Mainstem Salmon River, Idaho "Water recreation is a unique and challenging way to see our nation. Boat... More
Colleen Draguesku (25722549931)
Colleen Draguesku, Fish and Wildlife Biologist Credit: USFWS Colleen Draguesku, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office, Carlsbad, Calif. Where did you go to school or military branch? Ca... More
Colleen Draguesku NFBW (34925416121)
Colleen Draguesku Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office, Carlsbad, California Fish and Wildlife Biologist Inyo National Forest, California "I enjoy fishing as just one of many local opportunities we have to experi... More
Collette Thogerson (25650844626)
Collette Thogerson, Assistant Field Supervisor Credit: USFWS Collette Thogerson, Assistant Field Supervisor, Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office, Ventura, Calif. Who is your conservation hero or mentor, and why? ... More
Collette Thogerson, Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office and U.S. Air Forc...
Name: Collette Thogerson Military Branch: U.S. Air Force Position: Public Affairs Specialist Years Served: 1997-1999 Collette Thogerson served with the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess Air Force Base near Abilene, Texas.... More
Connie Rutherford (16875592061)
Connie Rutherford, Plant Recovery Coordinator Credit: USFWS Connie Rutherford, Plant Recovery Coordinator, Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office, Ventura, Calif. Who is your Female Conservation Hero or Mentor? So ha... More
Cristina Sandoval, Director of Coal Oil Point Reserve, and Jessica Nie...
Photo by Ashley Spratt/USFWS
DCCarr NFBW (34925419811)
DC Carr, Visitor Services Planner in the Sacramento Regional Office Boating on the Colorado River, Grand Canyon Parashant National Monument. River mile 279 "Western rivers are oases of life in arid lands. Ther... More
Dr. Chris Kofron, senior fish and wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fis...
Photo courtesy of Angela Chapman. Picryl description: Public domain photograph of National Park, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Eric Morrissette U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (24849458773)
Senior biologist Eric Morrissette with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service discusses the status of California red-legged frogs under the Endangered Species Act and the Safe Harbor Agreement which facilitated the... More
Eric Morrissette, USFWS biologist (25127811940)
Eric Morrissette, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service senior biologist looks on staff from National Park Service and Santa Barbara Zoo place egg mass into creek. Photo by Ashley Spratt/USFWS.
Erik Germain, Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office and U.S. Marine Corps U...
Name: Erik Germain Military Branch: U.S. Marine Corps & U.S. Army National Guard Position: Admin. Chief/Signal Support Specialist Years Served: 1998-2014 Erik Germain served with the U.S. Marine Corps from 1998... More
Faces of the USFWS Meet Senior Fish and Wildlife Biologist Chris Diel ...
What led you to a career with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service? I spent several years as a seasonal field biologist and a private consultant. I realized that while that work was necessary and important, I wa... More
Faces of the USFWS Meet Senior Fish and Wildlife Biologist Lena Chang ...
What led you to a career with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service? As a volunteer for a wildlife rehabilitation center, I was too often seeing the direct human impacts on wildlife and knew I wanted to be a part ... More
Faces of USFWS Hazel Rodriguez, Information and Education Assistant (3...
What led you to a career with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service? While I was in college, I worked seasonally for various government agencies during my summer breaks. My time with the National Park Service was ... More
Faces of USFWS Nicholas Rothfus, Administrative Assistant (35763489065...
What led you to a career with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service? I spent a lot of time outdoors with my friends when I was growing up. I had a tree house in the canyon that ran behind my home, and we would hi... More
Faces of USFWS Raphaela Ware, Wildlife Biologist (32256658480)
What led you to a career with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service? I have always been passionate about environmental conservation and the ecological networks of the natural world. While studying Conservation Bi... More
Filming the release of captively raised bog turtles in Georgia, 2005
Mike Hobbs, Public Affairs Specialist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, films the release of captively grown bog turtles in Northeast Georgia, in 2005
Fish and wildlife biologist Lara Drizd helps kids build their own nati...
Photo by Ashley Spratt/USFWS. Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fish and wildlife biologist Shawn Milar lends a helping hand to a seco...
Photo by Ashley Spratt/USFWS
Fish and wildlife biologist Shawn Milar lends a helping hand to two se...
