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Greg Vaughn at USGS Astrogeology talks to visitors at the 2023 USGS Open House. Grover is pictured to Greg's right. Photo courtesy of Lori Pigue, USGS Astrogeology.
Greg Vaughn at USGS Astrogeology talks to visitors at the 2023 USGS Open House. Grover is pictured to Greg's right. Photo courtesy of Lori Pigue, USGS Astrogeology.
Visitors attend the USGS Open House and look through outreach materials in the Astrogeology Science Center, 2023. Photo courtesy of Lori Pigue, USGS Astrogeology.
Visitors attend the USGS Open House and look through outreach materials in the Astrogeology Science Center, 2023. Photo courtesy of Lori Pigue, USGS Astrogeology.
Janet Richie, Greg Vaughn and a visitor at the Astrogeology Science Center during the USGS Open House in 2023. Photo courtesy of Lori Pigue, USGS Astrogeology.
Janet Richie, Greg Vaughn and a visitor at the Astrogeology Science Center during the USGS Open House in 2023. Photo courtesy of Lori Pigue, USGS Astrogeology.
Lori Pigue of USGS Astrogeology discusses planetary geology during the USGS Open House in 2023
Lori Pigue of USGS Astrogeology discusses planetary geology during the USGS Open House in 2023
Ryan Crow of the Geology, Minerals, Energy, Geophysics (GMEG) Science Center discusses geology and displays rock samples during the USGS Flagstaff Open House, 2023. Photo courtesy of Meredith Hartwell, USGS, SBSC.
Ryan Crow of the Geology, Minerals, Energy, Geophysics (GMEG) Science Center discusses geology and displays rock samples during the USGS Flagstaff Open House, 2023. Photo courtesy of Meredith Hartwell, USGS, SBSC.
RAMPS and the Institute for Applied Ecology (IAE) get together to discuss potential seeding network across New Mexico at the Society for Ecological Restoration – Southwest Chapter 2023 Annual Conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
RAMPS and the Institute for Applied Ecology (IAE) get together to discuss potential seeding network across New Mexico at the Society for Ecological Restoration – Southwest Chapter 2023 Annual Conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
An example of repeat photography in action - A researcher, Jim Malusa of the University of Arizona School of Natural Resources and the Environment, holds a clipboard with a historic photograph captured right at the spot where the image was originally taken in the 1900s, with the same mountain landscape in view.
An example of repeat photography in action - A researcher, Jim Malusa of the University of Arizona School of Natural Resources and the Environment, holds a clipboard with a historic photograph captured right at the spot where the image was originally taken in the 1900s, with the same mountain landscape in view.
RAMPS Coordinator Laura Shriver (left) and RAMPS Biologist Sarah Costanzo (right) pose with a poster describing the RAMPS project RestoreNet at the Society for Ecological Restoration – Southwest Chapter 2023 Annual Conference in Sant
RAMPS Coordinator Laura Shriver (left) and RAMPS Biologist Sarah Costanzo (right) pose with a poster describing the RAMPS project RestoreNet at the Society for Ecological Restoration – Southwest Chapter 2023 Annual Conference in Sant
Where the waters mix: the confluence of the Little Colorado River and Colorado River, Grand Canyon. Photo by Max Evans, USGS.
Where the waters mix: the confluence of the Little Colorado River and Colorado River, Grand Canyon. Photo by Max Evans, USGS.
USGS staff and technicians from the Southwest Biological Science Center conduct fieldwork near Moab, Utah. Sasha Reed is in the center of the photo. Photo courtesy of Sasha Reed, SBSC.
USGS staff and technicians from the Southwest Biological Science Center conduct fieldwork near Moab, Utah. Sasha Reed is in the center of the photo. Photo courtesy of Sasha Reed, SBSC.
USGS Biologist Sarah Costanzo monitors a RestoreNet plot within a sea of invasive cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) and tall tumblemustard (Sisymbrium altissimum) in western Colorado.
USGS Biologist Sarah Costanzo monitors a RestoreNet plot within a sea of invasive cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) and tall tumblemustard (Sisymbrium altissimum) in western Colorado.
Scanning medium format film negative as part of the archival process in the Southwest Repeat Photography Collection. This is a screenshot from an AZ PBS film about the Collection.
Scanning medium format film negative as part of the archival process in the Southwest Repeat Photography Collection. This is a screenshot from an AZ PBS film about the Collection.
Rebecca Finger-Higgens is a USGS scientist at the Southwest Biological Science Center. Here she is conducting fieldwork in the southwest US, Utah.
Rebecca Finger-Higgens is a USGS scientist at the Southwest Biological Science Center. Here she is conducting fieldwork in the southwest US, Utah.
Riparian plant community monitoring on the Colorado River, Grand Canyon. Photo by Emily Palmquist, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center.
Riparian plant community monitoring on the Colorado River, Grand Canyon. Photo by Emily Palmquist, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center.
Photograph of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA. Photo taken on September 8, 2023.
Photograph of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA. Photo taken on September 8, 2023.
USGS and others at the Gemini Solar Project in Nevada. 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. Photo by Jeff Lovich, USGS.
USGS and others at the Gemini Solar Project in Nevada. 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. Photo by Jeff Lovich, USGS.
Vehicle tracks between solar panels at the Gemini Solar Project show an example of the "Drive and Crush" method to preserve soil and plant roots at the site. This method preserves more habitat than the "Blade and Grade" method which removes all vegetation and topsoil, compacting the soil.
Vehicle tracks between solar panels at the Gemini Solar Project show an example of the "Drive and Crush" method to preserve soil and plant roots at the site. This method preserves more habitat than the "Blade and Grade" method which removes all vegetation and topsoil, compacting the soil.
USGS researchers conducting Phragmites (common reed) research from a research boat on the Colorado River. Phragmites can be seen on the bank to the right of the boat. Photo by Emily Palmquist, USGS.
USGS researchers conducting Phragmites (common reed) research from a research boat on the Colorado River. Phragmites can be seen on the bank to the right of the boat. Photo by Emily Palmquist, USGS.
A bull elk (Cervus canadensis) bugles while female elk (cows) rest in the grass. Photo by Ryan Hagerty, USFWS.
A bull elk (Cervus canadensis) bugles while female elk (cows) rest in the grass. Photo by Ryan Hagerty, USFWS.
Non-native Phragmites australis ssp. australis (common reed) at the Paria Beach, Glen Canyon. Native Phragmites australis ssp. americanus is most dominant in the Colorado River ecosystem.
Non-native Phragmites australis ssp. australis (common reed) at the Paria Beach, Glen Canyon. Native Phragmites australis ssp. americanus is most dominant in the Colorado River ecosystem.
A screenshot of a frame in the USGS b-roll video "Mapping biocrust with UAS technology in Moab, Utah". USGS researchers teamed up for a biological soil crust (biocrust) remote sensing and field data campaign near Moab, Utah in February of 2022.
A screenshot of a frame in the USGS b-roll video "Mapping biocrust with UAS technology in Moab, Utah". USGS researchers teamed up for a biological soil crust (biocrust) remote sensing and field data campaign near Moab, Utah in February of 2022.