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Image: Winter Boating at Cougar
Winter Boating at Cougar
Winter Boating at Cougar
Winter Boating at Cougar

Two employees install equipment at Cougar Dam on a cold and wintery day.

Image: Alder Creek
Alder Creek
Alder Creek
Alder Creek

The USGS had a antenna sight set up at Alder Creek to monitor fish movements through this dead forest killed by the eruption of Mt. Saint Helens

The USGS had a antenna sight set up at Alder Creek to monitor fish movements through this dead forest killed by the eruption of Mt. Saint Helens

Image: Back into the River
Back into the River
Back into the River
Image: Along the Klickitat River
Along the Klickitat River
Along the Klickitat River
Along the Klickitat River

Radio tracking adult Chinook and steelhead on the Klickitat River in the fall.

Image: Sunset Over the Reservoir
Sunset Over the Reservoir
Sunset Over the Reservoir
Sunset Over the Reservoir

Just finished lampara seining during the daylight now moving into evening seining.

Image: Devil's Throat
Devil's Throat
Devil's Throat
Devil's Throat

While the immediate hazards of volcanoes are known, some areas become destabilized by drained, underground lava tubes and collapse years later.

While the immediate hazards of volcanoes are known, some areas become destabilized by drained, underground lava tubes and collapse years later.

Image: Lake Mead
Lake Mead
Lake Mead
Lake Mead

Decreased snow melt limits water levels in one of the west’s most vital reservoirs.

Decreased snow melt limits water levels in one of the west’s most vital reservoirs.

Image: Fog in the Valley
Fog in the Valley
Fog in the Valley
Fog in the Valley

Standing on the Earth and Dam at Cougar as the fog rolled in between the snow capped mountains.

Standing on the Earth and Dam at Cougar as the fog rolled in between the snow capped mountains.

Image: Along the Klickitat River
Along the Klickitat River
Along the Klickitat River
Along the Klickitat River

Radio tracking adult Chinook and steelhead on the Klickitat River in the fall.

Image: Gastric Radio Tagging an Adult Chinook
Gastric Radio Tagging an Adult Chinook
Gastric Radio Tagging an Adult Chinook
Gastric Radio Tagging an Adult Chinook

This Chinook was tagged and then released back into the Klickitat River where we tracked its movements up and down the river.

Image: The View from Above
The View from Above
The View from Above
The View from Above

The view of Cougar Dam and the fish facility from the upper cliff side. 

Image: Fog in the Valley
Fog in the Valley
Fog in the Valley
Fog in the Valley

Standing on the Earth and Dam at Cougar as the fog rolled in between the snow capped mountains.

Standing on the Earth and Dam at Cougar as the fog rolled in between the snow capped mountains.

Image: Aged Windmills
Aged Windmills
Aged Windmills
Aged Windmills

An impulsive alternative energy program subsidized farmers who allowed windmill construction but did not account for maintaining the resource.

An impulsive alternative energy program subsidized farmers who allowed windmill construction but did not account for maintaining the resource.

Image: Sorting  Larvae Samples
Sorting Larvae Samples
Sorting Larvae Samples
Sorting Larvae Samples

Hallie Ladd, Beau Griffith and Jeff Beasley, Five Rivers Services, LLC biologists sorting through larvae samples collected from the Missouri River.

Hallie Ladd, Beau Griffith and Jeff Beasley, Five Rivers Services, LLC biologists sorting through larvae samples collected from the Missouri River.

Image: Hoffsteadt Creek
Hoffsteadt Creek
Hoffsteadt Creek
Hoffsteadt Creek

Hoffsteadt Creek is one of the salmon release sights after being radio tagged. This picture is taken just downstream from the release sight after a fish release.

Hoffsteadt Creek is one of the salmon release sights after being radio tagged. This picture is taken just downstream from the release sight after a fish release.

Image: Drowned Alligator Hatchling
Drowned Alligator Hatchling
Drowned Alligator Hatchling
Drowned Alligator Hatchling

A combination of salt water intrusion and altered water deliveries to Everglades National Park will likely decrease alligator nesting success, as seen by this baby gator whose nest was flooded.

A combination of salt water intrusion and altered water deliveries to Everglades National Park will likely decrease alligator nesting success, as seen by this baby gator whose nest was flooded.

Image: Pahoehoe
Pahoehoe
Pahoehoe
Pahoehoe

Cooled ropey pahoehoe overlays active lava flows only detectable by heat radiating from the ground.

Cooled ropey pahoehoe overlays active lava flows only detectable by heat radiating from the ground.

Image: The View From Above
The View From Above
The View From Above
The View From Above

The view of Cougar Dam and the fish facility from the upper cliff side. 

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