Скачать или смотреть Fieldwork Highlights: Western Washington Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office

Would you please step into our office? We at the Western Washington Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office hope you enjoy this collection of footage from our 2024 field season. You will see that we use a wide range of equipment and methods to monitor and study fish and aquatic populations. Enjoy!

Credit: Megan Frey, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service AmeriCorps Service Member
Music: Dan Spencer, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Video Description:
Title Scene (00:00 – 00:09): Underwater footage of kokanee salmon swimming in a creek. The title reads “Fieldwork Highlights” and includes a U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service logo. This is followed by the office name and location as follows: Western Washington Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office. Lacey, Washington.

Salmon Snorkel Survey (00:10 – 00:33): The text at the beginning of this scene reads: Salmon Snorkel Survey. The scenes in this section include underwater footage of juvenile salmon followed by biologists snorkeling and then adult salmon swimming.

Invasive European Green Crab Trapping ( 00:34 – 00:58 ): The text at the beginning of this scene reads: Invasive European Green Crab Trapping. The scenes in this section include crabs crawling in a container, biologists hiking and sampling in a marsh, and measuring a crab.

Beach Seining (00:59 – 01:25 ): The text at the beginning of this scene reads: Beach Seining (Partner Support). The scenes in this section include biologists deploying a net from a boat, pulling the net to shore and checking the catch, and measuring a fish.

Benthic Macroinvertebrate Survey (01:26 – 01:49 ): The text at the beginning of this scene reads: Benthic Macroinvertebrate Survey (Partner Support). The scenes in this section include biologists sampling in a creek, sorting through the sample, and closeups of the invertebrates caught.

Electrofishing (01:50 – 02:26 ): The text at the beginning of this scene reads: Electrofishing. The scenes in this section include biologists wading and sampling in a river, measuring and tagging fish, and releasing fish.

Radio Tracking (02:27 – 03:00 ): The text at the beginning of this scene reads: Radio Tracking. The scenes in this section include biologists tracking fish in rafts and on the shore followed by footage of a great blue heron taking flight from the river.

Credits (02:27 – 03:00 ): Footage of biologists rafting in a river. Text reads

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Puget Sound/Olympic Peninsula Fisheries Complex

Western Washington Fish & Widlife Conservation Office

Videographer, editor, & Producer: Megan Frey

Co-Producer & Musician: Dan Spencer