USGS Multimedia Gallery for Video Tag: DOIRecovery

http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/logos/usgs_only.jpg USGS Multimedia Gallery for Video Tag: DOIRecovery http://gallery.usgs.gov/ en-us OC_Web@usgs.gov (Office of Communications Web Group) http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/USGS.gif USGS http://gallery.usgs.gov/ <![CDATA[Texas Chenier Dedication]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/383 Video provides a tour of the new headquarters at Texas Chenier complex.

]]> <![CDATA[New Brazoria Administration Building]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/375 This video gives a tour through the new Brazoria Administration Building. The tour highlights the new copy room, the new energy efficient systems used, and the wildlife the Refuge houses.

]]> <![CDATA[Rotarun Trail - Mountain Biker Haven]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/348 Describes construction of a segment of mountain bike trail network near Hailey, Idaho using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds.

Also see: Rotarun Trail - Community Collaboration

]]> <![CDATA[Rotarun Trail - Community Collaboration]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/349 Details the collaboration between Bureau of Land Management and local community to design and build a mountain bike trail.

Also see: Rotarun Trail - Mountain Biker Haven

]]> <![CDATA[Pitchfork Ranch]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/332 The project is to return the functionality of the burro cienega to its functionality of 150 years ago. With the Partner's program they will have installed 150, maybe 200 grade control structures over the 8.6 mile reach of the Burro Cienega that�s on Pitchfork ranch as tier one. By tier four the cienega will be built. As a result, when the water comes down and spreads out it will be a football field wide instead of 6 inches wide.

]]> <![CDATA[Elk City Fuels Reduction]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/326 The BLM and a community group partnered to reduce hazardous fuels in the wildland urban interface around Elk City, Idaho through an assistance agreement funded with an ARRA allocation.

]]> <![CDATA[Recovery Act Project helps Dexter NFH&TC Make Upgrades]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/299 This video provides in an inside look at the work that takes place every day at Dexter National Fish Hatchery and Technology Center. Recovery Act funds will help the hatchery keep up with its changing mission.

]]> <![CDATA[New Administration Building and Visitor's Center at Texas Chenier Plain Refuge Complex]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/294 On July 8, 2010, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service broke ground on a $6.2 million Recovery Act project to build a Visitor's Center and Administration Building in Anahuac, Texas. The building is intended to serve up to 5.7 million people in the Houston-Sugarland-Baytown metropolitan area and the Texas Gulf Coast. Service and local government officials addressed the Anahuac community about this important project.

]]> <![CDATA[Major Stimulus Project Creates Jobs at National Research Refuge]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/293 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has awarded more than $6 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds for construction projects that will significantly modernize facilities at the Patuxent Research Refuge in Laurel, Md.

]]> <![CDATA[Recovery Act Funds Improvements at Patuxent Research Refuge]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/266 Patuxent Research Refuge, in Laurel, Maryland, is the nation's only national wildlife refuge dedicated to wildlife research. The Service has awarded $6.9 million in Recovery Act funds for improvements at the refuge, including rehabilitating Nelson Laboratory, Snowden Hall, and Stickel Laboratory. These silent videos show footage from Patuxent Research Refuge and the three brick facilities that will be rehabilitated.

]]> <![CDATA[Groundbreaking at Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/259 After more than 10 years of hope and speculation, the Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge outside of Okmulgee, Oklahoma will finally be receiving an onsite administration building thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. In this video, Refuge Manager Darin Unruh and others share what this new administration building means for refuge staff, the public, and the community.

Related project: R2AF--Construct New Administrative Facility, Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge

]]> <![CDATA[Recovery Act Intern Tracks Sheep at San Andres National Wildlife Refuge]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/243 Ryan Platte was hired as a Recovery Act intern to monitor and track bighorn sheep at the San Andres National Wildlife Refuge. This video follows Ryan Platte on a typical day at work as he answers questions about his unique job.

Related project: Southwest Region, Employ 20 Temporary Hires, FFS #R2NF

]]> <![CDATA[Solar Generators Installed at Southwest Arizona National Wildlife Refuge Complex]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/242 This time-lapse video shows Recovery Act workers install solar generators from start to finish at the Southwest Arizona National Wildlife Refuge Complex. Contractor MAC Electric Inc, of Yuma, Arizona, recently completed the project and made this video to catalogue the project's progression. Thanks to this Recovery Act project, the Southwest Arizona National Wildlife Refuge Complex is now collecting 40,000 watts of photovoltaic solar electricity from the Arizona summer sun.

