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Covers of the Plant Conservation Alliance National Seed Strategy Progress Report for 2022 and 2023 (left) and the National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration (right).
Covers of the Plant Conservation Alliance National Seed Strategy Progress Report for 2022 and 2023 (left) and the National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration (right).
Southwest Biological Science Center (SBSC) research garden hoop houses at the USGS Flagstaff campus. The hoop houses block natural precipitation, so the only water received is from treatments.
Southwest Biological Science Center (SBSC) research garden hoop houses at the USGS Flagstaff campus. The hoop houses block natural precipitation, so the only water received is from treatments.
Native Phragmites (Phragmites australis spp. americanus), or common reed, along the Colorado River near Tanner Rapids (part of the Tanner Trail), in Grand Canyon. Photo by Emily Palmquist, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center.
Native Phragmites (Phragmites australis spp. americanus), or common reed, along the Colorado River near Tanner Rapids (part of the Tanner Trail), in Grand Canyon. Photo by Emily Palmquist, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center.
Desert marigold (Baileya multiradiata) blooming in a monitoring quadrat at a RestoreNet site in Northern Arizona. Photo by Laura Shriver (USGS).
Desert marigold (Baileya multiradiata) blooming in a monitoring quadrat at a RestoreNet site in Northern Arizona. Photo by Laura Shriver (USGS).
USGS cartographer Ben Wheeler discusses planetary geology with the public in the Photogrammetry Lab at the Astrogeology building on the Flagstaff USGS science campus, during an Open House.
USGS cartographer Ben Wheeler discusses planetary geology with the public in the Photogrammetry Lab at the Astrogeology building on the Flagstaff USGS science campus, during an Open House.
USGS cartographer Ben Wheeler engages with the public in the Photogrammetry Lab in the Astrogeology building at the 2024 USGS Flagstaff Open House. Photo by Lori Pigue, USGS.
USGS cartographer Ben Wheeler engages with the public in the Photogrammetry Lab in the Astrogeology building at the 2024 USGS Flagstaff Open House. Photo by Lori Pigue, USGS.
USGS cartographer Ben Wheeler engages with the public in the Photogrammetry Lab in the Astrogeology building at the 2024 USGS Flagstaff Open House. Photo by Lori Pigue, USGS.
USGS cartographer Ben Wheeler engages with the public in the Photogrammetry Lab in the Astrogeology building at the 2024 USGS Flagstaff Open House. Photo by Lori Pigue, USGS.
USGS cartographer Ben Wheeler works in the Astrogeology Photogrammetry Lab at the USGS Flagstaff science campus.
USGS cartographer Ben Wheeler works in the Astrogeology Photogrammetry Lab at the USGS Flagstaff science campus.
Illustration of Colorado River Basin, showing upper and lower basins with a red text box around the Colorado River in Grand Canyon. Reduced-size map of the Colorado River Basin from the USGS ASIST Initiative, Sept. 3, 2024.
Illustration of Colorado River Basin, showing upper and lower basins with a red text box around the Colorado River in Grand Canyon. Reduced-size map of the Colorado River Basin from the USGS ASIST Initiative, Sept. 3, 2024.
USGS Biological Science Technician Claudia Dimartini poses with a long camelthorn (Alhagi maurorum) rhizome (underground root structure from which new plants can propagate that was exposed in a wash at the Deadman Wash Confluence Area. Photo by Laura Shriver (USGS).
USGS Biological Science Technician Claudia Dimartini poses with a long camelthorn (Alhagi maurorum) rhizome (underground root structure from which new plants can propagate that was exposed in a wash at the Deadman Wash Confluence Area. Photo by Laura Shriver (USGS).
Sarah Costanzo (USGS) collects soil stability data prior to installing RestoreNet version 2.0 treatments at Canyonlands Research Center near Moab, UT. Photo by Laura Shriver (USGS).
Sarah Costanzo (USGS) collects soil stability data prior to installing RestoreNet version 2.0 treatments at Canyonlands Research Center near Moab, UT. Photo by Laura Shriver (USGS).
Zach Harrison collects a water quality sample at Willow Spring, AZ. Photo courtesy of Kat Cooney, AZ Water Science Center.
Zach Harrison collects a water quality sample at Willow Spring, AZ. Photo courtesy of Kat Cooney, AZ Water Science Center.
Albert Klein (University of Arizona) shows the pollinator garden designed and installed by University of Arizona students at the Santa Rita Experimental Range. Photo by Laura Shriver (USGS).
Albert Klein (University of Arizona) shows the pollinator garden designed and installed by University of Arizona students at the Santa Rita Experimental Range. Photo by Laura Shriver (USGS).
Kat Cooney of the Arizona Water Science Center (AZWSC) runs an alkalinity titration in a mobile lab. Photo courtesy of Kat Cooney, USGS.
Kat Cooney of the Arizona Water Science Center (AZWSC) runs an alkalinity titration in a mobile lab. Photo courtesy of Kat Cooney, USGS.
Laura Shriver at the soil and restoration science booth at the USGS Flagstaff Science Center Open House. The booth included native seeds, biocrusts, a soil texturing activity, and science brief handouts.
Laura Shriver at the soil and restoration science booth at the USGS Flagstaff Science Center Open House. The booth included native seeds, biocrusts, a soil texturing activity, and science brief handouts.
From left to right, Ember Bradbury (Colorado State University), Sarah Costanzo (USGS), Sonoma Brill (USGS), and Laura Shriver (USGS) celebrate installing a RestoreNet site at Canyonlands Research Center near Moab, UT.
From left to right, Ember Bradbury (Colorado State University), Sarah Costanzo (USGS), Sonoma Brill (USGS), and Laura Shriver (USGS) celebrate installing a RestoreNet site at Canyonlands Research Center near Moab, UT.
A flash flood carries sediment and debris down Galloway Canyon into Dubendorff Rapids, Colorado River, Grand Canyon. Photo by Larkin Carey.
A flash flood carries sediment and debris down Galloway Canyon into Dubendorff Rapids, Colorado River, Grand Canyon. Photo by Larkin Carey.
Two boats navigate Dubendorff Rapids during a flash flood from Galloway Canyon, Colorado River, Grand Canyon, during a rainstorm. Photo by Larkin Carey.
Two boats navigate Dubendorff Rapids during a flash flood from Galloway Canyon, Colorado River, Grand Canyon, during a rainstorm. Photo by Larkin Carey.
A flash flood through Galloway Canyon into the Colorado River at the beginning of Dubendorff Rapids in Grand Canyon during a rainstorm. Photo by Larkin Carey.
A flash flood through Galloway Canyon into the Colorado River at the beginning of Dubendorff Rapids in Grand Canyon during a rainstorm. Photo by Larkin Carey.
A boat navigates Dubendorff Rapids during a flash flood at Galloway Canyon, Colorado River, during a rainstorm in Grand Canyon. Photo by Larkin Carey.
A boat navigates Dubendorff Rapids during a flash flood at Galloway Canyon, Colorado River, during a rainstorm in Grand Canyon. Photo by Larkin Carey.
Rocks and sediment flow down Galloway Canyon during a flash flood along the bank and into Dubendorff Rapids, Colorado River, Grand Canyon. Photo by Larkin Carey.
Rocks and sediment flow down Galloway Canyon during a flash flood along the bank and into Dubendorff Rapids, Colorado River, Grand Canyon. Photo by Larkin Carey.