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This photo below also shows all the tags that Western Fisheries Research Center scientists use to implant in fish, in reference to a quarter. From top to bottom: quarter, SS300P (depth sensing) acoustic tag, SS400 acoustic tag, ELAT acoustic tag, and a 12mm PIT tag on the bottom.

Portrait of Gregor Schuurman in Badlands National Park.

This is a dredge material deposition site named the Woodland Islands. Western Fisheries Research Center scientists study this area as habitat for fish like salmon.

This is a mountain goat in the upper reach Snake River below Hells Canyon dam and Seven Devils mountains, captured during coop work with Idaho Power by Tobyn Rhodes, a scientist at the Western Fisheries Research Center.

Sophie Hall of the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission sampling tissues of a Sockeye Salmon Oncorhynchus nerka at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) Cedar River Hatchery in the Lake Washington watershed. Led by U.S.

Scientists at the Western Fisheries Research Center collect fish diet samples to analyze their contents and better understand the food web.

This is a photograph of a juvenile Chinook and juvenile Coho salmon fish. Western Fisheries Research Center scientists study these fish.

Bighorn Lambs and Yews on Cliffs in Middle Reach Below the Salmon River taken by Tobyn Rhodes, Western Fisheries Research Center scientist.

This is a Lazuli Bunting at Heller Bar boat ramp captured by Rowan Doyle.

This is a photo of a black bear drinking in the upper reach Snake River below Hells Canyon dam and Seven Devils mountains. This photo was shot by Brandon Falish while doing cooperative work with Idaho Power.

This is a photograph of a Bighorn above Cherry Creek. Alexis Litty took the picture in the fall working on deepwater salmon redd surveys.

This is an infographic of all of the different types of fish present in Lake Washington, in Seattle, WA.

Depiction of a land cover viewer embedded within the Upper Mississippi River System Land Cover Change Story Map which allows users to summarize the area of each pool according to each land cover type and year combination.

This is an illustration of how light behaves in the waters of Lake Washington. This is part of a study on how artificial light at night affects salmon predation.

This is an infographic describing sky glow. This is part of a study on how artificial light at night affects salmon predation in Seattle, Washington.

An oak grove.

Early detection and rapid response are critical to controlling the spread of New World Screwworm, a blowfly pest that has re-emerged in the U.S.

Early detection and rapid response are critical to controlling the spread of New World Screwworm, a blowfly pest that has re-emerged in the U.S.

Two USGS biologists conducting marine bird and mammal surveys as part of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (EVOS) Long Term Monitoring program. The surveys provide estimates of the species composition, relative abundance, and distribution of all marine birds and mammals within the nearshore zone.

An eel ladder constructed along the Eden Mill Damn to help American eels make their way up and over the water. 

The barrel that the eels go into after they make it up the eel ladder at Eden Mill.