Photo by Ashley Spratt/USFWS
Fish and Wildlife Biologists (13586196945)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Biologists Kai Palenscar and Christine Medak all suited up and ready to get some footage of Santa Ana suckers. Photo credit: A.Folarin/USFWS
Florence Gardipee (33648727496)
Florence Gardipee, Biologist Credit: USFWS Florence Gardipee, Biologist, Desert Tortoise Recovery Office, Reno, Nev. She studies wild Mojave desert tortoises and also organizes health screening and clinics to ... More
Florence LaRiviere & Cay Goude, TMRP-11-14-13 (10978972186)
Photo Credit: Doug Cordell/USFWS The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was joined by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Coastal Conservancy, and many other environmental organizations active in th... More
FWS agent Frank Glaser with two sheefish caught thru the ice by Eskimo...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agent Frank Glaser with two sheefish caught through the ice by Iniuit at Kotzebue, Alaska in December, 1952. The larger fish weighed 40 lbs., 50" long, 27" girth. The smaller weig... More
FWS Assistant Regional Director Mike Fris and Ventura FWO Deputy Field...
Photo by Mike Glenn/USFWS.
FWS Biologist Chris Gregory checks the air temperature (34106844705)
Photo by Joanna Gilkeson/USFWS.
FWS biologist Dou-Shaun Yang helps pull iceplant with students from Ve...
Photo by Ashley Spratt/USFWS
FWS Biologist Jonathan Snyder speaks at the Measure M Event (354697442...
Photo by Joanna Gilkeson/USFWS. Public domain photograph related to US National Parks, Nature, conservation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
FWS biologist Lara Drizd shows student how to cut branches off willow ...
Photo by Ashley Spratt
FWS Biologist Noelle Ronan sets up the survey site (34106844415)
Photo by Joanna Gilkeson/USFWS.
FWS Connecting People with Nature Coordinator Mike Glenn (16256336066)
Photo by Ashley Spratt/USFWS
FWS staff with Secretary Jewell (25663640920)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff from the Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office (Ashley Spratt, Collette Thogerson, and Steve Henry) with Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell on Santa Cruz Island. The Secretary jo... More
FWS staff with Secretary Jewell and Congresswoman Capps (25869451531)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff Collette Thogerson and Steve Henry with Congresswoman Lois Capps and Secretary Sally Jewell atop an overlook on Santa Cruz Island. Photo by Ashley Spratt/USFWS.
Getting in the Holiday spirit (30846189294)
Biologists Susan Wynn and John Martin celebrate while celebrating the release of an endangered butterfly (Lisa Cox/USFWS)
Glenn with Field Supervisor Steve Henry and local school teacher at Ve...
Photo by Ashley Spratt/USFWS
Greg Goldsmith NFBW (34669560170)
Greg Goldsmith and Former President Barack Obama Supervisory Information Technology Specialist Midway Atoll NWR "Boating can give you a perspective you cannot replicate while on land. It often gives you glimps... More
Hazel Rodriguez and Lara Drizd of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service s...
Video by Ashley Spratt/USFWS
Hazel Rodriguez of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service interviews stude...
Video by Ashley Spratt/USFWS
Hazel Rodriguez of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service interviews stude...
Video by Ashley Spratt/USFWS Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
How can the use of raptors instead of rodenticides help wildlife? (267...
Lena Chang, senior fish and wildlife biologist, talks about how raptors can be used instead of rodenticides to address rodent issues. Video by Ashley Spratt/USFWS.
How do rodenticides impact wildlife? (40619214472)
Lena Chang, senior fish and wildlife biologist, talks about the impact of rodenticides on wildlife. Video by Ashley Spratt/USFWS.
Interview with assistant field supervisor Cat Darst (41016336422)
Assistant Field Supervisor Cat Darst with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Ventura talks about her dream job, and how living in coastal California set her on a path to a career in conservation. Credit: Ha... More
Interview with botanist Connie Rutherford (26187883977)
Botanist Connie Rutherford with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Ventura talks about her "biodiverse" career that lead her to the Service. Credit: Hazel Rodriguez and Ashley Spratt/USFWS.
Interview with senior wildlife biologist Jenny Marek (41032833572)
Senior wildlife biologist Jenny Marek with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Ventura shares how her love of chemistry sent her on a path to join the Service's environmental contaminants program. Credit: H... More
Interview with senior wildlife biologist Lena Chang (40186525285)
Avid rock climber and senior wildlife biologist Lena Chang began her career at a wildlife rehabilitation center working with birds of prey. Inspired by the Service, she knew one bird at a time wasn't going to c... More
Interview with wildlife biologist Colleen Grant (41036145532)
Wildlife biologist Colleen Grant with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Ventura shares one of the "quirky" reasons she decided to pursue a career in science. Credit: Hazel Rodriguez/USFWS.
