Images

This is an image of  the coloring page for the Disease Ecologist I Am A... episode.

Map of maximum uranium concentration at 206 spring and well sites in the Grand Canyon region.

Triple-high mist net in front of Half Dome. The net is used to capture bats as part of a study tracking bat movements in Yosemite National Park.

A California myotis with a transmitter, part of a study of bats in Yosemite National Park.

Reducing uncertainties in Eastern black rail conservation. Qualitative value of information to identify field experiments in a resilience-experimentalist adaptive management framework.

Field collection of surface soils from a burned watershed by USGS Contaminant Ecology Research Laboratory

This is a landscape photo of a wildfire burn site located in Oregon, USA. Photo taken in November of 2021.

Phoenix Aguilar McFarlane is a sophomore majoring in Environmental Science at the University of Idaho College of Natural Resources at the USGS Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Program. She came to the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program (DDCSP) with a can-do attitude and a passion for volunteering in community service and sustainability projects.

Graduate students at the Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit calibrate gear and test new fish sampling techniques (hydroacoustics, electrofishing boat operation) in Western canyon-bound reservoirs in Arizona.  The research compares Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) sampling protocols with American Fisheries Society (AFS) standar

Restoration project at Tsegi Canyon in support of cultural and ecological resources. It was a community project that brought together agency professionals, elders and native youth. This was a partnership with Navajo Nation and USGS Restoration Assessment and Monitoring Program for the Southwest.

Natural Resource Economist coloring page.

The Restoration Assessment and Monitoring Program for the Southwest (RAMPS) is working with the Navajo Nation Department of Natural Heritage to build capacity for ecosystem restoration in response to climate change and drought.

USGS scientists and partners applied hot water as a control method for invasive corallimorphs at Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.

USGS scientists and partners applied a toothpaste-like compound mixed with sodium hydroxide as a control method for invasive corallimorphs at Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.

Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge lies at the southern end of Ruby Valley in northeast Nevada. For more information visit the Ruby Lake NWR website.

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Locations of barred owl sightings recorded during 2015 owl monitoring activities. Barred owls were lethally removed from the areas highlighted in pink. Supporting data is found at https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20201089.

Locations of barred owl sightings recorded during 2020 owl monitoring activities. Barred owls were lethally removed from the areas highlighted in pink. Supporting data is found at https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20201089.

Barred owls spread west during the 1900s and today completely overlap the range of the northern spotted owl.

Field crew in the Adirondacks of New York using detection dogs to find moose scats for a capture-recapture study to estimate moose density. 

In cooperation with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) the Idaho Unit recently completed a series of research projects to better understand the effects of catch-and-release angling on survival and reproductive success of native trout and steelhead.