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Eastern Ecological Science Center images.
Photo of a 45" muskellunge used in a catch and release study on angling mortality during warmer summer conditions. This study was led by Kyle Hartman from West Virginia University and his graduate student, Taylor Booth.
Photo of a 45" muskellunge used in a catch and release study on angling mortality during warmer summer conditions. This study was led by Kyle Hartman from West Virginia University and his graduate student, Taylor Booth.
Deb Iwanowicz and Christine Densmore Logging in first wastewater samples in BSL3 Lab.
Deb Iwanowicz and Christine Densmore Logging in first wastewater samples in BSL3 Lab.
The first three samples from Utah and Colorado arrive at the Leetown Lab.
The first three samples from Utah and Colorado arrive at the Leetown Lab.
A Connecticut Warbler banded at the Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station.
A Connecticut Warbler banded at the Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station.
A Canada Warbler with new band at the Bird Banding Lab's fall station.
A Canada Warbler with new band at the Bird Banding Lab's fall station.
A Brown Thrasher who has just received its unique 9-digt USGS band at the USGS Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station.
A Brown Thrasher who has just received its unique 9-digt USGS band at the USGS Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station.
Downy Woodpecker's tail is spread to better view marking and two new tail feathers growing in, during banding at the USGS Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station.
Downy Woodpecker's tail is spread to better view marking and two new tail feathers growing in, during banding at the USGS Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station.
Sample boxes prepped in Utah for sampling to start take over offices as they wait to be delivered to facilities.
Sample boxes prepped in Utah for sampling to start take over offices as they wait to be delivered to facilities.
An adult female Blue-winged Warbler at the USGS Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station.
An adult female Blue-winged Warbler at the USGS Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station.
Photo of Hopewell Run below the reservoir (located off Leetown Rd) taken during a bird walk with the Potomac Valley Audobon Society. The reservoir above where this photo was taken often has ducks (such as wood ducks, gadwall, black ducks, mallards, and even canvasback) and geese swimming around on it.
Photo of Hopewell Run below the reservoir (located off Leetown Rd) taken during a bird walk with the Potomac Valley Audobon Society. The reservoir above where this photo was taken often has ducks (such as wood ducks, gadwall, black ducks, mallards, and even canvasback) and geese swimming around on it.
An American Woodcock receives its USGS metal band at the Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station.
An American Woodcock receives its USGS metal band at the Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station.
A Yellow-bellied Flycatcher banded at the Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station.
A Yellow-bellied Flycatcher banded at the Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station.
Photo of a technician working at a biological safety cabinet.
Photo of a technician working at a biological safety cabinet.
This Northern cricket frog (Acris crepitans) was encountered while conducting dipnet surveys in Prince William Forest Park in Triangle, VA. These amphibian surveys support NPS goals of monitoring amphibians throughout all parks in the National Capital Region Network.
This Northern cricket frog (Acris crepitans) was encountered while conducting dipnet surveys in Prince William Forest Park in Triangle, VA. These amphibian surveys support NPS goals of monitoring amphibians throughout all parks in the National Capital Region Network.
June 2021 "People" category winner Erick Hernandez
USGS Natiave Bee Lab, Magicicada cassinii, super rare Blue eyed variant
the rare blue-eyed version of one of the periodical cicadas
June 2021 "People" category winner Erick Hernandez
USGS Natiave Bee Lab, Magicicada cassinii, super rare Blue eyed variant
the rare blue-eyed version of one of the periodical cicadas
Conductivity, water temperature, and water level gages in Bullskin Run, West Virginia. These gages are part of a regional study to understand how groundwater-surface water interactions affect fish habitat and thermal resiliency to climate change.
Conductivity, water temperature, and water level gages in Bullskin Run, West Virginia. These gages are part of a regional study to understand how groundwater-surface water interactions affect fish habitat and thermal resiliency to climate change.
Entrance to the National Fish Health Research Lab-EESC-Leetown campus-Kearneysville WV
Entrance to the National Fish Health Research Lab-EESC-Leetown campus-Kearneysville WV
Dr. Vicki Blazer and Dr. Heather Walsh extracting plasma from smallmouth bass sampled from the South Branch Potomac River. The plasma will be used for the quantification of vitellogenin (an egg yolk precursor protein used as a biomarker of endocrine disruption in male fish).
Dr. Vicki Blazer and Dr. Heather Walsh extracting plasma from smallmouth bass sampled from the South Branch Potomac River. The plasma will be used for the quantification of vitellogenin (an egg yolk precursor protein used as a biomarker of endocrine disruption in male fish).
A female Common Eider is being held by graduate student Tori Mezebish while the duck is being anesthetized for surgery to implant a small satellite transmitter to track the duck during subsequent breeding years.
A female Common Eider is being held by graduate student Tori Mezebish while the duck is being anesthetized for surgery to implant a small satellite transmitter to track the duck during subsequent breeding years.
Dr. Glenn Olsen is performing surgery on a female Common Eider to implant a small satellite tracking device in the duck. The surgery is done under sterile conditions and general anesthetic.
Dr. Glenn Olsen is performing surgery on a female Common Eider to implant a small satellite tracking device in the duck. The surgery is done under sterile conditions and general anesthetic.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service considers the Appalachian grizzled skipper (Pyrgus wyandot). The small number of known colonies, the small number of individuals per colony, and the lack of information on the genetic relationships among the colonies, populations, and metapopulations render the Appalachian grizzled skipper vulnerable to extinction.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service considers the Appalachian grizzled skipper (Pyrgus wyandot). The small number of known colonies, the small number of individuals per colony, and the lack of information on the genetic relationships among the colonies, populations, and metapopulations render the Appalachian grizzled skipper vulnerable to extinction.