A photo of a roadrunner next to a desert tortoise burrow, captured by remote camera monitoring of Agassiz's desert tortoise burrows on a wind energy facility near Palm Springs, CA. The study, led by the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, investigated bird use of desert tortoise burrows.
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A road runner by a desert tortoise burrow
A photo of a roadrunner next to a desert tortoise burrow, captured by remote camera monitoring of Agassiz's desert tortoise burrows on a wind energy facility near Palm Springs, CA. The study, led by the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, investigated bird use of desert tortoise burrows.
A rock wren takes a dust bath in front of a desert tortoise burrow
A rock wren takes a dust bath in front of a desert tortoise burrowA photo of a rock wren taking a dust bath, captured by remote camera monitoring of Agassiz's desert tortoise burrows on a wind energy facility near Palm Springs, CA. The study, led by the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, investigated bird use of desert tortoise burrows.
A rock wren takes a dust bath in front of a desert tortoise burrow
A rock wren takes a dust bath in front of a desert tortoise burrowA photo of a rock wren taking a dust bath, captured by remote camera monitoring of Agassiz's desert tortoise burrows on a wind energy facility near Palm Springs, CA. The study, led by the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, investigated bird use of desert tortoise burrows.
Biocrusts and lichen, Utah
Mature biocrusts with lichen. Photo taken by the SBSC in Utah during surveys, courtesy of Erika Geiger, 2013.
Mature biocrusts with lichen. Photo taken by the SBSC in Utah during surveys, courtesy of Erika Geiger, 2013.
A loggerhead shrike hunting display in front of a desert tortoise burrow
A loggerhead shrike hunting display in front of a desert tortoise burrowA loggerhead shrike hunting display in front of a desert tortoise burrow, during remote camera monitoring of Agassiz's desert tortoise burrows on a wind energy facility near Palm Springs, CA. The study, led by the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, investigated bird use of desert tortoise burrows.
A loggerhead shrike hunting display in front of a desert tortoise burrow
A loggerhead shrike hunting display in front of a desert tortoise burrowA loggerhead shrike hunting display in front of a desert tortoise burrow, during remote camera monitoring of Agassiz's desert tortoise burrows on a wind energy facility near Palm Springs, CA. The study, led by the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, investigated bird use of desert tortoise burrows.
Loggerhead shrike hunting display at a desert tortoise burrow
Loggerhead shrike hunting display at a desert tortoise burrowLoggerhead shrike hunting display at an Agassiz's desert tortoise burrow. Images taken during remote camera trap monitoring of desert tortoise burrows on a wind energy facility near Palm Springs, CA.
Loggerhead shrike hunting display at a desert tortoise burrow
Loggerhead shrike hunting display at a desert tortoise burrowLoggerhead shrike hunting display at an Agassiz's desert tortoise burrow. Images taken during remote camera trap monitoring of desert tortoise burrows on a wind energy facility near Palm Springs, CA.
A cactus wren gathering nesting material at a desert tortoise burrow
A cactus wren gathering nesting material at a desert tortoise burrowA photo of a cactus wren gathering nesting material, captured by remote camera monitoring of Agassiz's desert tortoise burrows on a wind energy facility near Palm Springs, CA. The study, led by the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, investigated bird use of desert tortoise burrows.
A cactus wren gathering nesting material at a desert tortoise burrow
A cactus wren gathering nesting material at a desert tortoise burrowA photo of a cactus wren gathering nesting material, captured by remote camera monitoring of Agassiz's desert tortoise burrows on a wind energy facility near Palm Springs, CA. The study, led by the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, investigated bird use of desert tortoise burrows.
A western yellow-billed cuckoo sits in a cottonwood tree
A western yellow-billed cuckoo sits in a cottonwood treeA western yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus occidentalis) sits in a cottonwood tree at Montezuma Well, Arizona, 2013. Photo by Gary Botello, used with written permission.
A western yellow-billed cuckoo sits in a cottonwood tree
A western yellow-billed cuckoo sits in a cottonwood treeA western yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus occidentalis) sits in a cottonwood tree at Montezuma Well, Arizona, 2013. Photo by Gary Botello, used with written permission.
A view of the lower Little Colorado River (July 2013)
A view of the lower Little Colorado River (July 2013)A view of the lower Little Colorado River, July 2013. Photo by Maria Dzul, USGS.
A view of the lower Little Colorado River (July 2013)
A view of the lower Little Colorado River (July 2013)A view of the lower Little Colorado River, July 2013. Photo by Maria Dzul, USGS.
A loggerhead shrike next to a desert tortoise burrow
A loggerhead shrike next to a desert tortoise burrowA photo of a loggerhead shrike next to a desert tortoise burrow, captured by remote camera monitoring of Agassiz's desert tortoise burrows on a wind energy facility near Palm Springs, CA. The study, led by the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, investigated bird use of desert tortoise burrows.
A loggerhead shrike next to a desert tortoise burrow
A loggerhead shrike next to a desert tortoise burrowA photo of a loggerhead shrike next to a desert tortoise burrow, captured by remote camera monitoring of Agassiz's desert tortoise burrows on a wind energy facility near Palm Springs, CA. The study, led by the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, investigated bird use of desert tortoise burrows.
Bighorn sheep stands next to a tinaja water catchment, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, AZ
Bighorn sheep stands next to a tinaja water catchment, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, AZA Bighorn sheep stands next to the Senita Tank water catchment, also called a tinaja, in Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge (CPNWR), southern AZ. Photo courtesy of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, CPNWR.
Bighorn sheep stands next to a tinaja water catchment, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, AZ
Bighorn sheep stands next to a tinaja water catchment, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, AZA Bighorn sheep stands next to the Senita Tank water catchment, also called a tinaja, in Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge (CPNWR), southern AZ. Photo courtesy of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, CPNWR.
