Images

A sea otter swims in Monterey Bay, California. USGS scientists study sea otters in efforts to help the threatened species continue to recover from near extinction.

Sea otter researcher Tim Tinker, USGS, dismantle the VHS reciever after a long morning of tracking and observing sea otters in Monterey Bay, California.

USGS wildlife biologist Alisha Kage looks through a telescope to help her locate and identify tagged sea otters, then records the otter's location for a study aimed at learning more about the species. USGS scientists study sea otters in efforts to help the threatened species continue to recover from near extinction.

A sea otter dines on crabmeat in Monterey Bay, California. USGS scientists study sea otters in efforts to help the threatened species continue to recover from near extinction.

U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging station 08116650 Brazos River near Rosharon, Texas, looking upstream from right bank, August 7, 2008.
USGS SIR 2009–5174

U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging station 08116650 Brazos River near Rosharon, Texas, looking downstream from FM 1462 bridge, August 7, 2008.
USGS SIR 2009–5174

U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging station 08114000 Brazos River at Richmond, Texas, looking downstream from eastbound U.S. Highway 90-A bridge, August 7, 2008.
USGS SIR 2009–5174
http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5174/

U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging station 08114000 Brazos River at Richmond, Texas, looking downstream from eastbound U.S. Highway 90-A bridge, August 7, 2008.
USGS SIR 2009–5174

Red Hill Bay Marina, Salton Sea, California.

U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging station 08114000 Brazos River at Richmond, Texas, looking upstream from eastbound U.S. Highway 90-A bridge, August 7, 2008.
USGS SIR 2009–5174
http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5174/

U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging station 08116650 Brazos River near Rosharon, Texas, looking upstream from FM 1462 bridge, August 7, 2008.
USGS SIR 2009–5174

USGS researcher Benjamin Jones examines a collapsed block of ice-rich permafrost on Barter Island along Alaska's Arctic coast.

Perspective view of the map area looking toward the northeast, with the Candor Colles (low hills) in the foreground. 

Enhanced color image of a hill in the Candor Colles region of Candor Chasma, Mars. Image is 1 km (0.62 miles) across. 

The USGS Denver Library, Field Records Collection is an archive of unpublished field notes, maps, correspondence, manuscripts, analysis reports, and other data created or collected by USGS Geologic Discipline scientists during field studies and other project work.

Inventory of fishes in Badlands National Park, with emphasis on rare species; Nick Ahrens and C. Berry

Elizabeth Wright, M.S. student at the South Dakota Coop Unit.  Elizabeth is developing a bioenergetics model for the federally endangered pallid sturgeon.

View of coniferous forests covering the mountainside.

Scenic view of wetlands from Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve.

Artistic canoes used during the 2008 Coast Salish Annual Canoe Journey. 

Vacant Brewer's sparrow (Spizella breweri) nest.