Desert Wetland Restoration: How Hunting Plays a Role

Join Partners for Fish and Wildlife Biologist Gwen Kolb at The Boys and Girls Ranch of New Mexico in the Middle Rio Grande Valley. Kolb and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program provide technical assistance on The Ranches’ wetlands restoration project in the Chihuahuan Desert.
The restoration of this historic wetland along the Rio has been so successful that waterfowl have taken up residence at the site, making it possible for the North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association to host their 2022 Invitational in the desert, and their first invitational ever in a western state.
Audio Described Version: https://youtu.be/Qdj0IHvIuXE
Video produced by Al Barrus, Public Affairs Specialist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southwest Region.
Special Thanks to:
The Ranches https://www.theranches.org/
North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association https://www.navhda.org/
Subjects Interviewed (in order of appearance):
Gwen Kolb, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Biologist, USFWS
Keith Phillipi, Volunteer, Wetlands Manager, Boys and Girls Ranch of New Mexico, The Ranches
Bridgett Nielson, Retired Partners for Fish and Wildlife Biologist, NAVHDA Judge
Terry Ann Fernando, NAVHDA Member
Desiree Stormont, NAVHDA Judge/Member
Credits:
Photos of youths in rural setting Copyrighted by The Ranches. TheRanches.org
Photo of Duck Stamp Copyrighted by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Photo: Two men and a black dog embark on a duck hunt. Credit: Ryan Hagerty/USFWS
Photo: Waterfowl hunter silhouette hunting at sunrise. Credit: Chuck Traxler/USFWS
Photo: A youth, three adults and black dog waterfowl hunting. Credit: USFWS
Graphics provided by The Ranches, North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association, and USFWS.
Aerial footage courtesy of Hunter Olsen.
All other photos and video as well as interviews, production, audio description and editing by Al Barrus/USFWS.
Learn more about Partners for Fish and Wildlife Biologist Gwen Kolb. https://www.fws.gov/story/2022-11/gwe...
https://www.fws.gov
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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