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USGS WERC researcher Julia Ersan gets prepared to release a hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) after capture and examination. USGS researchers are conducting multiple projects to learn about the ecology of Western bats, including long distance migrants like the hoary bat.
USGS WERC researcher Julia Ersan gets prepared to release a hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) after capture and examination. USGS researchers are conducting multiple projects to learn about the ecology of Western bats, including long distance migrants like the hoary bat.
Jazmyn Bernard, an undergraduate student in the School of Renewable Natural Resources, dredges oysters in Sister Lake, Louisiana. Across coastal areas of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill resulted in significant ecological injury and over $8 billion directed to restoration activities.
Jazmyn Bernard, an undergraduate student in the School of Renewable Natural Resources, dredges oysters in Sister Lake, Louisiana. Across coastal areas of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill resulted in significant ecological injury and over $8 billion directed to restoration activities.
Taken 94 years apart, these side by side photographs of river mile 91.7 (looking upstream) show the increase in vegetation along the Colorado River corridor after the opening of the Glen Canyon Dam in 1963. F.C. La Rue (1923 photo) on left; H.C. Fairley and A.H. Fairley (2017 USGS photo) on right.
Taken 94 years apart, these side by side photographs of river mile 91.7 (looking upstream) show the increase in vegetation along the Colorado River corridor after the opening of the Glen Canyon Dam in 1963. F.C. La Rue (1923 photo) on left; H.C. Fairley and A.H. Fairley (2017 USGS photo) on right.
Dr. Erin Muths (ARMI scientist, USGS) sampling frogs at a field site on Mt. Evans, Colorado.
Dr. Erin Muths (ARMI scientist, USGS) sampling frogs at a field site on Mt. Evans, Colorado.
American pika in the Northern Cascades. American pikas occupy talus slopes in mountain ecosystems throughout western North America.
American pika in the Northern Cascades. American pikas occupy talus slopes in mountain ecosystems throughout western North America.
Amelia DuVall is a seabird ecologist and a member of the Quantitative Conversation Lab at the Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. Amelia's taking samples of a Scripps’ murrelet chick.
Amelia DuVall is a seabird ecologist and a member of the Quantitative Conversation Lab at the Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. Amelia's taking samples of a Scripps’ murrelet chick.
Iiwi with small radio transmitter attached to help track the bird's movement through the forest
Iiwi with small radio transmitter attached to help track the bird's movement through the forest
This single-celled freshwater algae wasa collected as part of the first-ever study of the green algae family called desmids in Florida’s Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, in the northern Everglades. USGS biologist Barry H.
This single-celled freshwater algae wasa collected as part of the first-ever study of the green algae family called desmids in Florida’s Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, in the northern Everglades. USGS biologist Barry H.
The San Rafael grasslands are a diverse ecosystem in southern Arizona along the U.S./Mexico border region, a part of the Madrean Archipelago ecoregion.
The San Rafael grasslands are a diverse ecosystem in southern Arizona along the U.S./Mexico border region, a part of the Madrean Archipelago ecoregion.
Measuring the wing length of a banded Iiwi
Measuring the wing length of a banded Iiwi
Wing of Southwestern Willow Flycatcher nestling on band day in 2017.
Wing of Southwestern Willow Flycatcher nestling on band day in 2017.
This mallard duckling was captured in Suisun Marsh. USGS scientists are weighing, measuring and banding waterfowl to understand how they are using the marsh and for capture-recapture data.
This mallard duckling was captured in Suisun Marsh. USGS scientists are weighing, measuring and banding waterfowl to understand how they are using the marsh and for capture-recapture data.
Two WERC technicians walk back from a placed trap with hands full.
Two WERC technicians walk back from a placed trap with hands full.
Metolius River, Smiling River Campground, Deschutes National Forest
Metolius River, Smiling River Campground, Deschutes National Forest
USGS ecologists Molly McCormick (left) and Katie Laushman (right) conducting a seeding experiment that is a part of RAMPS, a new USGS-led initiative to improve restoration outcomes in
USGS ecologists Molly McCormick (left) and Katie Laushman (right) conducting a seeding experiment that is a part of RAMPS, a new USGS-led initiative to improve restoration outcomes in
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is frequently queried regarding the general status of endangered and threatened mussels in Missouri, a question that will remain incompletely answered until a sufficiently rigorous and comprehensive assessment and monitoring framework is implemented in Missouri.
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is frequently queried regarding the general status of endangered and threatened mussels in Missouri, a question that will remain incompletely answered until a sufficiently rigorous and comprehensive assessment and monitoring framework is implemented in Missouri.
Satellite images of the same wetland taken in 2008 and 2016 show a wetland restoration project has produced some gains in marsh area.
Satellite images of the same wetland taken in 2008 and 2016 show a wetland restoration project has produced some gains in marsh area.
An aerial view of southeast Louisiana coastal marshes.
An aerial view of southeast Louisiana coastal marshes.
This map shows the historic trend in wetland losses, with early losses in red and the most recent ones in purple.
This map shows the historic trend in wetland losses, with early losses in red and the most recent ones in purple.
Landscape view of the arid southwest in the four-courners region.
Landscape view of the arid southwest in the four-courners region.
Male Wilson's Warbler on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. This photo was taken on the Seward Peninsula as part of the Changing Arctic Ecosystems Boreal-Arctic Transition Zone program.
Male Wilson's Warbler on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. This photo was taken on the Seward Peninsula as part of the Changing Arctic Ecosystems Boreal-Arctic Transition Zone program.