Related project: Solar Photovoltaic Projects at Cibola NWR and Imperial NWR, FFS #R2CD, R2CE

]]> <![CDATA[National Fish Hatchery & Technology Center Recovery Act Projects]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/236 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will use Recovery Act funds for five projects at Dexter National Fish Hatchery and Technology Center in Chaves County, New Mexico, designed to rehabilitate, upgrade and improve efficiency at the fishery. This slideshow provides an overview of the activities that take place at Dexter NFH&TC and highlights how these Recovery Act projects will improve operations.

Related project: Dexter NFH&TC, FFS #R2PG, R2PH, R2PJ, R2PK, R2PL

]]> <![CDATA[Recovery Act Projects at Uvalde National Fish Hatchery]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/237 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will use Recovery Act funds for eight projects at Uvalde National Fish Hatchery located in Uvalde County, Texas. This video slideshow highlights the installation of a water supply line at the hatchery and the construction of a new chemical storage building and shed thanks to Recovery Act funding.

Related project: Uvalde NFH, FFS #R2QF, R2QG, R2QH, R2QJ, R2QK, R2QL, R2QM, R2QN

]]> <![CDATA[Recovery Act Projects at Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/238 Recovery Act funds will be used for five projects at Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery in Mojave County, Arizona, including the rehabilitation of the hatchery and shop buildings and energy efficiency projects. One of the most important projects at Willow Beach NFH was the installation of a solar photovoltaic system that takes advantage of the area's 300 days of sunshine a year.

Related project: Willow Beach NFH, FFS #R2QU, R2QV, R2QW, R2QX, R2QY

]]> <![CDATA[Richard Cronin National Salmon Station Tank Replacement]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/233 The Richard Cronin National Salmon Station used Recovery Act funds to remove an old, defunct water recirculation tank and replace it with a new 10,000-gallon storage tank. This video shows footage from April 2010 when the old two-tank system was disconnected and removed and a new tank was installed.

Related to project: Richard Cronin National Salmon Station, FFS #R5PU

]]> <![CDATA[Invasive Species Removal at Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/231 In this video, Geovany Esteban and Lisa Jameson discuss their work on the Melaleuca removal project at Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1.25 million contract for the removal of invasive plant species from about 9,000 acres of the refuge, including Melaleuca, Old World climbing fern, Brazilian pepper and Australian pine.

Related to ARRA project: Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee NWR — Invasive Species Removal, FFS #R4MA

]]> <![CDATA[Resource Holes Study at National Key Deer Refuge]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/232 Postgraduate student scientists Kristie Killam and Joshua Albritton are splitting a $50,000 stimulus contract to study the salinity and biodiversity of the refuge's resource holes. In this video slideshow, Kristie and Joshua discuss their study and the impact it could have on the future.

Related to ARRA project: National Key Deer Refuge, FFS #R4MF

]]> <![CDATA[The Recovery Act got me my job]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/227 <![CDATA[Lighthouse Rehabilitation at Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/228 Nearly $1.5 million in Recovery Act funding will be used to repair a lighthouse and an outbuilding on Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Video includes interviews with the refuge manager and construction contractor, as well as footage from the project site.

Related to project: R5BB -- Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge -- Rehabilitate Monomoy Lighthouse

]]> <![CDATA[Attleboro National Fish Hatchery—Interview with Larry Lofton]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/225 A new and improved water supply well will be connected to the North Attleboro National Fish Hatchery thanks to Recovery Act funds. In this interview with the project coordinator, Larry Lofton explains what this new well means to the facility.

Related to Recovery project: North Attleboro NFH -- FFS #R5RA

]]> <![CDATA[Restore Pecos River Flows at Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/226 Recovery Act funds will be used to remove non-native salt cedar trees to restore riparian habitat and promote natural river-channeling processes at Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge. This slideshow of pictures from the project explains how the salt cedar tress will be removed.

Related to Recovery project: Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge, FFS #R2MA

]]> <![CDATA[Fish Passage at Fivemile Creek]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/224 A brief overview of a cooperative restoration project undertaken by local ranchers, the Klamath Falls Fish and Wildlife Office in Southern Oregon, and their partners to improve fish habitat by reconstructing the creek and reconnecting it to its flood plain.

Related to project: Klamath Falls Fish and Wildlife Office (FFS #4153-R8TB)

]]> <![CDATA[Recovery Act Project Creates Jobs at San Francisco Company and Benefits the National Elk Refuge]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/196 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is making a difference in local communities across the country. As just one example, $4.3 million in Recovery Act funding is providing a major benefit for both Yerba Buena Engineering and Construction based in San Francisco, California and the National Elk Refuge, located near the heart of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.

Related to the National Elk Refuge - FFS #R6MB project.

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