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A sleet storm approaches the sagebrush habitat at the south end Stinkingwater Mountians near Warm Springs Reservoir in eastern Oregon
A sleet storm approaches the sagebrush habitat at the south end Stinkingwater Mountians near Warm Springs Reservoir in eastern Oregon
From 2012-2013, telemetry data were collected from nine eagles outfitted with a backpack holding a global positioning system-global system for mobile communications, or GPS-GSM, telemetry system. The telemetry system recorded and stored a GPS location every 15-minutes and sent the locations, via the GSM – or mobile phone – network, to a server once per day.
From 2012-2013, telemetry data were collected from nine eagles outfitted with a backpack holding a global positioning system-global system for mobile communications, or GPS-GSM, telemetry system. The telemetry system recorded and stored a GPS location every 15-minutes and sent the locations, via the GSM – or mobile phone – network, to a server once per day.
Researchers use a net to pull an endangered wild manatee onto the beach in order to conduct a physical examination. Information on manatee biology in Crystal River enables biologists to better understand the complex issues confronting this fragile species.
Researchers use a net to pull an endangered wild manatee onto the beach in order to conduct a physical examination. Information on manatee biology in Crystal River enables biologists to better understand the complex issues confronting this fragile species.
Graduate student holds a pallid sturgeon. The goal of this study is to assess latitudinal variation in growth rates of pallid sturgeon and shovelnose sturgeon and determine how those rates are affected by diet and temperature.
Graduate student holds a pallid sturgeon. The goal of this study is to assess latitudinal variation in growth rates of pallid sturgeon and shovelnose sturgeon and determine how those rates are affected by diet and temperature.
Research of the Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit will continue to focus on applied fisheries-management problems and issues. Our studies are initiated in response to the needs of the Cooperators and other management agencies and are designed to provide information useful in directly improving management of aquatic resources.
Research of the Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit will continue to focus on applied fisheries-management problems and issues. Our studies are initiated in response to the needs of the Cooperators and other management agencies and are designed to provide information useful in directly improving management of aquatic resources.
A beard lichen (Usnea sp.) grows on an Island Oak on Santa Rosa Island and helps to create the fog precipitation.
A beard lichen (Usnea sp.) grows on an Island Oak on Santa Rosa Island and helps to create the fog precipitation.
Opening of a large lava tube at El Malpais National Monument in western New Mexico and likely roost for bats, 2011.
Opening of a large lava tube at El Malpais National Monument in western New Mexico and likely roost for bats, 2011.
View from sandstone bluff overlooking extinct lava flows at El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico.
View from sandstone bluff overlooking extinct lava flows at El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico.
Elk in the Beartooth Mountains, Wyoming. The USGS and partners study the effects of climate change on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Elk in the Beartooth Mountains, Wyoming. The USGS and partners study the effects of climate change on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Source: USGS National Wetlands Research Center. Photographer: Brad M. Glorioso. Calling male; Coldwater River National Wildlife Refuge, Mississippi
Anaxyrus fowleri - Fowler's Toad
Source: USGS National Wetlands Research Center. Photographer: Brad M. Glorioso. Calling male; Coldwater River National Wildlife Refuge, Mississippi
Anaxyrus fowleri - Fowler's Toad
Capturing juvenile Chinook salmon in Cougar Reservoir, Oregon using a Lampara net.
Capturing juvenile Chinook salmon in Cougar Reservoir, Oregon using a Lampara net.
USGS scientist Dave Brandt holds a captured whooping crane while Dr. Barry Hartup with the International Crane Foundation assesses the bird's health before marking.
USGS scientist Dave Brandt holds a captured whooping crane while Dr. Barry Hartup with the International Crane Foundation assesses the bird's health before marking.
Ambystoma californiense - California Tiger Salamander is a A dark brown salamander with yellow spots.
Ambystoma californiense - California Tiger Salamander is a A dark brown salamander with yellow spots.
Fishing guide Camp Walker, Catalyst Charters, of Islamorada, Fla., took this photo of a Burmese python swimming in Florida Bay from the end of Twisty Channel toward End Key on Nov. 16, 2011.
Fishing guide Camp Walker, Catalyst Charters, of Islamorada, Fla., took this photo of a Burmese python swimming in Florida Bay from the end of Twisty Channel toward End Key on Nov. 16, 2011.
View of Boulder Basin, Lake Mead from Fortification Hill.
View of Boulder Basin, Lake Mead from Fortification Hill.
Iceland gull (Larus glaucoides) photographed during field work in Iceland.
Iceland gull (Larus glaucoides) photographed during field work in Iceland.
Sabrina Davenport and Caleb Troutt, Five Rivers Services, LLC biologists performing work on the Missouri River for the CERC, hold pallid sturgeon PLS09-012 recaptured on November 1, 2011 near Nebraska City, Nebraska. Female pallid sturgeon PLS09-012 is in reproductive condition and will spawn in the spring of 2012.
Sabrina Davenport and Caleb Troutt, Five Rivers Services, LLC biologists performing work on the Missouri River for the CERC, hold pallid sturgeon PLS09-012 recaptured on November 1, 2011 near Nebraska City, Nebraska. Female pallid sturgeon PLS09-012 is in reproductive condition and will spawn in the spring of 2012.
Lila Warren at the USGS Tennessee Cooperative Fishery Research Unit holds a muskellunge fish. To prevent the disappearance of muskellunge from the Cumberland Plateau, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) began stocking muskellunge into the upper Caney Fork River system above Great Falls Dam in 1976.
Lila Warren at the USGS Tennessee Cooperative Fishery Research Unit holds a muskellunge fish. To prevent the disappearance of muskellunge from the Cumberland Plateau, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) began stocking muskellunge into the upper Caney Fork River system above Great Falls Dam in 1976.
Areas like this tidal freshwater swamp, along the Pocomoke River in Maryland, provide important ecosystem services including improving water quality by trapping watershed sediment before it reaches the Chesapeake Bay. However, a sediment shadow along tidal rivers may limit their resilience to the impacts of sea level rise.
Areas like this tidal freshwater swamp, along the Pocomoke River in Maryland, provide important ecosystem services including improving water quality by trapping watershed sediment before it reaches the Chesapeake Bay. However, a sediment shadow along tidal rivers may limit their resilience to the impacts of sea level rise.
Thousands of young Atlantic salmon are released into the St. Regis River system (a tributary of the St. Lawrence River) in an effort to restore this diminished Lake Ontario fish population. The salmon were reared at the USGS Tunison Laboratory in Cortland, N.Y., and are released by USGS scientists and members of the Mohawk Tribe.
Thousands of young Atlantic salmon are released into the St. Regis River system (a tributary of the St. Lawrence River) in an effort to restore this diminished Lake Ontario fish population. The salmon were reared at the USGS Tunison Laboratory in Cortland, N.Y., and are released by USGS scientists and members of the Mohawk Tribe.
Thousands of young Atlantic salmon are released into the St. Regis River system (a tributary of the St. Lawrence River) in an effort to restore this diminished Lake Ontario fish population. The salmon were reared at the USGS Tunison Laboratory in Cortland, N.Y., and are released by USGS scientists and members of the Mohawk Tribe.
Thousands of young Atlantic salmon are released into the St. Regis River system (a tributary of the St. Lawrence River) in an effort to restore this diminished Lake Ontario fish population. The salmon were reared at the USGS Tunison Laboratory in Cortland, N.Y., and are released by USGS scientists and members of the Mohawk Tribe.