Texas Chenier Dedication
Video provides a tour of the new headquarters at Texas Chenier complex....

New Brazoria Administration Building
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....

Rotarun Trail - Mountain Biker Haven
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...

Rotarun Trail - Community Collaboration
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...

Pitchfork Ranch
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 cie...

Elk City Fuels Reduction
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....

Recovery Act Project helps Dexter NFH&TC Make Upgrades
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....

New Administration Building and Visitor's Center at Texas Chenier Plain Refuge Complex
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 Tex...

Major Stimulus Project Creates Jobs at National Research Refuge
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....

Recovery Act Funds Improvements at Patuxent Research Refuge
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. Th...

Groundbreaking at Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge
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 ...

Recovery Act Intern Tracks Sheep at San Andres National Wildlife Refuge
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...

Solar Generators Installed at Southwest Arizona National Wildlife Refuge Complex
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 t...

National Fish Hatchery & Technology Center Recovery Act Projects
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 ta...

Recovery Act Projects at Uvalde National Fish Hatchery
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...

Recovery Act Projects at Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery
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 p...

Richard Cronin National Salmon Station Tank Replacement
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....

Invasive Species Removal at Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
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 ...

Resource Holes Study at National Key Deer Refuge
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...

The Recovery Act got me my job
This video shares the stories of contractors and USFWS employees around the United States who benefited from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009....