Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC)

Willamette River near Corvallis, Oregon

An example of mowed linear fuel breaks along both sides of a gravel road in southwestern Idaho

Willamette River side channel, Snag Boat Bend, Finley Nat'l Wildlife Refuge near Corvallis, Oregon

A USGS scientist spreads moss fragments for a study to test the restoration potential of moss, an important component of biological soil crust. A jute net, foreground, helps stabilize the moss fragments as they adhere to the soil.

The Alsea River in the Oregon Coast Range

Metolius River, Smiling River Campground, Deschutes National Forest

Looking out over a red alder forest with evergreen trees at Cascade Head Preserve in Oregon.

PTT, or platform transmitter terminal, recovered from 22.83 year old male osprey. 

Researchers examine a bat (Myotis sp.) to test for the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome.

The USGS is researching how trees and epiphytic lichens are affected by nitrogen deposition in temperate forests.

Cover photo for Shinneman, D.J., Welty, J.L., Arkle, R.S., Pilliod, D.S., Glenn, N.F., McIlroy, S.K., Halford, A.S., 2018, Fuels guide and database for intact and invaded big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) ecological sites—User manual: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series Report 1048, p. 9, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1048