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Wetlands in the Nebraska Sandhills typically are at the groundwater and surface water interface. You are essentially seeing the groundwater level in the area. 

Looking south over the coral reef surrounding Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas National Park. Dry Tortugas Lighthouse stands on Loggerhead Key. To the right in the background is Garden Key, where civil-war era Fort Jefferson is located.

Lake Martin, a popular spot for bird-watching, fishing and boating, is part of The Nature Conservancy’s Cypress Island Preserve. The site, located in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, is a beautiful example of a bald cypress swamp. The first case of Snake Fungal Disease in a free-ranging wild snake in Louisiana was documented by a USGS scientist from there in 2015.

Lake Martin, a popular spot for bird-watching, fishing and boating, is part of The Nature Conservancy’s Cypress Island Preserve. The site, located in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, is a beautiful example of a bald cypress swamp. The first case of Snake Fungal Disease in a free-ranging wild snake in Louisiana was documented by a USGS scientist from there in 2015.

Fisheries scientists pull in netting used to capture Gulf Sturgeon in the Suwanee River, circa mid 1990's

Cover photo of the Research Publications of the National Biological Service published by the DOI in January 1995.

The National Biological Survey was established by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt via a secretarial order that transferred certain biological research functions of several bureaus of the Department of the Interior, including the U.S.

The National Wetlands Research Center was founded in 1975 as a part of the U.S. Wildlife Service’s Office of Biological Services. The team was originally headquartered at Stennis, Mississippi, and relocated in 1992.

Zebra Mussel, Lake Huron specimens.

Zebra Mussel, Lake Huron specimens.

In 1987, the National Fishery Research Laboratory in Gainesville, Florida is upgraded to the National Fisheries Research Center, which includes facilities at Stuttgart, Arkansas, and Marion, Alabama. The Laboratory’s mission was expanded to include research on freshwater and estuarine species, aquaculture methods, and imperiled species in the southeast. 

In 1979, the University of Florida provided 25 acres on a 94-year lease to accommodate the National Fishery Research Laboratory and experimental ponds in Gainesville, Florida. The building, part of the National Fishery Research Laboratory, was completed in 1986.

Image taken from 1980's brochure for the National Wetlands Research Center.

Scientists Walter Courtenay and James McCann of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fishery Research Laboratory pose in 1981 with a colleague. 

A 1978 postcard showing a drawing of the Gainesville National Fishery Research Laboratory which later became the Wetland and Aquatic Research Center.

Eleven months after the Mississippi Test Operations became the National Space Technology Laboratories, the first static test-firing of the space shuttle main engine test on the A-1 Test Stand is conducted on May 19, 1975.

FWS2170 Waterfowl Survey. Close-up of ducks in banding trap at Johnson Lake. 

Locality: Johnson Lake, Saskatchewan WATERFOWL SURVEY (EARLY 1950's)

Source: USFWS

In 1947, just seven years after opening, Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery already was a thriving, active facility.

This Department of Interior film from 1939 examines the origins of the Civilian Conservation Corps and profiles various accomplishments of the group in helping to build our nation’s parks. A still from the film shows young men who have volunteered for the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) men.

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) labor force replanted and rebuilt historic properties with the NPS. Here, a CCC work crew puts up a fence in Greene Country, Georgia.

1914 Photograph of Seining Salmon on the Columbia River, Oregon.