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USGS and NPS employees sample for environmental AIV at Constitution Gardens, National Mall and Memorial Parks, Washington DC
USGS and NPS employees sample for environmental AIV at Constitution Gardens, National Mall and Memorial Parks, Washington DC
USGS scientists collects water samples for AIV sampling at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool at National Mall and Memorial Parks, Washington DC
USGS scientists collects water samples for AIV sampling at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool at National Mall and Memorial Parks, Washington DC
Ted Castro-Santos, EESC, and Katie Deters, PNNL, release tagged American Shad in the canal at the Conte Lab
Ted Castro-Santos, EESC, and Katie Deters, PNNL, release tagged American Shad in the canal at the Conte Lab
Workflow for integrating fire behavior modeling into post-fire hazard risk models. QUIC-Fire is a fast, 3-D simulation tool for prescribed fire planning. It can help managers understand the complex and dynamic behavior of wildland fires.
Workflow for integrating fire behavior modeling into post-fire hazard risk models. QUIC-Fire is a fast, 3-D simulation tool for prescribed fire planning. It can help managers understand the complex and dynamic behavior of wildland fires.
Stream in Glacier National Park experience severe streamflow drought. The rocks that are normally at the bottom of the river are dry.
Stream in Glacier National Park experience severe streamflow drought. The rocks that are normally at the bottom of the river are dry.
Striped Bass are an important sportfish in Missouri and a goal of reservoir stocking programs is to create a unique angling opportunity to catch a trophy fish. However, there is concern among fishery managers and anglers that stocked striped bass may compete with or prey upon other sport fishes like crappie and bass.
Striped Bass are an important sportfish in Missouri and a goal of reservoir stocking programs is to create a unique angling opportunity to catch a trophy fish. However, there is concern among fishery managers and anglers that stocked striped bass may compete with or prey upon other sport fishes like crappie and bass.
Watercolor painting of an eastern bluebird, Julia Olson, New Mexico Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit.
Watercolor painting of an eastern bluebird, Julia Olson, New Mexico Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit.
Connectivity between populations is a conservation goal, as is establishment of populations in currently unoccupied recovery areas. This requires a better understanding of habitat selection within existing populations and ability to predict connectivity pathways among ecosystems.
Connectivity between populations is a conservation goal, as is establishment of populations in currently unoccupied recovery areas. This requires a better understanding of habitat selection within existing populations and ability to predict connectivity pathways among ecosystems.
This project all started when I began thinking about deer behaviors that may have been overlooked when we think of how chronic wasting disease might be spreading geographically. Something that’s overlooked in the literature on CWD is deer grooming behaviors. White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) practice grooming.
This project all started when I began thinking about deer behaviors that may have been overlooked when we think of how chronic wasting disease might be spreading geographically. Something that’s overlooked in the literature on CWD is deer grooming behaviors. White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) practice grooming.
Photo of the USGS UMID Michigan Bacteriological Research Laboratory at the Upper Midwest Water Science Center
Photo of the USGS UMID Michigan Bacteriological Research Laboratory at the Upper Midwest Water Science Center
Lara researches human-carnivore conflict, and is interested in the intersections between culture, identity, and ecology. Lara's area of expertise is wildlife management, specializing in carnivores.
Lara researches human-carnivore conflict, and is interested in the intersections between culture, identity, and ecology. Lara's area of expertise is wildlife management, specializing in carnivores.
Aloha! The Hawai’i Cooperative Fishery Research Unit (HCFRU) was established in the spirit of cooperation and collaboration, with a shared vision of developing the scientific knowledge and natural resource professionals necessary to ensure the sustainability of Hawaiian natural resources for future generations.
Aloha! The Hawai’i Cooperative Fishery Research Unit (HCFRU) was established in the spirit of cooperation and collaboration, with a shared vision of developing the scientific knowledge and natural resource professionals necessary to ensure the sustainability of Hawaiian natural resources for future generations.
A Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) machine is one of the scientific devices used to analyze eDNA samples
A Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) machine is one of the scientific devices used to analyze eDNA samples
eDNA autosampler is programmed to collect and filter water samples for eDNA analysis every 3 hours on Cherry Creek, MT
eDNA autosampler is programmed to collect and filter water samples for eDNA analysis every 3 hours on Cherry Creek, MT
Caroline has nearly a decade of experience in government relations and public affairs, working to ensure research on America’s fish and wildlife is effectively communicated to a diversity of audiences and decisionmakers.
Caroline has nearly a decade of experience in government relations and public affairs, working to ensure research on America’s fish and wildlife is effectively communicated to a diversity of audiences and decisionmakers.
Hadley Boehm is a graduate research assistant in the Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at the University of Missouri in Columbia. She's leading striped bass fisheries research in Bull Shoals Reservoir with the Missouri Department of Conservation.
Hadley Boehm is a graduate research assistant in the Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at the University of Missouri in Columbia. She's leading striped bass fisheries research in Bull Shoals Reservoir with the Missouri Department of Conservation.
Illustration by Elizabeth "Lizzy" Lang, Graduate Research Assistant, Iowa State University.
Illustration by Elizabeth "Lizzy" Lang, Graduate Research Assistant, Iowa State University.
Illustration (paper and mechanical pen) by Valerie Hinojoza-Rood, Post doc, Oregon State University. Mule deer and yearling migrating through eastern Oregon shrublands.
Illustration (paper and mechanical pen) by Valerie Hinojoza-Rood, Post doc, Oregon State University. Mule deer and yearling migrating through eastern Oregon shrublands.
Tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) are an iconic species in the Pacific Northwest that provide a wide range of ecological, economic, and historically important services such as ecotourism for local communities- and bringing marine derived nutrients to terrestrial habitats.
Tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) are an iconic species in the Pacific Northwest that provide a wide range of ecological, economic, and historically important services such as ecotourism for local communities- and bringing marine derived nutrients to terrestrial habitats.
The ringtail is a small, secretive, omnivorous, nocturnal relative of the raccoon that occurs in southwestern Oregon, the most northern portion of the species range.
The ringtail is a small, secretive, omnivorous, nocturnal relative of the raccoon that occurs in southwestern Oregon, the most northern portion of the species range.
Illustration by Morgan Stum, master’s student, Penn State University.
Illustration by Morgan Stum, master’s student, Penn State University.