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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).
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.
Accomplishments in Native Seed Development.
Accomplishments in Native Seed Development.
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 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.
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.
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).
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.
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.