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Welcome to the Environmental Contaminants Electronic Library site. This site contains fact sheets and other outreach materials released by the National Division of Environmental Contaminants office. Some offices in other U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Regions as well as some of the Service's Partner Agencies have also posted Environmental Contaminants documents and information (see links below).

Please note: most of these documents are in "PDF" format, to view "PDF" files, you may need to download and install the Adobe Acrobat Reader, free from Adobe, Inc.

Protecting and Restoring Marbled Murrelet Habitat. Reprinted from the Endangered Species Bulletin, July/August 2007, Vol. IV No. 4:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (09/01/2007)
Contaminants in Unexpected Places. Reprinted from the Endangered Species Bulletin, July/August 2007, Vol. IV No. 4:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (09/01/2007)
Restoring Whooping Crane Habitat in Texas. Reprinted from the Endangered Species Bulletin, July/August 2007, Vol. IV No. 4:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (09/01/2007)
Mercury Contamination in Waterbirds Breeding in San Francisco Bay. Reprinted from the summer 2007, issue of Tideline, a quarterly bulletin published by the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex.:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (05/30/2007)
Recommendations for Conducting Cooperative Natural Resource Damage Assessment. West Coast Joint Assessment Team.:  Multiagency   (04/01/2007)
The Lake Apopka Agreement. Reprinted from the Endangered Species Bulletin, March 2007.:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (03/01/2007)
The Environmental Contaminants Program. Reprinted from the Endangered Species Bulletin, March 2007.:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (03/01/2007)
Alaskans are Pulling Together. Reprinted from the Endangered Species Bulletin, March 2007.:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (03/01/2007)
Developing Barriers to Biological Invasions. Reprinted from the Endangered Species Bulletin, March 2007.:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (03/01/2007)
Clearing the Water for Mussels. Reprinted from the Endangered Species Bulletin, March 2007.:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (03/01/2007)
Bridging the Gap: Contaminants biologists help turn environmental hazards into healthy wetlands:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (01/01/2007)
Reducing Risks to Pollinators from Pest Management Activities.:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (10/01/2006)
Restoring Our Resources: Sangamo Weston, Inc./Twelvemile Creek/Lake Hartwell PCB Contamination Superfund Site, South Carolina:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (10/01/2006)
New Bedford Harbor Massachusetts Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service New England Field Office   (10/01/2006)
What's Happening to the Mysterious Mercury? (from the July/August 2006 issue of the Refuge Update Newsletter.):  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (08/01/2006)
Restoring Our Resources: Commencement Bay, Puget Sound, Washington:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (07/01/2006)
The Conservation of Pollinating Species (from the July, 2006 issue of the Endangered Species Bulletin. 340 Kb pdf):  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (07/01/2006)
Restoring Our Resources: Elliott Bay/Duwamish River, Puget Sound, Washington:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (07/01/2006)
Environmental Contaminants Program 2005 Accomplishments 2005 Accomplishments:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service New England Field Office   (05/01/2006)
Focus...on Pollinators: Why We Should Care About Pollinators (from Refuge Update Newsletter. March/April 2006.) (from July 2006 issue of the Endangered Species Bulletin.):  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (04/01/2006)
Aquatic Nuisance Species Program:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service New England Field Office   (03/01/2006)
The Environmental Contaminants Program:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (03/01/2006)
Reducing Risks to Pollinators from Pest Management Activities:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (10/01/2005)
The Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration in New England:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service New England Field Office   (10/01/2005)
Pine Street Canal Vermont Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service New England Field Office   (10/01/2005)
South Municipal Wellfield New Hampshire Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service New England Field Office   (10/01/2005)
North Cape Oil Spill Rhode Island Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service New England Field Office   (10/01/2005)
Landfill and Resource Recovery Inc Rhode Island Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service New England Field Office   (10/01/2005)
Bennington Landfill Vermont Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service New England Field Office   (10/01/2005)
Coakley Landfill New Hampshire Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service New England Field Office   (10/01/2005)
