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USGS Biological Science Technician Claudia Dimartini poses with a long camelthorn (Alhagi maurorum) rhizome (underground root structure from which new plants can propagate that was exposed in a wash at the Deadman Wash Confluence Area. Photo by Laura Shriver (USGS).
USGS Biological Science Technician Claudia Dimartini poses with a long camelthorn (Alhagi maurorum) rhizome (underground root structure from which new plants can propagate that was exposed in a wash at the Deadman Wash Confluence Area. Photo by Laura Shriver (USGS).
Sarah Costanzo (USGS) collects soil stability data prior to installing RestoreNet version 2.0 treatments at Canyonlands Research Center near Moab, UT. Photo by Laura Shriver (USGS).
Sarah Costanzo (USGS) collects soil stability data prior to installing RestoreNet version 2.0 treatments at Canyonlands Research Center near Moab, UT. Photo by Laura Shriver (USGS).
Kat Cooney of the Arizona Water Science Center (AZWSC) runs an alkalinity titration in a mobile lab. Photo courtesy of Kat Cooney, USGS.
Kat Cooney of the Arizona Water Science Center (AZWSC) runs an alkalinity titration in a mobile lab. Photo courtesy of Kat Cooney, USGS.
Laura Shriver at the soil and restoration science booth at the USGS Flagstaff Science Center Open House. The booth included native seeds, biocrusts, a soil texturing activity, and science brief handouts.
Laura Shriver at the soil and restoration science booth at the USGS Flagstaff Science Center Open House. The booth included native seeds, biocrusts, a soil texturing activity, and science brief handouts.
A boat navigates Dubendorff Rapids during a flash flood at Galloway Canyon, Colorado River, during a rainstorm in Grand Canyon. Photo by Larkin Carey.
A boat navigates Dubendorff Rapids during a flash flood at Galloway Canyon, Colorado River, during a rainstorm in Grand Canyon. Photo by Larkin Carey.
Rocks and sediment flow down Galloway Canyon during a flash flood along the bank and into Dubendorff Rapids, Colorado River, Grand Canyon. Photo by Larkin Carey.
Rocks and sediment flow down Galloway Canyon during a flash flood along the bank and into Dubendorff Rapids, Colorado River, Grand Canyon. Photo by Larkin Carey.
A river trip watches a flash flood across from Galloway Canyon into Dubendorff Rapids from the opposite bank of the Colorado River, Grand Canyon. Photo by Larkin Carey.
A river trip watches a flash flood across from Galloway Canyon into Dubendorff Rapids from the opposite bank of the Colorado River, Grand Canyon. Photo by Larkin Carey.
Muddy floodwaters rush down Galloway Canyon into the Colorado River during a flash flood event at Dubendorff Rapids, Grand Canyon. Photo by Larkin Carey.
Muddy floodwaters rush down Galloway Canyon into the Colorado River during a flash flood event at Dubendorff Rapids, Grand Canyon. Photo by Larkin Carey.
A flash flood carries sediment and debris down Galloway Canyon into Dubendorff Rapids, Colorado River, Grand Canyon. Photo by Larkin Carey.
A flash flood carries sediment and debris down Galloway Canyon into Dubendorff Rapids, Colorado River, Grand Canyon. Photo by Larkin Carey.
Two boats navigate Dubendorff Rapids during a flash flood from Galloway Canyon, Colorado River, Grand Canyon, during a rainstorm. Photo by Larkin Carey.
Two boats navigate Dubendorff Rapids during a flash flood from Galloway Canyon, Colorado River, Grand Canyon, during a rainstorm. Photo by Larkin Carey.
A flash flood through Galloway Canyon into the Colorado River at the beginning of Dubendorff Rapids in Grand Canyon during a rainstorm. Photo by Larkin Carey.
A flash flood through Galloway Canyon into the Colorado River at the beginning of Dubendorff Rapids in Grand Canyon during a rainstorm. Photo by Larkin Carey.
A lightening bolt strikes the plateau during a thunderstorm at Indian Creek, San Juan County, Utah. Photo by Mike Duniway, USGS.
A lightening bolt strikes the plateau during a thunderstorm at Indian Creek, San Juan County, Utah. Photo by Mike Duniway, USGS.
Rock Corral Canyon, a dry oak woodland in a drainage of the Tumacacori Mountains, a "Sky Island" in southern Arizona. This area is habitat used by threatened western yellow-billed cuckoos. Photo by Charles Drost, USGS, SBSC.
Rock Corral Canyon, a dry oak woodland in a drainage of the Tumacacori Mountains, a "Sky Island" in southern Arizona. This area is habitat used by threatened western yellow-billed cuckoos. Photo by Charles Drost, USGS, SBSC.
A monsoon rainstorm moves across the north rim of the Grand Canyon during sunset, August 2024. Photo by Tom Gushue, USGS.
A monsoon rainstorm moves across the north rim of the Grand Canyon during sunset, August 2024. Photo by Tom Gushue, USGS.
Humpback chub in the Colorado River. Photo by David Herasimtschuk, Freshwaters Illustrated.
Humpback chub in the Colorado River. Photo by David Herasimtschuk, Freshwaters Illustrated.
Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps Grand Canyon Youth cool down in the water before dinner after a day of science studies, at Dinosaur Camp on the Colorado River, Grand Canyon. Photo by John Napier, Grand Canyon Youth.
Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps Grand Canyon Youth cool down in the water before dinner after a day of science studies, at Dinosaur Camp on the Colorado River, Grand Canyon. Photo by John Napier, Grand Canyon Youth.
USGS hydrologist Shannon Sartain and Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps Grand Canyon Youth Hopi crewmembers carving, inking, and printing linoleum block prints on a hot July afternoon on a Colorado River trip.
USGS hydrologist Shannon Sartain and Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps Grand Canyon Youth Hopi crewmembers carving, inking, and printing linoleum block prints on a hot July afternoon on a Colorado River trip.
Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps Grand Canyon Youth having dinner at sunset on a Colorado River trip, July 2024. Photo by Shannon Sartain, USGS, SBSC.
Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps Grand Canyon Youth having dinner at sunset on a Colorado River trip, July 2024. Photo by Shannon Sartain, USGS, SBSC.
The entire Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps / Grand Canyon Youth / Partners in Science trip jumps for joy after enjoying lunch in the shade of Redwall Cavern, July 2024. Photo courtesy of Chris Kotalik, USGS.
The entire Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps / Grand Canyon Youth / Partners in Science trip jumps for joy after enjoying lunch in the shade of Redwall Cavern, July 2024. Photo courtesy of Chris Kotalik, USGS.
A rainstorm at North Wash at the tail end of the Cataract Canyon on the Colorado River as it enters Lake Powell in June 2024. USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring Research Center were conducting multibeam sonar work in collaboration with the 'Returning Rapids' project. At this spot, the river is no longer in its original channel.
A rainstorm at North Wash at the tail end of the Cataract Canyon on the Colorado River as it enters Lake Powell in June 2024. USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring Research Center were conducting multibeam sonar work in collaboration with the 'Returning Rapids' project. At this spot, the river is no longer in its original channel.
Desert bighorn sheep traverse a rocky hillside in Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge in southern Arizona, on their way to drink at a water catchment called a tinaja. Video by Ron Finney, North Woods Productions.
Desert bighorn sheep traverse a rocky hillside in Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge in southern Arizona, on their way to drink at a water catchment called a tinaja. Video by Ron Finney, North Woods Productions.