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The cover page of a USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center cooperator publication prepared as part of an Interagency Agreement with the Bureau of Reclamation.
The cover page of a USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center cooperator publication prepared as part of an Interagency Agreement with the Bureau of Reclamation.
An example of repeat photography in action - A researcher, Jim Malusa of the University of Arizona School of Natural Resources and the Environment, holds a clipboard with a historic photograph captured right at the spot where the image was originally taken in the 1900s, with the same mountain landscape in view.
An example of repeat photography in action - A researcher, Jim Malusa of the University of Arizona School of Natural Resources and the Environment, holds a clipboard with a historic photograph captured right at the spot where the image was originally taken in the 1900s, with the same mountain landscape in view.
Rebecca Finger-Higgens is a USGS scientist at the Southwest Biological Science Center. Here she is conducting fieldwork in the southwest US, Utah.
Rebecca Finger-Higgens is a USGS scientist at the Southwest Biological Science Center. Here she is conducting fieldwork in the southwest US, Utah.
Photo of Shannon Sartain, hydrologist at the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center.
Photo of Shannon Sartain, hydrologist at the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center.
A screenshot of a frame in the USGS b-roll video "Mapping biocrust with UAS technology in Moab, Utah". USGS researchers teamed up for a biological soil crust (biocrust) remote sensing and field data campaign near Moab, Utah in February of 2022.
A screenshot of a frame in the USGS b-roll video "Mapping biocrust with UAS technology in Moab, Utah". USGS researchers teamed up for a biological soil crust (biocrust) remote sensing and field data campaign near Moab, Utah in February of 2022.
Two biologists conduct fieldwork research at the Gemini solar array energy and storage project in the Mojave Desert, Nevada. They are collecting data on plant identification and soil sampling. Photo by Claire Karban, USGS, SBSC.
Two biologists conduct fieldwork research at the Gemini solar array energy and storage project in the Mojave Desert, Nevada. They are collecting data on plant identification and soil sampling. Photo by Claire Karban, USGS, SBSC.
As an ecologist with the US Geological Survey’s Southwest Biological Science Center, Gregor works to understand the environmental variables that influence plant regeneration in the Great Basin and the Colorado Plateau.
As an ecologist with the US Geological Survey’s Southwest Biological Science Center, Gregor works to understand the environmental variables that influence plant regeneration in the Great Basin and the Colorado Plateau.
A SM4 bat detector is placed on top of a pole in Grand Canyon near the Colorado River, below Emerald Rapid. This weatherproof detector records ultrasonic bat calls. The recording is part of an ongoing study that is examining bat abundance and foraging in Grand Canyon along the Colorado River.
A SM4 bat detector is placed on top of a pole in Grand Canyon near the Colorado River, below Emerald Rapid. This weatherproof detector records ultrasonic bat calls. The recording is part of an ongoing study that is examining bat abundance and foraging in Grand Canyon along the Colorado River.
Northern Arizona University graduate students monitor seedling emergence in a northern Arizona RestoreNet site.
Northern Arizona University graduate students monitor seedling emergence in a northern Arizona RestoreNet site.
Northern Arizona University graduate student Ri Corwin collects soil for greenhouse inoculation experiments. Photo by Laura Shriver.
Northern Arizona University graduate student Ri Corwin collects soil for greenhouse inoculation experiments. Photo by Laura Shriver.
RAMPS Biologist Sarah Costanzo collects soil for greenhouse inoculation experiments. Photo by USGS, SBSC.
RAMPS Biologist Sarah Costanzo collects soil for greenhouse inoculation experiments. Photo by USGS, SBSC.
Photographs of different types of erosion that physically degrade archaeological sites along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park: (A) Cutbank erosion in a large alluvial terrace has exposed a prehistoric hearth (buried charcoal lens) in profile; (B) Surface erosion from both water runoff and wind has deflated the archaeological matrix, and in the absenc
Photographs of different types of erosion that physically degrade archaeological sites along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park: (A) Cutbank erosion in a large alluvial terrace has exposed a prehistoric hearth (buried charcoal lens) in profile; (B) Surface erosion from both water runoff and wind has deflated the archaeological matrix, and in the absenc
A staff photo of Lauren Tango, conducting field research on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon.
A staff photo of Lauren Tango, conducting field research on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon.
A SM4 bat detector is deployed at Kwagunt Canyon in Grand Canyon. This weatherproof detector records ultrasonic bat calls. Photo by Anya Metcalfe, USGS, SBSC. This is part of an ongoing study during a study that is examining bat abundance and foraging in Grand Canyon along the Colorado River.
A SM4 bat detector is deployed at Kwagunt Canyon in Grand Canyon. This weatherproof detector records ultrasonic bat calls. Photo by Anya Metcalfe, USGS, SBSC. This is part of an ongoing study during a study that is examining bat abundance and foraging in Grand Canyon along the Colorado River.
An incognito SM4 bat detector is placed in a hidden location in a mesquite tree in Grand Canyon near the Colorado River, below Emerald Rapid. This weatherproof detector records ultrasonic bat calls. This is part of an ongoing study during a study that is examining bat abundance and foraging in Grand Canyon.
An incognito SM4 bat detector is placed in a hidden location in a mesquite tree in Grand Canyon near the Colorado River, below Emerald Rapid. This weatherproof detector records ultrasonic bat calls. This is part of an ongoing study during a study that is examining bat abundance and foraging in Grand Canyon.
A photo of Carla Roybal, a plant ecologist with the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center. Carla studies plants in the context of ecological restoration in western dryland ecosystems.
A photo of Carla Roybal, a plant ecologist with the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center. Carla studies plants in the context of ecological restoration in western dryland ecosystems.
Researchers conducting vegetation and soil fieldwork in the Mojave Desert, Nevada. Photo by Claire Karban, USGS, SBSC.
Researchers conducting vegetation and soil fieldwork in the Mojave Desert, Nevada. Photo by Claire Karban, USGS, SBSC.
A newly installed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite receiver is connected to a suspended sediment concentration sensor at the historic Grand Canyon gaging station. In the background is the South Kaibab Trail bridge and Boat Beach located at Phantom Ranch.
A newly installed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite receiver is connected to a suspended sediment concentration sensor at the historic Grand Canyon gaging station. In the background is the South Kaibab Trail bridge and Boat Beach located at Phantom Ranch.
Joshua Caster is a geographer at the Southwest Biological Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ.
Joshua Caster is a geographer at the Southwest Biological Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ.
Biologists from RAMPS and McDowell Sonoran Preserve monitor a RestoreNet restoration site in the Sonoran Desert
Biologists from RAMPS and McDowell Sonoran Preserve monitor a RestoreNet restoration site in the Sonoran Desert
Sphaeralcea ambigua, a native plant seeded during RestoreNet experiments, thriving at the Lake Pleasant RestoreNet site in the Sonoran Desert.
Sphaeralcea ambigua, a native plant seeded during RestoreNet experiments, thriving at the Lake Pleasant RestoreNet site in the Sonoran Desert.