Images

USGS scientists working at Ziegler Reservoir near Snowmass Village, Colorado. 

A coyote walking in dry creek bed of streamside scrub vegetation dominated by the native plant, mule fat (Baccharis salidifolia), about 20 days before the fire. In their wildlife research, USGS scientists position camera traps along trails and dry creek beds, places that are likely to be travel routes for carnivores.

USGS videographer Steve Wessells interviews USGS scientist Dr. Robert Fisher about the ecological effects of the Harris Fire. Dulzura Creek.

Aphanizomenon is a common bloom-forming cyanobacteria, AKA, blue-green algae.  Many strains produce saxitoxin and cylindrospermopsin.

Snowshoe hare experiencing camouflage mismatch in the spring at the Seeley Lake, MT, study site.

Honey bees live and work in highly collaborative, social colonies with a sole reproducing queen, and they make honey by storing nectar from flowering plants in their hives for use during food scarcities.

Lead shot in the fall zone at the Broadkiln Sportsman's Club (quarter-coin for scale).

Looking straight up from the center of the Shake Table.

The Bois de Sioux river channel near White Rock, SD.

The Bois de Sioux river channel near White Rock, SD.

Mike Sabatino (volunteer for science) wires a weather station in the Shenandoah National Park

Christian Bongard collects data from a weather station in the Shenandoah National Park.

Workers repairing a road.

Workers repairing a road.

During the past decade populations of this honeycreeper have begun to rebound at lower elevations on most of the main Hawaiian Islands, in spite of high prevalence of infection with avian malaria.

This photo shows the Righmeyer House at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, which will be rehabilitated with Recovery Act funding to house the refuge's offices. Related to the R5GA — Repair Rightmeyer House — Back Bay NWR project.

This pond liner replacement process will be used to replace 9 deteriorated clay pond liners with polyethylene liners that help hatchery employees at Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery produce more fish at a larger size with less effort. Related to the R6PC — Replace 9 Clay Pond Liners — Garrison Dam NFH project.

This is one of many heavy, canvas and leather panniers. They were used by Arnold Hague in the late 1800s and are no longer made or used. Many are imprinted with "US Geol. Sur."
Object ID: USGS-000037