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Cyanobacterial bloom
Cyanobacterial bloom at Kabetogama Lake Visitor Center
Cyanobacterial bloom at Kabetogama Lake Visitor Center
Wild celery, a stringy green aquatic plant growing in the water
Wild celery in Pool 13 of the Upper Mississippi River
Wild celery in Pool 13 of the Upper Mississippi River
Wild celery in Pool 13 of the Upper Mississippi River

Wild celery (Vallisneria americana) within lower Pool 13 of the Upper Mississippi River. 

Prevalence of submersed aquatic vegetation, especially wild celery, increased from 1998 to 2008 but has since declined in Pool 13.

Wild celery (Vallisneria americana) within lower Pool 13 of the Upper Mississippi River. 

Prevalence of submersed aquatic vegetation, especially wild celery, increased from 1998 to 2008 but has since declined in Pool 13.

New York City skyline
New York City
New York City
New York City

New York city skyline view from Liberty Island.

New York city skyline view from Liberty Island.

Columbia torrent salamander
Columbia torrent salamander (Rhyacotriton kezeri)
Columbia torrent salamander (Rhyacotriton kezeri)
Columbia torrent salamander (Rhyacotriton kezeri)

Torrent salamanders are Northwest-U.S. endemic, headwater-stream-associated amphibian species that have a dearth of basic ecological information, but are thought to be highly vulnerable to habitat changes.

Torrent salamanders are Northwest-U.S. endemic, headwater-stream-associated amphibian species that have a dearth of basic ecological information, but are thought to be highly vulnerable to habitat changes.

White and brown geese clustered in a pen in a grassy area near a wetland
Lesser Snow Geese in a pen awaiting banding
Lesser Snow Geese in a pen awaiting banding
Lesser Snow Geese in a pen awaiting banding

Lesser Snow Geese are captured using a helicopter to herd them into large pens to await banding.

Two USGS research technicians walk towards the Missouri River while surveying for piping plovers
USGS surveys for piping plovers
USGS surveys for piping plovers
USGS surveys for piping plovers

Two USGS research technicians walk across a sparsely vegetated sandbar towards the Missouri River while surveying for piping plovers. 

Two USGS research technicians walk across a sparsely vegetated sandbar towards the Missouri River while surveying for piping plovers. 

Group of people learning about native plants
Supporting Tribal Seed Sovereignty
Supporting Tribal Seed Sovereignty
Supporting Tribal Seed Sovereignty

USGS Restoration Assessment and Monitoring Program for the Southwest (RAMPS) is helping to build capacity in ecosystem restoration on the Navajo Nation with a series of projects in collaboration with Navajo Nation Department of Natural Hertiage, Dine Native Plant Program, and the Native-led non-profit Tolani Lake Enterprises.

USGS Restoration Assessment and Monitoring Program for the Southwest (RAMPS) is helping to build capacity in ecosystem restoration on the Navajo Nation with a series of projects in collaboration with Navajo Nation Department of Natural Hertiage, Dine Native Plant Program, and the Native-led non-profit Tolani Lake Enterprises.

 Adaptive Management and Monitoring of Pyramid Lake, Nevada UT
Adaptive Management and Monitoring of Pyramid Lake, Nevada UT
Adaptive Management and Monitoring of Pyramid Lake, Nevada UT
Adaptive Management and Monitoring of Pyramid Lake, Nevada UT

Pyramid Lake, Nevada, is one of the last remaining strongholds for lacustrine Lahontan cutthroat trout; almost all other large lake populations have undergone population declines or extirpation as a result of habitat degradation, overharvest, and water diversions, all compounded by the stocking of nonnative species.

Pyramid Lake, Nevada, is one of the last remaining strongholds for lacustrine Lahontan cutthroat trout; almost all other large lake populations have undergone population declines or extirpation as a result of habitat degradation, overharvest, and water diversions, all compounded by the stocking of nonnative species.

Woman in a jacket and hat drives a boat on the ocean
Driving a seabird survey vessel off the Central California Coast
Driving a seabird survey vessel off the Central California Coast
Driving a seabird survey vessel off the Central California Coast

USGS scientist Emma Kelsey drives a survey vessel off the Central California Coast as part of a seabird survey.

Woman looks out at the ocean off the side of a boat
Surveying for seabirds off the Central California Coast
Surveying for seabirds off the Central California Coast
Surveying for seabirds off the Central California Coast

USGS Biological Science Technician Laney White surveys for Marbled Murrelet off the Central California Coast.

Photographs from mourning dove showing green coated milo in crop.
Photographs from a Mourning Dove found dead in Arizona
Photographs from a Mourning Dove found dead in Arizona
Photographs from a Mourning Dove found dead in Arizona

Photographs from a Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) found dead in Arizona, US.  (A) The crop (*) is distended primarily with milo.  (B) A green coating (arrowheads) is evident on the surface of the milo.

Photographs from a Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) found dead in Arizona, US.  (A) The crop (*) is distended primarily with milo.  (B) A green coating (arrowheads) is evident on the surface of the milo.

A woman prepares to cut into a dead tree with a hatchet
Beginning a 'tree autopsy' in the Sierra Nevada
Beginning a 'tree autopsy' in the Sierra Nevada
Beginning a 'tree autopsy' in the Sierra Nevada

This is Teodora Rautu. She is a Biological Science Technician on the field crew for USGS Western Ecological Research Center's Sierra Nevada Forest Dynamics project. The tree she is getting read to cut into has recently died.

This is Teodora Rautu. She is a Biological Science Technician on the field crew for USGS Western Ecological Research Center's Sierra Nevada Forest Dynamics project. The tree she is getting read to cut into has recently died.

A woman wraps a tape measure around a tree in the forest
Measuring a red fir tree in the Sierra Nevada
Measuring a red fir tree in the Sierra Nevada
Measuring a red fir tree in the Sierra Nevada

This is Teodora Rautu. She is a Biological Science Technician on the field crew for USGS Western Ecological Research Center's Sierra Nevada Forest Dynamics project.  She is measuring the diameter of a red fir and trying to navigate the tape through the branches.

This is Teodora Rautu. She is a Biological Science Technician on the field crew for USGS Western Ecological Research Center's Sierra Nevada Forest Dynamics project.  She is measuring the diameter of a red fir and trying to navigate the tape through the branches.

A woman wraps a measuring tape around a very large tree in the forest
Measuring a Giant sequoia in the Sierra Nevada
Measuring a Giant sequoia in the Sierra Nevada
Measuring a Giant sequoia in the Sierra Nevada

This is Teodora Rautu. She is a Biological Science Technician on the field crew for USGS Western Ecological Research Center's Sierra Nevada Forest Dynamics project.  She is measuring the diameter of a Giant Sequoia.

This is Teodora Rautu. She is a Biological Science Technician on the field crew for USGS Western Ecological Research Center's Sierra Nevada Forest Dynamics project.  She is measuring the diameter of a Giant Sequoia.

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