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Image: Clearing a Lift Net
Clearing a Lift Net
Clearing a Lift Net
Clearing a Lift Net

Scientists clear a lift net to capture intertidal fish in mangrove forest.

Image: Measuring a Cross-Sectional Creek Profile
Measuring a Cross-Sectional Creek Profile
Measuring a Cross-Sectional Creek Profile
Measuring a Cross-Sectional Creek Profile

Scientist measures the profile of a tidal creek at low tide.  Note main Shark River off to the right side of photo.

Image: Preparing to Measure Flow
Preparing to Measure Flow
Preparing to Measure Flow
Image: Scientist Sampling Water in the Great Basin
Scientist Sampling Water in the Great Basin
Scientist Sampling Water in the Great Basin
Scientist Sampling Water in the Great Basin

Adelaide Baker returns from sampling water at Harney Lake, a shallow alkali lake, in Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

Image: Winter boating at Cougar
Winter boating at Cougar
Winter boating at Cougar
Winter boating at Cougar

Two employees in a safety boat while installing equipment at Cougar Dam on a cold and wintery day.

Two employees in a safety boat while installing equipment at Cougar Dam on a cold and wintery day.

Image: Releasing a Radio-Tagged Adult Chinook
Releasing a Radio-Tagged Adult Chinook
Releasing a Radio-Tagged Adult Chinook
Image: Morafka's Desert Tortoise
Morafka's Desert Tortoise
Morafka's Desert Tortoise
Morafka's Desert Tortoise

A Morafka's desert tortoise in Saguaro National Park, with radio transmitter attached to its shell as part of a USGS study.

A Morafka's desert tortoise in Saguaro National Park, with radio transmitter attached to its shell as part of a USGS study.

Image: Butterfly
Butterfly
Butterfly
Butterfly

Side shot of butterfly on a flower.

Image: Goose on the Lake
Goose on the Lake
Goose on the Lake
Image: Ducks of the Lake
Ducks of the Lake
Ducks of the Lake
Image: Sunset Over the Reservoir
Sunset Over the Reservoir
Sunset Over the Reservoir
Sunset Over the Reservoir

Just finished lampara seining during the daylight now moving into evening seining  

Image: Lower Columbia River Tour
Lower Columbia River Tour
Lower Columbia River Tour
Lower Columbia River Tour

USGS Provides a tour of the research vessel and the lower Columbia River to Deputy Assistant Secretary Deanna Archuleta discussing the lower Columbia River estuary water quality and aquatic health.

USGS Provides a tour of the research vessel and the lower Columbia River to Deputy Assistant Secretary Deanna Archuleta discussing the lower Columbia River estuary water quality and aquatic health.

Image: Pacific Lamprey
Pacific Lamprey
Pacific Lamprey
Pacific Lamprey

Pacific Lamprey mouth suckers adhered to the glass at Bonneville Dam fish viewing window.

The native Pacific Lamprey uses the fish ladder at Bonneville Dam.  This species plays a significant role in the foodweb and in Tribal "first foods".--cultural.

Pacific Lamprey mouth suckers adhered to the glass at Bonneville Dam fish viewing window.

The native Pacific Lamprey uses the fish ladder at Bonneville Dam.  This species plays a significant role in the foodweb and in Tribal "first foods".--cultural.

Image: Deployment
Deployment
Deployment
Deployment

Trammel net deployment on the Missouri River.  The wooden object with 2 white buoys in the river is called a "Buck" or a "Mule" and is used to pull the end of the net along in the current.

Trammel net deployment on the Missouri River.  The wooden object with 2 white buoys in the river is called a "Buck" or a "Mule" and is used to pull the end of the net along in the current.

Image: Research Vessel Tour
Research Vessel Tour
Research Vessel Tour
Research Vessel Tour

A lower Columbia River estuary tour on a USGS research vessel with NWA Deputy REx and WFRC Director.

A lower Columbia River estuary tour on a USGS research vessel with NWA Deputy REx and WFRC Director.

Image: Solar Tubes
Solar Tubes
Solar Tubes
Solar Tubes

The new solar heating system will reduce the center's carbon footprint by supplementing the current natural gas boiler and reduce energy costs.

The new solar heating system will reduce the center's carbon footprint by supplementing the current natural gas boiler and reduce energy costs.

Image: Juvenile Lake Sturgeon
Juvenile Lake Sturgeon
Juvenile Lake Sturgeon
Juvenile Lake Sturgeon

Juvenile lake sturgeon propagated at the Columbia Environmental Research Center.

Juvenile lake sturgeon propagated at the Columbia Environmental Research Center.

Image: Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Boat
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Boat
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Boat
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Boat

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission collaborates with USGS on the Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project tracking telemetered pallid sturgeon in the Missouri River.

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission collaborates with USGS on the Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project tracking telemetered pallid sturgeon in the Missouri River.

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