Charles George Landfill Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service New England Field Office   (10/01/2005)
Asian Carps of the Genus Hypophthalmichthys (Pisces, Cyprinidae) - A Biological Synopsis and Environmental Risk Assessment.:   US Geological Survey and U.S. Fish and Wildlife   (04/12/2005)
Spill Response:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service New England Field Office   (02/01/2005)
The Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Program - An Introduction:  U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service   (02/01/2005)
Draft National Management Plan for Genus Caulerpa:  Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force   (10/01/2004)
Reducing the Risks from Pests and Pest Management Activities.:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (07/01/2004)
Restoring Our Resources: Midco I and II Superfund Sites, Northwestern, Indiana:  U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service   (09/11/2001)
Restoring Our Resources: Potomac River and Sugarland Run - The Colonial Oil Pipeline Spill of 1993:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/National Park Service   (09/11/2001)
Restoring Our Resources: Vermont's Bennington Landfill:  U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service   (09/11/2001)
Restoring Our Resources: Utah's Jordan River - Sharon Steel and Midvale Slag:  U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service   (09/11/2001)
Restoring Our Resources: Iowa's Nahant Marsh:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (09/11/2001)
Restoring Our Resources: Indiana's Grand Calumet River οΎ— The U.S. Steel Settlement:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (09/11/2001)
Reducing Pesticide Risk to Wildlife:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Klamath Falls Office   (08/05/2001)
Pesticide Impacts (on endangered species). Reprinted from the Endangered Species Bulletin, March/April 1996, Vol. XXI No. 2:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (09/05/2000)
Pesticides and the Wyoming Toad. Reprinted from the Endangered Species Bulletin, May/June 1999, Vol. XXIV No. 3:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (09/05/2000)
Let's Get the Lead Out!:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (09/05/2000)
Homeowner's Guide to Protecting Frogs - Lawn & Garden Care:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (07/03/2000)
Evaluating the Health of Our National Wildlife Refuges: Amphibian Deformities (Malformations):  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (06/05/2000)
National Wildlife Refuges to be Surveyed for Deformed Amphibians in 2000:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (06/05/2000)
Migratory Birds and Contaminants: Bald Eagles Along the Lower Columbia River Estuary:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (11/01/1999)
The Exxon Valdez Spill: 10 Years Later. Reprinted from the Endangered Species Bulletin, March/April 1999, Vol. XXIV, No. 2:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (03/01/1999)
The Service at Coastal Oil Spills:  U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service   (03/01/1999)
Oil Spills and the Public:  U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service   (03/01/1999)
Restoring Our Resources: California's Upper Sacramento River - Cantara Loop:  U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service   (02/11/1999)
Endangered Species Bulletin - Environmental Contaminants Edition:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (01/01/1999)
Oil and Nature:  U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service   (10/01/1998)
Beyond Cleanup: Restoring America's Natural Heritage - Facts About Superfund's Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Program:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   (01/01/1998)


Other Fish and Wildlife Service Sites with Environmental Contaminants documents:

  • The Southwest Region Electronic Library houses most of the Region's Environmental Contaminants Investigation Reports along with many other public documents.

  • The Mountain-Prarie Region's Environmental Contaminants site has a bibliography of the Region's reports listed by state.

Service Partner Sites with Environmental Contaminants Information:

  • The US Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Wildlife and Contaminants Online.
    Provides links to:

    • Biological and Ecotoxicological Characteristics of Terrestrial Vertebrate Species Residing in Estuaries (contains summaries of biological characteristics, and contaminant exposure and effects data for 25 species commonly found in estuaries).
    • Contaminant Exposure and Effects -- Terrestrial Vertebrates Database (CEE-TV). (user-friendly searchable database for the Atlantic coast region containing ecotoxicological exposure and effects information on over 150,000 individual animals representing 200 species of amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals).
    • Utility and Vulnerability Ranking Programs for Terrestrial Vertebrates (developed to rank terrestrial vertebrates for their utility in biomonitoring and susceptibility to certain contaminants).

 


Last Updated: April 8, 2008

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