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Grand Canyon community science natural hazard event reporting app screenshot
Grand Canyon community science natural hazard event reporting app
Grand Canyon community science natural hazard event reporting app
Grand Canyon community science natural hazard event reporting app

A screenshot of the Grand Canyon community science natural hazard event reporting app form fields. 

Grand Canyon community science natural hazard event reporting app screenshot
Grand Canyon community science natural hazard event reporting app screenshot
Grand Canyon community science natural hazard event reporting app screenshot
Five ranchers and researchers stand outdoors in a field looking at a large map, discussing land management
Researchers and ranchers discuss land management in Northern Arizona
Researchers and ranchers discuss land management in Northern Arizona
Researchers and ranchers discuss land management in Northern Arizona

Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey and University of Arizona collaborate with Diablo Trust ranchers on range improvement and restoration efforts on Northern Arizona rangelands. Photo by Jessica Archibald (Diablo Trust).

Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey and University of Arizona collaborate with Diablo Trust ranchers on range improvement and restoration efforts on Northern Arizona rangelands. Photo by Jessica Archibald (Diablo Trust).

A field of native plants under a cloud filled sky in Northern Arizona grasslands/rangelands
Monsoon season at a Northern Arizona RestoreNet site
Monsoon season at a Northern Arizona RestoreNet site
Monsoon season at a Northern Arizona RestoreNet site

A RestoreNet site in Northern Arizona with late summer monsoon rain clouds in the background. Photo by Laura Shriver.

Students watch a USGS ecologist describe restoration experiments in a field in Northern Arizona rangelands
A USGS Ecologist gives a tour of a Northern Arizona RestoreNet site
A USGS Ecologist gives a tour of a Northern Arizona RestoreNet site
A USGS Ecologist gives a tour of a Northern Arizona RestoreNet site

Laura Shriver, RAMPS coordinator, gives a tour of a Northern Arizona RestoreNet site to Northern Arizona University students. Photo by Jessica Archibald (Diablo Trust).

Biologist Sarah Birchard stands near prickly pear cacti and gives a thumbs up at Pyramid Point, San Clemente Island
Biologist Sarah Birchard at Pyramid Point, San Clemente Island
Biologist Sarah Birchard at Pyramid Point, San Clemente Island
Biologist Sarah Birchard at Pyramid Point, San Clemente Island

Biologist Sarah Birchard at Pyramid Point, San Clemente Island, Channel Islands, CA. Photo by Mark Sogge, USGS Emeritus.

Scientist Charles Drost and Emeritus Mark Sogge look at a map of San Clemente Island on a wall
Scientist Charles Drost and Emeritus Mark Sogge look at a map of San Clemente Island
Scientist Charles Drost and Emeritus Mark Sogge look at a map of San Clemente Island
Scientist Charles Drost and Emeritus Mark Sogge look at a map of San Clemente Island

Scientist Charles Drost and Emeritus Mark Sogge look at a map of San Clemente Island, Channel Islands, CA. Photo by Sarah Birchard, USGS.

Scientist Charles Drost records data on a sheet on San Clemente Island during population monitoring fieldwork
Scientist Charles Drost records data on San Clemente Island during a population monitoring study
Scientist Charles Drost records data on San Clemente Island during a population monitoring study
A poster with illustrations of 8 Grand Canyon native fish species
Illustrations of Grand Canyon native fish species
Illustrations of Grand Canyon native fish species
Illustrations of Grand Canyon native fish species

Illustrations of eight Grand Canyon native fish species by Lindsay Hansen, USGS, SBSC. 

Gouache painting depicting the Blue Mesa Reservoir during a year of low precipitation totals
Blue Mesa Reservoir in Dry Conditions
Blue Mesa Reservoir in Dry Conditions
Blue Mesa Reservoir in Dry Conditions

Painting (gouache painting) depicting the Blue Mesa Reservoir during a year of low precipitation totals and the resulting cyanobacteria distribution.

Painting (gouache painting) depicting the Blue Mesa Reservoir during a year of low precipitation totals and the resulting cyanobacteria distribution.

Zoologist Charles Drost walks up a steep hill high above the coast on San Clemente Island, CA
Charles Drost walks up a steep hill on San Clemente Island, CA
Charles Drost walks up a steep hill on San Clemente Island, CA
Charles Drost walks up a steep hill on San Clemente Island, CA

Charles Drost walks up a steep hill on San Clemente Island, one of the Channel Islands, CA, during a population monitoring survey. Photo by Sarah Birchard, 2025.

An open eDNA autosampler box
An open eDNA autosampler device
An open eDNA autosampler device
An open eDNA autosampler device

An open eDNA autosampler device showing the console.

An inside view of the components of an eDNA autosampler device
An eDNA autosampler
An eDNA autosampler
An eDNA autosampler

An inside view of an eDNA autosampler to monitor for invasive aquatic species.

An inside view of an eDNA autosampler to monitor for invasive aquatic species.

A man wearing a beige cap looks directly at the camera with a stream and red rock canyon behind him
Ben Miller staff photo
Ben Miller staff photo
Ben Miller staff photo

Benjamin Miller is a fish biologist with the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center’s Grand Canyon and Monitoring and Research Center in Flagstaff, AZ.

Benjamin Miller is a fish biologist with the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center’s Grand Canyon and Monitoring and Research Center in Flagstaff, AZ.

Four researchers watch cows passing by a fenced study site on the Colorado Plateau, Utah
Researchers and cows at a seeding and grazing study site on the Colorado Plateau, Utah
Researchers and cows at a seeding and grazing study site on the Colorado Plateau, Utah
Researchers and cows at a seeding and grazing study site on the Colorado Plateau, Utah

USGS and university scientists observe a herd of cattle while taking a break from collecting vegetation cover data from an experiment examining the impacts of drought and grazing on grassland productivity on the Colorado Plateau, Utah.

USGS and university scientists observe a herd of cattle while taking a break from collecting vegetation cover data from an experiment examining the impacts of drought and grazing on grassland productivity on the Colorado Plateau, Utah.

Researchers examine vegetation and soil in Canyonlands NP, with a backdrop of rock formations and a wide-open landscape
USGS researchers conducting vegetation and soil research in Canyonlands National Park, Utah
USGS researchers conducting vegetation and soil research in Canyonlands National Park, Utah
USGS researchers conducting vegetation and soil research in Canyonlands National Park, Utah

USGS researchers conducting vegetation and soil research as part of grasslands and drought research in rangelands, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.

From a boat, an eDNA sampler connected to a hose is lowered into a reservoir to identify invasive aquatic species
An eDNA sampler is lowered into a reservoir to identify invasive aquatic species
An eDNA sampler is lowered into a reservoir to identify invasive aquatic species
An eDNA sampler is lowered into a reservoir to identify invasive aquatic species

An eDNA sampling device is lowered into a reservoir's water column to monitor for invasive aquatic species including zebra, quagga, and golden mussels.

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