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Headshot for Sydney Shumar, scientist with the The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Bee Lab at the Eastern Ecological Science Center.

Density plots showing higher probability of host occupancy, on average, under proactive disease management (b, right) versus reactive disease management (a, left) for chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal). Adapted from 

Hunter Tyler Coleman holds two harvested ducks - both birds have been banded. Coleman is wearing a necklace of bands he's collected over the years. 

Cheyenne Smith is a post doctoral research fish biologist with the Eastern Ecological Science Center

A ghost forest stands in Goose Creek State Park in North Carolina. This is an example of a freshwater forested wetland that is transitioning to open water.

Alewife, also known as river herring, swim along a rocky bottom. The fish are silvery and shiny. 

A ghost forest stands in Goose Creek State Park in North Carolina. This is an example of a freshwater forested wetland that is transitioning to open water.

Close-up of two ducks harvested by Tyler Coleman. The ducks have both been banded. 

Hunter Tyler Coleman holds two harvested ducks that have been banded. Coleman believes all hunter should report bands. 

Preacher, a Boykin spaniel, holds a harvest duck in his mouth. He belongs to longtime waterfowl hunter Tyler Coleman. The duck has bird bands on its legs. 

Biological Science Technician, Kyle Hubbard, assists with checking and installing passive integrated transponder antennas for Kevin Mulligan's East Coast Ladder study in the East flume of the Fish Passage Complex at the Conte Lab.

Osprey nestling nearing age of fledging sits on a nest of sticks on a raised platform. 

An osprey landing on its nest with game camera capturing images of young and prey delivery. The osprey nests on the Choptank River. 

USGS scientist observing an osprey nest. Use of a mirror pole allows the researcher to observe the nest from a boat without disturbing the nest. The image was taken during a USGS study of osprey (Pandion haliaetus) and their prey (menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus), and other species of fish) in the middle and lower Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.

Vinyl “dots” installed on the glass at EESC Gabrielson building in a 2x2 inch grid pattern.

Front left side windows of EESC Gabrielson building replaced with bird collision deterrent “dots” to prevent bird collisions with glass.

The view of the collision dots from the inside of an office at EESC Gabrielson building. 

Dr. Heather Walsh uses a syringe to extract blood samples from a blue catfish. The blood will be tested for PFAS in the Leetown PFAS Lab.

Dr. Heather Walsh holds a blue catfish as part of sampling to determine PFAS levels in the fish. 

Dr. Heather Walsh measures the length of a blue catfish as part of a sampling to determine PFAS levels in the fish. 

EESC research volunteers Sean Walsh, Lydia Reed and Lindsey Hartzell take organ and tissue samples from two blue catfish. The research is part of a study to determine PFAS levels in blue catfish.