Interview with wildlife biologist Karen Sinclair (26204176077)
Wildlife biologist Karen Sinclair with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Ventura shares that learning about Jane Goodall at a young age led her to pursue a career in science. Credit: Hazel Rodriguez/USFWS.
Interview with wildlife biologist Kendra Chan (26188961947)
Wildlife biologist Kendra Chan with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Ventura talks about her parents' influence on her desire to pursue a career in science. Credit: Hazel Rodriguez/USFWS.
Interview with wildlife biologist Mary Martin (39266437340)
Wildlife biologist Mary Martin with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Ventura talks about how her mom played a huge role in encouraging her to pursue a career in science. Credit: Hazel Rodriguez/USFWS.
Interview with wildlife biologist Raphaela Ware (40366439834)
Wildlife biologist Raphaela Ware with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Ventura talks about her most memorable experience in her career thus far: holding an endangered California condor. Credit: Hazel Rod... More
Jan Knight (16704957201)
Jan Knight, Deputy Field Supervisor Credit: USFWS Jan Knight, Deputy Field Supervisor, Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office, Sacramento, Calif. Female Conservation Hero or Mentor? I didn’t really have one. All... More
Jen Jones, -ScienceWoman (16687117750)
Jen Jones is a wildlife biologist for the Yreka Fish and Wildlife Office. She enjoys spending time with kids and teaching them about wildlife and conservation through the USFWS's Connecting People with Nature P... More
Jennifer Isola (33648725246)
Jennifer Isola, Wildlife Biologist Credit: USFWS Jennifer Isola, Wildlife Biologist, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Sacramento, Calif. Since, 1997 Jennifer has been applying her talents as a wil... More
Jennifer Isola, -sciencewomen (16866065722)
Women in Wildlife ~ March is Women's History Month and we want to highlight some of the amazing women here at the US Fish and Wildlife Service on our social media sites. Name: Jennifer Isola Title: Wildlife Bio... More
Jennifer Norris (26102717605)
Jennifer Norris, Field Supervisor Credit: USFWS Jennifer Norris, Field Supervisor, Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office, Sacramento, Calif. Female Conservation Hero or Mentor? Too many to name! I am grateful fo... More
Jennifer Norris and Jan Knight at Coyote Ridge (16750151520)
Photo credit: USFWS @UsfwsSacArea Field Supervisor Jennifer Norris and her Deputy Jan Knight went for a tour of Coyote Ridge to see the conservation work in progress as part of the Santa Clara Valley HCP in Mar... More
Jenny Marek with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service encourages kids to...
Photo by Steve Henry/USFWS Public domain image related to the State of California, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
John Rueth 2016-01-26 (24169777914)
Livingston Stone assistant hatchery manager John Rueth talks to a news reporter inside the hatchery. USFWS Photo/Steve Martarano
Julie Day (16835463295)
Julie Day,a Fish Biologist in the Klamath Falls FWO enjoys a day at the office on Clear Lake in northern California.
Karen Sinclair (33154817646)
Karen Sinclair, Fish and Wildlife Biologist Credit: USFWS Karen Sinclair, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office, Ventura, Calif. Who is your Female Conservation Hero or Mentor? Jane Good... More
Karleen Vollherbst (16704947861)
Karleen Vollherbst, Schoolyard Habitat Program Coordinator Credit: USFWS Karleen Vollherbst, Schoolyard Habitat Program Coordinator, Sacramento Fish & Wildlife Office, Sacramento, Calif. Female Conservation Her... More
Kellie Berry (33455546092)
Kellie Berry, Sacramento Valley Division Chief Credit: Veronica Davison/USFWS Kellie Berry, biologist and Sacramento Valley division chief, Sacramento Fish & Wildlife Office, Sacramento, Calif. Who is your fema... More
Kelly Lockman (6279932064)
FWS Wilderness Fellow Kelly Lockman
Kendra Chan (33039790522)
Kendra Chan, Fish and Wildlife Biologist Credit: USFWS Kendra Chan, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office, Ventura, Calif. Who is your female conservation hero or mentor? There are many... More
Kendra Chan (left) and Karen Sinclair, fish and wildlife biologists wi...
OXNARD, Calif. (May 6, 2017) Kendra Chan (left) and Karen Sinclair, fish and wildlife biologists with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Ventura, during the biannual brown pelican survey along the West Coast... More