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SBSC Social Media

By Southwest Biological Science Center January 20, 2026

The Southwest Biological Science Center (SBSC) is based in Flagstaff, AZ, with field stations in Tucson, AZ, and Moab, UT. SBSC's social media highlights terrestrial and river ecosystem science conducted on the Colorado Plateau, Colorado River, and drylands of Arizona, California, and Utah. SBSC's mission is to conduct quality, objective research on the lands and aquatic systems of the Southwest.

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Areal photo of USGS Flagstaff Science Campus, Flagstaff, Arizona — Photo of Flagstaff Science Campus (FSC), Flagstaff, Arizona. There are 5 Science Centers located on the FSC: the Arizona Water Science Center, the Astrogeology Science Center, the Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, the Southwest Biological Science Center, and the Western Geographic Science Center.

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Some of the landscapes we work in are pictured below.

USGS boat parked in serene spot on Lake Powell where light streams through hole at cliff tops

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Cathedral in the Desert, Lake Powell.

Boats along a beach on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon

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Boats on a sandy beach on a USGS Colorado River trip in Grand Canyon.

Photograph of the Colorado River as it enter the Grand Canyon. The Vermillion Cliffs can be seen in the distance.

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Looking down the Colorado River near Lees Ferry as it enters the Grand Canyon, at USGS streamflow gage 09380000.

Photograph show the initial energy wave of a flash flood on the Paria River in Arizona.

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Paria River just downstream of USGS streamflow gage 09382000.

Looking south at Mt San Jacinto near Palm Springs during desert tortoise surveys

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California drylands, looking south toward Mt San Jacinto, during spring desert tortoise surveys near Palm Springs.

Drylands near Moab, Utah

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A photo of drylands near Moab, Utah. Image taken by Erika Geiger, USGS. Public domain.

Picture of restoration plantings doing well at an experimental site.

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View of a Restoration Field Trial Network in the rangelands of Northern Arizona.

Biocrusts on the Colorado Plateau, Utah

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Biocrusts on the Colorado Plateau.

A landscape view of the drylands of southern Utah

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Drylands of Southern Utah.

Ocotillo flowers, Sonoran Desert.

Saguaro flowers with a bee, Tucson, AZ

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Saguaro flowers with a bee, near Tucson, AZ.

Image: Arizona Upland Plant Community in the Sonoran Desert

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Arizona upland plant community.

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