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Common Checkered-skipper
Common Checkered-skipper, Pyrgus communis
Common Checkered-skipper, Pyrgus communis
Common Checkered-skipper, Pyrgus communis

Closeup of a Common Checkered-skipper, Pyrgus communis feeding on a yellow flower located in a pollinator plot in North Dakota.

Closeup of a Common Checkered-skipper, Pyrgus communis feeding on a yellow flower located in a pollinator plot in North Dakota.

Two whooping cranes walking through a marsh
Finding compatibility between renewable energy and whooping crane habitat
Finding compatibility between renewable energy and whooping crane habitat
Finding compatibility between renewable energy and whooping crane habitat

In the northern Great Plains, conservation actions focus on maintaining the intactness of native grasslands and wetlands because they support high numbers of breeding and migrating bird species. Energy developers typically employ an “avoidance-first” wildlife mitigation strategy, in which they try to avoid known negative impacts to wildlife.

In the northern Great Plains, conservation actions focus on maintaining the intactness of native grasslands and wetlands because they support high numbers of breeding and migrating bird species. Energy developers typically employ an “avoidance-first” wildlife mitigation strategy, in which they try to avoid known negative impacts to wildlife.

Closeup on the mouth of a Barred Tiger Salamander cannibal morph, showing its pronounced teeth
Cannibalistic morph Barred Tiger Salamander Closeup
Cannibalistic morph Barred Tiger Salamander Closeup
Cannibalistic morph Barred Tiger Salamander Closeup

Cannibalistic morph Barred Tiger Salamander Closeup, Jamestown, ND. Perhaps the rarest barred tiger salamander morphotype is the "cannibal" morph. Cannibal morphs are typically larvae and are distinguished by their disproportionally larger heads and  pronounced vomerine teeth.

Cannibalistic morph Barred Tiger Salamander Closeup, Jamestown, ND. Perhaps the rarest barred tiger salamander morphotype is the "cannibal" morph. Cannibal morphs are typically larvae and are distinguished by their disproportionally larger heads and  pronounced vomerine teeth.

Barred Tiger Salamander larvae in a bucket, showing different morphs
Barred Tiger Salamander larvae
Barred Tiger Salamander larvae
Barred Tiger Salamander larvae

Cannibal morph Barred Tiger Salamander larvae in a bucket of typical morphs larvae, Kidder County, ND.

Photo of a bull elk with chronic wasting disease.
A bull elk with chronic wasting disease
A bull elk with chronic wasting disease
A bull elk with chronic wasting disease

A bull elk with chronic wasting disease at Wind Cave National Park.  The emaciated appearance and drooping ears are characteristic of latter stages of infection.

A bull elk with chronic wasting disease at Wind Cave National Park.  The emaciated appearance and drooping ears are characteristic of latter stages of infection.

Photo of a Sphecid wasp nectaring on Canada thistle.
Sphecid wasp nectaring on Canada thistle
Sphecid wasp nectaring on Canada thistle
Sphecid wasp nectaring on Canada thistle

Image of a Sphecid wasp, Specidae sp. nectaring on Canada thistle, (Cirsium arvense).

Biological Science Technician surveying breeding birds on both idle and hayed portions of a CRP grassland in Sheridan County, Mo
Biological Science Technician surveying breeding birds
Biological Science Technician surveying breeding birds
Biological Science Technician surveying breeding birds

Biological Science Technician surveying breeding birds on both idle and hayed portions of a CRP grassland in Sheridan County, Montana

USGS scientist Dave Brandt holds a captured whooping crane .
USGS scientist holds a captured whooping crane.
USGS scientist holds a captured whooping crane.
USGS scientist holds a captured whooping crane.

USGS scientist Dave Brandt holds a captured whooping crane while Dr. Barry Hartup with the International Crane Foundation assesses the bird's health before marking.

Aerial photo of the prairie pothole region of North American
Wetlands in the prairie pothole region of North American
Wetlands in the prairie pothole region of North American
Wetlands in the prairie pothole region of North American

Wetlands in the prairie pothole region of North American, while often appearing as being isolated from each other, are interconnect to each through a variety of ways including temporary surface-water flows, long-term groundwater flows, and biotic movements.

Wetlands in the prairie pothole region of North American, while often appearing as being isolated from each other, are interconnect to each through a variety of ways including temporary surface-water flows, long-term groundwater flows, and biotic movements.

Photo of a prairie restoration.
Early establishing species in a prairie reconstruction
Early establishing species in a prairie reconstruction
Upland Sandpiper fledgling in Day County, South Dakota
Upland Sandpiper fledgling
Upland Sandpiper fledgling
Upland Sandpiper fledgling

Image of Upland Sandpiper fledgling taken during Breeding Bird Surveys in Day County, South Dakota.

Image of Upland Sandpiper fledgling taken during Breeding Bird Surveys in Day County, South Dakota.

Image of Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Image of Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center from hill above our Administration building in Jamestown, North Dakota
Image of Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center from hill above our Administration building in Jamestown, North Dakota
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