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Researchers instruct volunteers on how to collect dragonfly larvae in Glacier NP as a part of the Dragonfly Mercury Project.

White-nose syndrome has been detected in Washington. USGS scientist are helping the NPS design and evaluate bat sampling protocols for their Pacific Northwest parks.

USGS scientist Tabitha Graves collects western bumble bee samples in eastern Montana. 

Researcher evaluates vegetation during a GLORIA alpine plant survey near the summit of Dancing Lady Mountain in Glacier National Park, Montana.

GLORIA sites within Glacier National Park

A botanist collects vegetation data near the summit Pitamakin Mountain in Glacier National Park, Montana.

Scientists collect alpine plant species and distribution data to complete a GLORIA site inventory on the summit of Seward Mountain, Glacier National Park, Montana.

Alpine summits often support a great variety of vegetation species despite harsh environmental conditions. Bison Mountain GLORIA plot, Glacier National Park, Montana.

James Molden shows off an Orange-throated Whiptail (Aspidoscelis hyperythra) while conducting the monthly pitfall trap monitoring at Cabrillo National Monument. The traps were put in place over 20 years ago by researcher Robert Fisher. USGS is looking at the effects of fragmentation on the isolated amphibian and reptile community at the monument.

Global distribution of GLORIA sites.

Beautiful photo of mountains and water taken at Wildhorse Creek, Idaho. Photo Credit: Austin Baldwin 

Researcher Melanie Madden holds up a Blainville's Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma blainvillii).

James Molden takes habitat photos for Arroyo Toad surveys in Santa Ysabel Creek.

Researcher Melanie Madden holds up a gophersnake (Pituophis catenifer).

Angler holding a brown trout caught from a Montana River                                                                        

Shannon Waters-Dynes masks up in the genetics lab.

USGS National Wildlife Health Center pathologist examines a cottontail for cause-of-death determination.

Rich Kim works on giant gartersnake trap building. 

Eastern newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) in Wisconsin.

USGS scientists visit Garden Wall Weather Station in Glacier National Park.  This high elevation weather station, just below the Continental Divide near Logan Pass, collects weather data that is used each spring to forecast avalanche hazard for the road crew plowing Going to the Sun Road.  The data is also used by USGS avalanche scientists to study the con

Scientists with the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team have seen the first female grizzly bear with cubs of the year for 2020 in Yellowstone National Park. The radio-collared female was seen with 3 cubs during a telemetry tracking flight on 4/10.  One of the 3 cubs is hard to see between the 2 obvious siblings, but you can just make out its