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Natural resources sign at Wilson Cove Field Station on San Clemente Island, Channel Islands, CA. Photo by Sarah Birchard, USGS.
Natural resources sign at Wilson Cove Field Station on San Clemente Island, Channel Islands, CA. Photo by Sarah Birchard, USGS.
Trees growing on a slope above the ocean on San Clemente Island, California Channel Islands National Park. Photo by Sarah Birchard, USGS.
Trees growing on a slope above the ocean on San Clemente Island, California Channel Islands National Park. Photo by Sarah Birchard, USGS.
Researchers with plywood boards to increase rare endemic Island Night Lizard habitat, San Clemente Island, California Channel Islands, CA. Photo by Sarah Birchard, USGS.
Researchers with plywood boards to increase rare endemic Island Night Lizard habitat, San Clemente Island, California Channel Islands, CA. Photo by Sarah Birchard, USGS.
Island morning glory (Calystegia macrostegia) blooms on a hillside above the ocean on San Clemente Island, CA Channel Islands. Photo by Sarah Birchard, USGS.
Island morning glory (Calystegia macrostegia) blooms on a hillside above the ocean on San Clemente Island, CA Channel Islands. Photo by Sarah Birchard, USGS.
Grasses and native flowers on San Clemente Island, CA Channel Islands. Photo by Sarah Birchard, USGS.
Grasses and native flowers on San Clemente Island, CA Channel Islands. Photo by Sarah Birchard, USGS.
A USGS scientist collects plant data at a long-term grassland study site underneath a drought shelter that excludes ~30% of incoming precipitation as part of a study to understand drought impacts on Colorado Plateau rangelands. Photo taken April 2025. The shelter was installed in 2010.
A USGS scientist collects plant data at a long-term grassland study site underneath a drought shelter that excludes ~30% of incoming precipitation as part of a study to understand drought impacts on Colorado Plateau rangelands. Photo taken April 2025. The shelter was installed in 2010.
U.S. Forest Service personnel (center) and volunteers hold eDNA sampling equipment by the Little Colorado River, AZ. The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) researcher, Thomas Franklin, is the eDNA Program Leader at the USFS National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish Conservation and partners with the USGS on this research.
U.S. Forest Service personnel (center) and volunteers hold eDNA sampling equipment by the Little Colorado River, AZ. The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) researcher, Thomas Franklin, is the eDNA Program Leader at the USFS National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish Conservation and partners with the USGS on this research.
Flowering Abronia elliptica (Fragrant white sand verbena) in Grand Canyon near the Colorado River. Photo by Emily Palmquist, USGS.
Flowering Abronia elliptica (Fragrant white sand verbena) in Grand Canyon near the Colorado River. Photo by Emily Palmquist, USGS.
Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri, a type of evening primrose, is a native plant in AZ. This photo was taken in Grand Canyon near the Colorado River during routine vegetation monitoring by the USGS Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center.
Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri, a type of evening primrose, is a native plant in AZ. This photo was taken in Grand Canyon near the Colorado River during routine vegetation monitoring by the USGS Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center.
A bright sunset reflects orange light on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, at Basalt Camp. Photo by Emily Palmquist, USGS.
A bright sunset reflects orange light on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, at Basalt Camp. Photo by Emily Palmquist, USGS.
Bebbia juncea, a native plant growing in western Grand Canyon. Photo by Emily Palmquist, USGS.
Bebbia juncea, a native plant growing in western Grand Canyon. Photo by Emily Palmquist, USGS.
USGS scientist Kimberly Dibble works with environmental DNA (eDNA) equipment on the bank of a shallow section of Havasu Creek, Grand Canyon. The Southwest Biological Science Center is partnering with Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Forest Service, U.S.
USGS scientist Kimberly Dibble works with environmental DNA (eDNA) equipment on the bank of a shallow section of Havasu Creek, Grand Canyon. The Southwest Biological Science Center is partnering with Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Forest Service, U.S.
The inside of an eDNA filter cup showing the membrane that captures aquatic eDNA material. This one is red from high turbidity/river sediment.
The inside of an eDNA filter cup showing the membrane that captures aquatic eDNA material. This one is red from high turbidity/river sediment.
USGS Southwest Biological Science Center (SBSC) ecologist and botanist Laura Shriver (center) and colleagues at the Society for Range Management Conference. Laura gave a talk titled, "RestoreNet: a field trial network to improve restoration outcomes across environmental gradients".
USGS Southwest Biological Science Center (SBSC) ecologist and botanist Laura Shriver (center) and colleagues at the Society for Range Management Conference. Laura gave a talk titled, "RestoreNet: a field trial network to improve restoration outcomes across environmental gradients".
RestoreNet is a networked ecological restoration experiment spanning drylands of the American Southwest. It is engaging diverse partners to develop methods for successful revegetation projects that mitigate the effects of drought, invasion by non-native species, and land use practices.
RestoreNet is a networked ecological restoration experiment spanning drylands of the American Southwest. It is engaging diverse partners to develop methods for successful revegetation projects that mitigate the effects of drought, invasion by non-native species, and land use practices.
Illustration of 3 native fish in the Colorado River, Grand Canyon: humpback chub (Gila cypha, upper left), flannelmouth sucker (Catostomus latipinnis, middle), and bluehead sucker (Catostomus discobolus, lower right). Illustration by Lindsay Hansen, USGS.
Illustration of 3 native fish in the Colorado River, Grand Canyon: humpback chub (Gila cypha, upper left), flannelmouth sucker (Catostomus latipinnis, middle), and bluehead sucker (Catostomus discobolus, lower right). Illustration by Lindsay Hansen, USGS.
The Little Colorado River (on left) and Colorado River (on right), near the Little Colorado River confluence, looking upstream.
The Little Colorado River (on left) and Colorado River (on right), near the Little Colorado River confluence, looking upstream.
A RestoreNet Field Trial Network restoration experiment site in the Sonoran Desert, Arizona, in spring 2024. Photo by Laura Shriver (USGS).
A RestoreNet Field Trial Network restoration experiment site in the Sonoran Desert, Arizona, in spring 2024. Photo by Laura Shriver (USGS).
Accomplishments in Native Seed Development.
Accomplishments in Native Seed Development.
Scenic view of the red rock mesas surrounding Canyonlands Research Center (The Nature Conservancy) in southern Utah.
Scenic view of the red rock mesas surrounding Canyonlands Research Center (The Nature Conservancy) in southern Utah.
Cattle inside a grazing enclosure at Canyonlands Research Center (The Nature Conservancy) in southern Utah.
Cattle inside a grazing enclosure at Canyonlands Research Center (The Nature Conservancy) in southern Utah.