Images

Four blue Brewer's sparrow (Spizella breweri) eggs in nest, Steens Mountain, SE Oregon.

Brewer's sparrow (Spizella breweri) chicks in nest, Steens Mountain, SE Oregon.

Historically, the coastal plain of Alaska has been characterized by cloudy or foggy conditions, with only limited summer rain. However, with increasing air temperatures, convective storms are becoming increasingly common.

The scientists are running PVC pipes that will irrigate plants in a common garden.

Wetlands in an arid western landscape.

Cattle grazing in the Warner Valley, a valley within the Great Basin that contains several saline lakes. The cows were photographed during a survey of waterbird nesting colonies.

Pelican Lake, a saline lake in the Warner Valley of Oregon, taken during a survey of water bird nesting colonies. The saline lakes of the Great Basin are important habitat for migratory birds and other wildlife.

A heron colony in Pelican Lake, a saline lake in the Warner Valley of Oregon. Pelican Lake is an important habitat for water birds.

The nesting site for a colony of herons near Pelican Lake. Pelican Lake is a saline lake in the Warner Valley that is an important habitat for waterbirds.

Summer Lake, a saline lake in Oregon. The saline lakes of the Great Basin are important habitats for migratory birds and other wildlife.

Sagebrush seedlings grown at Birds of Prey National Conservation Area before outplanting to sites at BOP NCA in Nov 2012 in sites previously burned in wildfire summer 2012

Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum)

Forested watershed; from aerial survey for insect damage

The red-cockaded woodpecker is a federally listed species that declined in the southeastern United States from approximately 1.6 million cooperative breeding groups to less than 3,500 groups due to loss and degradation of habitat and fire suppression.

This radio tagged Oregon spotted frog was photographed at Upper Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. Radio telemetry tagging allows researchers to monitor the movements and distributions of species like frogs that are cryptic and often difficult to spot in the wild. 

Sagebrush seedlings grown at Birds of Prey National Conservation Area before outplanting to sites at BOP NCA in Nov 2012 in sites previously burned in wildfire summer 2012

Sagebrush seedlings grown at Birds of Prey National Conservation Area before outplanting to sites at BOP NCA in Nov 2012 in sites previously burned in wildfire summer 2012

Mt. Rainier with research boat in foreground on lake, Mt. Rainier NP

Unknown lake in Mt. Rainier National Park

Wind turbines around a farm house

A forested wetland in Mount Rainier National Park