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Come into the field with our biologists and interns as they conduct northern bobwhite quail surveys at Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge in Texas. Every summer, staff at APCNWR do point count surveys - they stand at various points throughout the refuge and listen for how many male bobwhites they hear calling. These surveys help us assess the quail population on the refuge and determine how they're responding to the habitat management we do. Plus, bobwhite quail are pretty darn cute!

Mojave desert tortoises occur in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts north and west of the Colorado River in southwestern Utah, southern Nevada, southeastern California, and northwestern Arizona. They live on a variety of terrain from sandy flats to rocky foothills, but face numerous obstacles when seeking suitable habitat in the wild. Roadways are one of the greatest dangers, accounting for the deaths of more than 200 tortoises a year. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service works closely with the U.S. Marine Corps and other organizations to treat injured tortoises. Desert Tortoise Rescue tells the recovery story of one particular tortoise struck by a vehicle and the team that saved it. It highlights the work of Palm Springs Fish and Wildlife Office biologist, Scott Hoffman, who partnered with the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms’ egg incubation and hatchlings headstart facility, and Turtle Island’s conservation, breeding and research center in Austria. The video also provides ways to help protect the threatened species.

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Bird Banding helps to promote the conservation and preservation of birds through the use of collecting data which allows for better understanding of things like migration patterns, life span and much more. In order to band you have to be licensed and certified and then you have to have a project in order to get a permit to do the banding.

In 2019, a Bio-Acoustic Fish Fence, or BAFF, was installed below Barkley Lock and Dam on the Cumberland River in Kentucky. The installation of the BAFF is part of ongoing research to determine the effectiveness of this technology in deterring Asian carp movement. If Asian carp are deterred from entering the lock chamber in response to the operation of the BAFF, their upstream movement and spread may be slowed. If successful, the BAFF may be utilized in various river systems, including waters leading to the Great Lakes. Project partners include the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, and the University of Minnesota. Research results are expected in 2023.

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the oldest federal conservation agency, tracing its lineage back to 1871, and the only agency in the federal government whose primary responsibility is management of fish and wildlife for the American public. The Service helps ensure a healthy environment for people by providing opportunities for Americans to enjoy the outdoors and our shared natural heritage. We manage the National Wildlife Refuge System with more than 560 National Wildlife Refuges as well as small wetlands and other special management areas encompassing more than 150 million acres. Under the Fisheries program we also operate over 70 National Fish Hatcheries and 65 fishery resource offices. The Ecological Services program has 86 field stations across all 50 states. The vast majority of fish and wildlife habitat is on non-federal lands. Voluntary habitat protection and restoration programs like the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program and the Coastal Program and other partnership programs are the primary ways we deliver habitat conservation on public and private lands. The Service employs approximately 9,000 people at facilities across the U.S. The Service is a decentralized organization with a headquarters office in Washington, D.C., with regional and field offices across the country. Our organizational chart shows structure and also provides information on senior management.

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Mojave desert tortoises occur in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts north and west of the Colorado River in southwestern Utah, southern Nevada, southeastern California, and northwestern Arizona. They live on a variety of terrain from sandy flats to rocky foothills, but face numerous obstacles when seeking suitable habitat in the wild. Roadways are one of the greatest dangers, accounting for the deaths of more than 200 tortoises a year. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service works closely with the U.S. Marine Corps and other organizations to treat injured tortoises. Desert Tortoise Rescue tells the recovery story of one particular tortoise struck by a vehicle and the team that saved it. It highlights the work of Palm Springs Fish and Wildlife Office biologist, Scott Hoffman, who partnered with the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms’ egg incubation and hatchlings headstart facility, and Turtle Island’s conservation, breeding and research center in Austria. The video also provides ways to help protect the threatened species.

Welcome to Conservation Skills in 10 Minutes or Less! Many species of freshwater mussels are threatened and endangered, so it is critical to have solid techniques for monitoring populations over time. One key step in monitoring over time is placing a tag on the shell so individual mussels can be tracked.

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This is the fourth video in the Sec 7 Interagency Consultation microlearning video series created by the National Conservation Training Center.

1 - Welcome to Section 7_1

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Florida panther mother walks with her cubs on Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge.

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Want to try something new this October? We are proud to present our first #LiveYourWild How-To video. Learn how you can set up a station to attract and observe insects - the smallest and most diverse animals on our planet! In fact, insects make up about 80% of the world's species. Now that's a lot of animals, literally right in your own backyard!