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Eastern Ecological Science Center images.
Blue Ridge sculpin (Cottus caeruleomentum) are being acclimated for introduction into the Experimental Stream Laboratory at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center (Leetown campus).
Blue Ridge sculpin (Cottus caeruleomentum) are being acclimated for introduction into the Experimental Stream Laboratory at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center (Leetown campus).
USGS researchers are identifying sculpin species during fieldwork in Owens Creek, Maryland
USGS researchers are identifying sculpin species during fieldwork in Owens Creek, Maryland
This brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) was observed in Owens Creek, Maryland.
This brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) was observed in Owens Creek, Maryland.
Sunrise along the Jennings BBS route in Garrett County, Maryland.
Sunrise along the Jennings BBS route in Garrett County, Maryland.
Alex Haro, PhD accepted a Career Achievement Award at the 2022 Fish Passage Conference on River Connectivity in Richland, Washington
Alex Haro, PhD accepted a Career Achievement Award at the 2022 Fish Passage Conference on River Connectivity in Richland, Washington
Spotted salamander larva (Ambystoma maculatum) sampled in Great Falls National Park, VA as part of NEARMI surveys.
Spotted salamander larva (Ambystoma maculatum) sampled in Great Falls National Park, VA as part of NEARMI surveys.
Charlie Shafer and Damon Jenkins survey a trailside wetland for amphibians and measure environmental variables, like water temperature, as part of the Northeast Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative.
Charlie Shafer and Damon Jenkins survey a trailside wetland for amphibians and measure environmental variables, like water temperature, as part of the Northeast Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative.
Damon Jenkins surveys a wetland at Great Falls National Park in Virginia as part of Northeast Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative work in the US Capitol region.
Damon Jenkins surveys a wetland at Great Falls National Park in Virginia as part of Northeast Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative work in the US Capitol region.
Spotted salamander larva (Ambystoma maculatum) sampled in Great Falls National Park, VA as part of NEARMI surveys.
Spotted salamander larva (Ambystoma maculatum) sampled in Great Falls National Park, VA as part of NEARMI surveys.
USGS display table at 2022 FWS Managers and Maintenance Workshop hosted at Patuxent Research Refuge
USGS display table at 2022 FWS Managers and Maintenance Workshop hosted at Patuxent Research Refuge
A researcher bands an endangered Least Tern chick on Poplar Island, MD
A researcher bands an endangered Least Tern chick on Poplar Island, MD
A least tern chick rests in the sand before being banded on Poplar Island, MD
A least tern chick rests in the sand before being banded on Poplar Island, MD
Sam Droege (fore) arrived from Patuxent with plants for the Conte Lab's new pollinator garden. Sam Parker (back) assists with the planting.
Sam Droege (fore) arrived from Patuxent with plants for the Conte Lab's new pollinator garden. Sam Parker (back) assists with the planting.
Bird Banding Laboratory Biologist, Stephanie Egger, extracts a thrush from a mist net.
Bird Banding Laboratory Biologist, Stephanie Egger, extracts a thrush from a mist net.
Karmann Kessler and Zachary Kelly install a water temperature logger in Big Hunting Creek in Catoctin Mountain Park, MD.
Karmann Kessler and Zachary Kelly install a water temperature logger in Big Hunting Creek in Catoctin Mountain Park, MD.
Zachary Kelly installs a water temperature logger in Blue Blazes Run, a headwater stream in Catoctin Mountain Park, MD.
Zachary Kelly installs a water temperature logger in Blue Blazes Run, a headwater stream in Catoctin Mountain Park, MD.
Steve Walk and crew collect 80+ American shad from the trap at the Holyoke fish lift on the Connecticut River. Shad behavior will be studied in Kevin Mulligan's V-Trap study.
Steve Walk and crew collect 80+ American shad from the trap at the Holyoke fish lift on the Connecticut River. Shad behavior will be studied in Kevin Mulligan's V-Trap study.
A Red Knot C. c. roselaari captured at Gray's Harbor with a metal band on its right leg. Photo credit: Zak Pohlen, USFWS
A Red Knot C. c. roselaari captured at Gray's Harbor with a metal band on its right leg. Photo credit: Zak Pohlen, USFWS
A Red Knot Calidris canutus roselaari standing on the beach at Gray's Harbor. Photo credit: Zak Pohlenm, USFWS
A Red Knot Calidris canutus roselaari standing on the beach at Gray's Harbor. Photo credit: Zak Pohlenm, USFWS
A team of biologists sits in a circle to weigh and measure captured Red Knots. Photo credit: Zak Pohlenm, USFWS
A team of biologists sits in a circle to weigh and measure captured Red Knots. Photo credit: Zak Pohlenm, USFWS
Kevin Mulligan coordinates the end of the first shad trail in the Palisade Entrance study, a DOE funded study investigating the efficiency of a novel fishway entrance.
Kevin Mulligan coordinates the end of the first shad trail in the Palisade Entrance study, a DOE funded study investigating the efficiency of a novel fishway entrance.