Images

Park off Las Vegas strip where people are surrounded by trees. People in image are seated at red tables and one person is walking in distance outside of hotel.

A view of the study area of Pool 13 of the Upper Mississippi River on a calm day from Eagle Point Park in Clinton, IA.

USGS and USFWS logos with title "An Orchestra of Conservation for the Melodies of Hakalau Forest" featured on an image of a red apapane bird against a blue sky background

Summer Lake, Oregon is one of the 20 terminal lakes identified by USGS partners as priority ecosystems for study by the Saline Lakes Ecosystems IWAA.

Photographs and photomicrographs from a Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor) found dead in Wisconsin, USA. (A) There is green-gray mucoid discharge around the eyes and the nasal planum is crusty (arrows).

A red, native 'apanane bird sits on pink and white shrubbery against a bright blue sky in Hawaii.

Volunteers lean over to plant trees in grassy area of a forest in Hawai'i. These trees provide crucial habitat for native birds within the refuge.

Volunteers and scientists stand amidst tall trees in a Hawaiian forest where habitat restoration is taking place for native birds.

Subsurface instruments measuring soil-water potential and water content aid in characterization of fluxes of water in natural and reclaimed soils around uranium mine sites.

Bright orange native Hawai‘i ‘ākepa sits in lush green tropical forested area in Hawai'i. 

Measuring soil surface emission of radon in an undisturbed area near a mining site, PHoto Credit: Christopher Green

Acoustic data recording can be used to identify bats to species and to quantify bat activity. Here, river runners gather around a tablet and microphone to view live translations of the ultrasonic sounds that bats use to navigate the world. Software translates recordings into visuals and sounds that are audible to human ears.

Christina Murphy is the Assistant Unit Leader, Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. Originally from Oregon, Christina received her MSc from the University of Girona, Spain and her PhD from Oregon State University. She was a post-doctoral fellow at Oregon State University before joining the Maine Unit in late 2020.

Mike received his BS in Fishery Resources from the University of Idaho, MS in Biology from Kansas State University, and a PhD in Biology from Kansas State University.

Kevin earned a B.S. from Texas A&M University, an M.S. from Auburn University, and a Ph.D. from South Dakota State University. Prior to joining the Nebraska Unit, he was a tenured Associate Professor at Texas Tech University.

Norman with graduate students from the Academic Department of Earth Sciences at the Autonomous University of Baja California Sur (UABCS) teaching high school students from El Sargento at the “Caminos Del Agua” Water Festival  (photo by Alfredo Martinez, March 11, 2024).

RAMPS Biologist Sarah Costanzo rides a seedball bike designed to create seedballs (mixes of seed, clay, and other materials) for RestoreNet restoration

Source to Outcome Research Framework that was updated from the 2022 Source to Receptor Research Framework

Street in Balboa Park, San Diego with various green trees lining the image. Numerous people walking around on a sunny day with a blue sky and faint white clouds above. Buildings near to trees.

Sagebrush Collaborative Restoration Landscapes capture over a third of the remaining intact Core Sagebrush Areas across the sagebrush biome.

Layer Sources

Sagebrush Collaborative Restoration Landscapes capture over a third of the remaining intact Core Sagebrush Areas across the sagebrush biome.