USGS and US Forest Service staff installing dust monitoring equipment
USGS and US Forest Service staff installing dust monitoring equipmentUSGS and US Forest Service staff installing dust monitoring equipment at a uranium mine near Grand Canyon National Park.
USGS and US Forest Service staff installing dust monitoring equipment
USGS and US Forest Service staff installing dust monitoring equipmentUSGS and US Forest Service staff installing dust monitoring equipment at a uranium mine near Grand Canyon National Park.
Grand Canyon sunset from South Rim
Grand Canyon sunset from South Rim taken during USGS field work, April 2013.
Grand Canyon sunset from South Rim taken during USGS field work, April 2013.
A scientist towing for zooplankton from a boat in Lake Powell
A scientist towing for zooplankton from a boat in Lake PowellA scientist completes a zooplankton tow from a boat in Lake Powell. The net pictured here is pulled through through the top 30 m of the reservoir to collect a zooplankton sample for species identification and enumeration. Photo by Robert Radtke, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
A scientist towing for zooplankton from a boat in Lake Powell
A scientist towing for zooplankton from a boat in Lake PowellA scientist completes a zooplankton tow from a boat in Lake Powell. The net pictured here is pulled through through the top 30 m of the reservoir to collect a zooplankton sample for species identification and enumeration. Photo by Robert Radtke, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
Truck sprays herbicide in Idaho as part of a restoration effort.
Truck sprays herbicide in Idaho as part of a restoration effort.Bureau of Land Management truck sprays herbicide in southwestern Idaho as part of a restoration effort.
An examination of long-term data for lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management finds that land treatments in the southwestern United States are increasingly large, expensive and related to fire and invasive species control.
Truck sprays herbicide in Idaho as part of a restoration effort.
Truck sprays herbicide in Idaho as part of a restoration effort.Bureau of Land Management truck sprays herbicide in southwestern Idaho as part of a restoration effort.
An examination of long-term data for lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management finds that land treatments in the southwestern United States are increasingly large, expensive and related to fire and invasive species control.
Invasive tamarisk on the Colorado River.
This image is of invasive tamarisk (salt cedar) growing on the banks of the Colorado River.
This image is of invasive tamarisk (salt cedar) growing on the banks of the Colorado River.
A weir across Bright Angel Creek in Grand Canyon National Park to prevent non-native fish passage back upstream
A weir across Bright Angel Creek in Grand Canyon National Park to prevent non-native fish passage back upstreamA weir across Bright Angel Creek in Grand Canyon National Park to prevent non-native fish passage back upstream. Photo courtesy of Brian Healy, formerly with the National Park Service, Grand Canyon National Park, and now with USGS.
A weir across Bright Angel Creek in Grand Canyon National Park to prevent non-native fish passage back upstream
A weir across Bright Angel Creek in Grand Canyon National Park to prevent non-native fish passage back upstreamA weir across Bright Angel Creek in Grand Canyon National Park to prevent non-native fish passage back upstream. Photo courtesy of Brian Healy, formerly with the National Park Service, Grand Canyon National Park, and now with USGS.
A Seabird water quality profiling instrument, Lake Powell
A Seabird water quality profiling instrument, Lake PowellA Seabird water quality profiling instrument, Lake Powell. This instrument is used to collect temperature, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity, and chlorophyll a data from the reservoir. Water is pumped across the water quality sensors as the instrument is lowered through the water column on a winch. The result is binned estimates of diffe
A Seabird water quality profiling instrument, Lake Powell
A Seabird water quality profiling instrument, Lake PowellA Seabird water quality profiling instrument, Lake Powell. This instrument is used to collect temperature, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity, and chlorophyll a data from the reservoir. Water is pumped across the water quality sensors as the instrument is lowered through the water column on a winch. The result is binned estimates of diffe
USGS researcher taking a suspended-sediment measurement
USGS researcher taking a suspended-sediment measurementThomas A. Sabol making a wading Equal-Width-Increment suspended-sediment measurement using a US DH-81 sampler at the Green River above Gates of Lodore, Colorado, gaging station (July 20, 2012). Photo by David Topping, USGS.
USGS researcher taking a suspended-sediment measurement
USGS researcher taking a suspended-sediment measurementThomas A. Sabol making a wading Equal-Width-Increment suspended-sediment measurement using a US DH-81 sampler at the Green River above Gates of Lodore, Colorado, gaging station (July 20, 2012). Photo by David Topping, USGS.
Dr. Jeff Lovich and a tortoise in the Galapagos Islands
Dr. Jeff Lovich and a tortoise in the Galapagos IslandsDr. Jeff Lovich kneels by a large Western Santa Cruz Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis niger porteri) in the Galapagos Islands, July 2012. They tortoises are native to Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos.
Dr. Jeff Lovich and a tortoise in the Galapagos Islands
Dr. Jeff Lovich and a tortoise in the Galapagos IslandsDr. Jeff Lovich kneels by a large Western Santa Cruz Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis niger porteri) in the Galapagos Islands, July 2012. They tortoises are native to Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos.
Flannelmouth suckers near Colorado River and Little Colorado River confluence
Flannelmouth suckers near Colorado River and Little Colorado River confluenceA large group of flannelmouth suckers (Catostomus latipinnis) swim together in the Colorado River near the Little Colorado River confluence.
Flannelmouth suckers near Colorado River and Little Colorado River confluence
Flannelmouth suckers near Colorado River and Little Colorado River confluenceA large group of flannelmouth suckers (Catostomus latipinnis) swim together in the Colorado River near the Little Colorado River confluence.
Researcher with Humpback Chub individual
Researcher with Humpback Chub during fish seining efforts
Researcher with Humpback Chub during fish seining efforts