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This map of the Cape Cod region is created with the National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD). The dataset classifies land cover into categories such as developed areas, forests, wetlands, and water bodies, providing a detailed view of the region's composition.

This image shows a male bighorn sheep with large horns.                         

USGS scientists designed a low-cost, easy-to-build method of sampling the air for eDNA. Photo by Kylle Roy, USGS

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute robotic sampler is shown being lowered into its metal housing. Photo by Cheryl Miller, USGS

Argentine black and white tegus (Salvator merianae) can survive the winter under semi-natural conditions well beyond their current invasive range.

An artist’s rendition of Landsat 9 in orbit.

Source: NASA, public domain.

Targeted monitoring of Golden Eagle populations is an integral component of effective management, serving as a guide for deciding the appropriate course of management action, evaluating the effectiveness of such actions, and providing options to better achieve management goals.

Debris flow in Glenwood Canyon during the summer of 2021. This event followed the 2020 Grizzly Creek Fire in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado. 

Interstate 70 in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado. In the summer of 2021, travelers in Colorado's Glenwood Canyon were safely evacuated before massive debris flows buried highways and destroyed bridges, thanks to a debris flow warning system developed in part by the U.S. Geological Survey.

USGS scientist assesses debris flow in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado. This post-wildfire debris flow follows the 2020 Grizzly Creek Fire. 

Male (ram - left) and female (ewe) bighorn sheep outside of Yellowstone National Park. 

The Grizzly Creek Fire initiated in August 2020, and widespread destructive debris flow activity followed the during the summer of 2021. This image shows damage from the summer 2021 debris flow in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado. 

Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon, Colorado. In the summer of 2021, travelers in Colorado's Glenwood Canyon were safely evacuated before massive mounds of mud and rocks buried highways and destroyed bridges, thanks to a debris flow warning system developed in part by the USGS.

Miel Corbett, Chief of Western States Office of Communications and Publishing. Leads public affairs team and activities in the Western United States. 

Figure 1. Chance of minor or greater damaging earthquake shaking in the next 100 years. Population exposure estimates are rounded to the nearest 1000. 

Figure 2.

Seismicity of Hawaii: earthquakes M>5 from the 1840-1899, 1900-1959, 1960-2019 catalogs shown separately. While earthquake activity remains high today, it seems to have decreased over the past 60 years, which could be related to less volcanic activity at Mauna Loa. 

Map of maximum uranium concentration at 206 spring and well sites in the Grand Canyon region.

Triple-high mist net in front of Half Dome. The net is used to capture bats as part of a study tracking bat movements in Yosemite National Park.

Photo of the drone performing a low-altitude gas survey to monitor gas emissions near Mammoth Lakes, CA. In the foreground (the white outcrops) is a fumarole. The dead trees in the background are due to tree-kill from heated ground temperatures

Landsat image of Window Rock, Arizona, acquired on November 3, 2021.

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