MV Brown Bear was an American research vessel in commission in the fleet of the United States Department of Agriculture′s Bureau of Biological Survey and Alaska Game Commission from 1934 to 1940 and in the fleet of the United States Department of the Interior′s Fish and Wildlife Service from 1940 to 1942 and from 1946 to 1951, under the control of the University of Washington from 1952 to 1965, and in commission in the fleet of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service from 1965 to 1970 and of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration′s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) from 1970 to 1972.
MV Brown Bear as a University of Washington research vessel in 1963.
Brown Bear in front of Taku Glacier in the Territory of Alaska in August 1935.
US FWS Brown Bear on 5 August 1941.
Port-quarter view of Brown Bear.
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service is a U.S. federal government agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior which oversees the management of fish, wildlife, and natural habitats in the United States. The mission of the agency is "working with others to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people."
Heather Bartlett, an Arctic Refuge law enforcement officer with the Fish and Wildlife Service, next to her Piper PA-18 Super Cub in 2009
FWS patrol vehicles in the Territory of Alaska in 1950
US FWS Albatross III
US FWS John R. Manning
