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From left to right: RAMPS Ecologist Seth Munson, RAMPS Coordinator Laura Shriver, RAMPS Biologist Sarah Costanzo, NAU postdoctoral researcher Collin VanBuren, and Diablo Trust Program Manager Corinne LaViolette. Photo by Seth Munson (USGS).
From left to right: RAMPS Ecologist Seth Munson, RAMPS Coordinator Laura Shriver, RAMPS Biologist Sarah Costanzo, NAU postdoctoral researcher Collin VanBuren, and Diablo Trust Program Manager Corinne LaViolette. Photo by Seth Munson (USGS).
Cattle inside a grazing enclosure at the Bar T Bar Ranch RestoreNet site in Northern Arizona.
Cattle inside a grazing enclosure at the Bar T Bar Ranch RestoreNet site in Northern Arizona.
Newly installed RestoreNet Version 2.0 treatment plots at Bar T Bar Ranch in Northern Arizona. Left: a plot that received pitting + seedballs + live topsoil inoculum (in the seedballs), Right: a plot that received live topsoil inoculum (spread across the plot) and direct seeding.
Newly installed RestoreNet Version 2.0 treatment plots at Bar T Bar Ranch in Northern Arizona. Left: a plot that received pitting + seedballs + live topsoil inoculum (in the seedballs), Right: a plot that received live topsoil inoculum (spread across the plot) and direct seeding.
USGS Geology, Minerals, Energy, Geophysics Science Center (GMEG) staff display rocks and maps and talk to kids about geology at the 2024 STEM event.
USGS Geology, Minerals, Energy, Geophysics Science Center (GMEG) staff display rocks and maps and talk to kids about geology at the 2024 STEM event.
USGS Astrogeology staff table at the Spring 2024 STEM event. Photo courtesy of Lori Pigue, USGS Astrogeology.
USGS Astrogeology staff table at the Spring 2024 STEM event. Photo courtesy of Lori Pigue, USGS Astrogeology.
A honey mesquite tree (Prosopis glandulosa) with the Colorado River and Diamond Peak in the distance. Photo by Emily Palmquist, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center.
A honey mesquite tree (Prosopis glandulosa) with the Colorado River and Diamond Peak in the distance. Photo by Emily Palmquist, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center.
Riparian vegetation along Colorado River near Whitmore in Grand Canyon. Photo by Emily Palmquist, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center.
Riparian vegetation along Colorado River near Whitmore in Grand Canyon. Photo by Emily Palmquist, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center.
A desert tortoise in the shade of a solar panel at Gemini Solar Project. The fencing at the array is slightly raised to allow smaller animals to pass underneath. Gemini developed measures to avoid, minimize and mitigate impacts to the environment during construction and operation. USGS collaborates with the Bureau of Land Management on research at this array.
A desert tortoise in the shade of a solar panel at Gemini Solar Project. The fencing at the array is slightly raised to allow smaller animals to pass underneath. Gemini developed measures to avoid, minimize and mitigate impacts to the environment during construction and operation. USGS collaborates with the Bureau of Land Management on research at this array.
A desert tortoise in the shade of a solar panel at the Gemini Solar Project. Gemini developed measures to avoid, minimize and mitigate impacts to the environment during construction and operation, including slightly raised fences that allow desert tortoises, other reptiles and small mammals to pass underneath.
A desert tortoise in the shade of a solar panel at the Gemini Solar Project. Gemini developed measures to avoid, minimize and mitigate impacts to the environment during construction and operation, including slightly raised fences that allow desert tortoises, other reptiles and small mammals to pass underneath.
The cover page of a USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center cooperator publication prepared as part of an Interagency Agreement with the Bureau of Reclamation.
The cover page of a USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center cooperator publication prepared as part of an Interagency Agreement with the Bureau of Reclamation.
Acoustic data recording can be used to identify bats to species and to quantify bat activity. Here, river runners gather around a tablet and microphone to view live translations of the ultrasonic sounds that bats use to navigate the world. Software translates recordings into visuals and sounds that are audible to human ears.
Acoustic data recording can be used to identify bats to species and to quantify bat activity. Here, river runners gather around a tablet and microphone to view live translations of the ultrasonic sounds that bats use to navigate the world. Software translates recordings into visuals and sounds that are audible to human ears.
Seedballs produced by a seedball bike drying before field implementation. The seedball bike was constructed at USGS with help from the University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University for RestoreNet restoration experiments.
Seedballs produced by a seedball bike drying before field implementation. The seedball bike was constructed at USGS with help from the University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University for RestoreNet restoration experiments.
A staff photo of Trevor Faske, research ecologist and plant conservation geneticist at the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center.
A staff photo of Trevor Faske, research ecologist and plant conservation geneticist at the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center.
Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center staff at the USGS table during the Grand Canyon River Guides training, in spring 2024.
Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center staff at the USGS table during the Grand Canyon River Guides training, in spring 2024.
RAMPS Biologist Sarah Costanzo rides a seedball bike designed to create seedballs (mixes of seed, clay, and other materials) for RestoreNet restoration
RAMPS Biologist Sarah Costanzo rides a seedball bike designed to create seedballs (mixes of seed, clay, and other materials) for RestoreNet restoration
Kevin Coronado (Bureau of Indian Affairs intern, left) and Sarah Costanzo (USGS, right) monitor soil moisture in the seed coat greenhouse experiment.
Kevin Coronado (Bureau of Indian Affairs intern, left) and Sarah Costanzo (USGS, right) monitor soil moisture in the seed coat greenhouse experiment.
Sand dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus) seeds coated with a hydrophobic seed coat designed to delay germination being planted in the Northern Arizona University research greenhouse. Photo by Sarah Costanzo (USGS).
Sand dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus) seeds coated with a hydrophobic seed coat designed to delay germination being planted in the Northern Arizona University research greenhouse. Photo by Sarah Costanzo (USGS).
Monitoring bumble bees and flowering plants in alpine meadows at Glacier National Park, photo by Lindsay Dose (USGS contractor)
Monitoring bumble bees and flowering plants in alpine meadows at Glacier National Park, photo by Lindsay Dose (USGS contractor)
Implementing the Seed Strategy creates jobs and provides career-building opportunities for students and early career professionals.
Implementing the Seed Strategy creates jobs and provides career-building opportunities for students and early career professionals.
The USGS Fire, Invasives, Restoration, and Ecology in Sagebrush Steppe (FIREss Team) plants a common garden of rubber rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa) near Boise, Idaho in collaboration with USFS.
The USGS Fire, Invasives, Restoration, and Ecology in Sagebrush Steppe (FIREss Team) plants a common garden of rubber rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa) near Boise, Idaho in collaboration with USFS.
Kat Cooney stands in front of an outreach table on the Flagstaff USGS campus during the USGS Open House, Nov. 2023.
Kat Cooney stands in front of an outreach table on the Flagstaff USGS campus during the USGS Open House, Nov. 2023.