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Fly fishing for trout in one on Montana's rivers.                                                             

Greenhouse study comparing plant performance during drought will help land managers choose plant species for restoring degraded lands. To find out more, follow the Restoration Assessment and Monitoring Program of the Southwest, housed at the Southwest Biolobigical Science Center. www.ugs.gov/sbsc/ramps

Field crew enroute to a pollinator sampling site in the Northwester Great Plains ecoregion during training. Many flowers are low to the ground in this windy area. 

A flower at the Northwestern Great Plains ecoregion pollinator sampling site being recorded by a USGS field crew member.

USGS scientists Gregory D'Agostino and Katherine Wares collecting soil and worms at a site on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, that was contaminated by PFAS from fire-fighting foam.  

Invertebrate being collected at a site on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, that was contaminated by PFAS from fire-fighting foam used at the site. 

Dan is from Michigan originally and received his BS from Michigan State University, MS from Eastern Michigan University and PhD from University of Pittsburgh. Dan joined the Arkansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit in 2000, where he is the Assistant Unit Leader and Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

Connecting powerline rights-of-way vegetation management to improve pollinator habitat. A USGS RAMPS technician samples pollinating insects along the Salt River Project powerline that crosses through Apache-Sitgreaves and Tonto National Forests.

 A USGS scientist wearing black gloves is collecting a sample of tap water from the kitchen sink using small plastic vials to test for PFAS.

Scientists from the U.S.

Scientists from the U.S.

Scientists from the U.S.

Scientists from the U.S.

Scientists from the U.S.

This tree-ring sample from an avalanche path captures 256 years of data between the years 1777 and 2013. The scars in 1818 and 1974 are examples of mechanical damage caused by an avalanche. The pith is the center of the tree.

Illustration showing that drinking water is shared by both humans and wildlife, illustration created by Kathy Lee

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A wild rail approaches a speaker playing mating calls at San Elijo lagoon. The light-footed Ridgway’s rail is a handsome but secretive waterbird that lives on tidal marshland fragments in southern California from Santa Barbara County south to Baja California, Mexico.

The United States is developing renewable energy resources, especially solar, at a rapid rate.

Scientist istalling a swallow nest box near Ashumet Pond, Cape Cod Massachusetts as part of a study on the fate and effects of PFAS chemicals.