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Image: Black-bellied Whistling Ducks
Black-bellied Whistling Ducks
Black-bellied Whistling Ducks
Image: Female Great Horned Owl on Her Nest
Female Great Horned Owl on Her Nest
Female Great Horned Owl on Her Nest
Female Great Horned Owl on Her Nest

Winner in category, 33rd annual USGS phot contest 2009.  Not a real entry--just thought you'd want a copy

Winner in category, 33rd annual USGS phot contest 2009.  Not a real entry--just thought you'd want a copy

Image: WRP Morehouse Parish, Louisiana
WRP Morehouse Parish, Louisiana
WRP Morehouse Parish, Louisiana
WRP Morehouse Parish, Louisiana

Wetlands Reserve Program site in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana.  Green tree frogs rest on a Wetlands Reserve Program easement boundary sign in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana.

Wetlands Reserve Program site in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana.  Green tree frogs rest on a Wetlands Reserve Program easement boundary sign in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana.

Image: Fall Foliage Along Blue Ridge Parkway
Fall Foliage Along Blue Ridge Parkway
Fall Foliage Along Blue Ridge Parkway
Fall Foliage Along Blue Ridge Parkway

View of Blue Ridge Parkway foliage from Waterrock Knob at sunset.

Image: Summit of Waterrock Knob
Summit of Waterrock Knob
Summit of Waterrock Knob
Summit of Waterrock Knob

View from Summit of Waterrock Knob at 6,292 feet. It is the 16th highest peak in the Eastern US and located within the Blue Ridge Pkwy.

View from Summit of Waterrock Knob at 6,292 feet. It is the 16th highest peak in the Eastern US and located within the Blue Ridge Pkwy.

Image: Summit of Waterrock Knob
Summit of Waterrock Knob
Summit of Waterrock Knob
Summit of Waterrock Knob

View from Summit of Waterrock Knob at 6,292 feet. It is the 16th highest peak in the Eastern US and located within the Blue Ridge Pkwy.

View from Summit of Waterrock Knob at 6,292 feet. It is the 16th highest peak in the Eastern US and located within the Blue Ridge Pkwy.

Image: Fall Foliage from Waterrock Knob
Fall Foliage from Waterrock Knob
Fall Foliage from Waterrock Knob
Fall Foliage from Waterrock Knob

View of fall foliage from Waterrock Knob Mt. peak in the Plott Balsam Mt. chain.

Image: Fall Foliage along Blue Ridge Parkway
Fall Foliage along Blue Ridge Parkway
Fall Foliage along Blue Ridge Parkway
Image: Blue Ridge Parkway With Fall Foliage
Blue Ridge Parkway With Fall Foliage
Blue Ridge Parkway With Fall Foliage
Blue Ridge Parkway With Fall Foliage

Climbing Waterrock Knob and viewing the Blue Ridge Pkwy below with the fall foliage around.

Image: Fall Foliage Along Blue Ridge Parkway
Fall Foliage Along Blue Ridge Parkway
Fall Foliage Along Blue Ridge Parkway
Image: Fall Foliage Along Blue Ridge Parkway
Fall Foliage Along Blue Ridge Parkway
Fall Foliage Along Blue Ridge Parkway
Fall Foliage Along Blue Ridge Parkway

View of Blue Ridge Parkway foliage from Waterrock Knob at sunset.

Image: Fall Foliage From Waterrock Knob
Fall Foliage From Waterrock Knob
Fall Foliage From Waterrock Knob
Fall Foliage From Waterrock Knob

View from Summit of Waterrock Knob at 6,292 feet. It is the 16th highest peak in the Eastern US and located within the Blue Ridge Pkwy.

View from Summit of Waterrock Knob at 6,292 feet. It is the 16th highest peak in the Eastern US and located within the Blue Ridge Pkwy.

Image: Summit of Waterrock Knob
Summit of Waterrock Knob
Summit of Waterrock Knob
Summit of Waterrock Knob

View from Summit of Waterrock Knob at 6,292 feet. It is the 16th highest peak in the Eastern US and located within the Blue Ridge Pkwy.

View from Summit of Waterrock Knob at 6,292 feet. It is the 16th highest peak in the Eastern US and located within the Blue Ridge Pkwy.

Image: Summit of Waterrock Knob
Summit of Waterrock Knob
Summit of Waterrock Knob
Summit of Waterrock Knob

View from Summit of Waterrock Knob at 6,292 feet. It is the 16th highest peak in the Eastern US and located within the Blue Ridge Pkwy.

View from Summit of Waterrock Knob at 6,292 feet. It is the 16th highest peak in the Eastern US and located within the Blue Ridge Pkwy.

Image: Blue Ridge Parkway With Fall Foliage
Blue Ridge Parkway With Fall Foliage
Blue Ridge Parkway With Fall Foliage
Blue Ridge Parkway With Fall Foliage

View of Blue Ridge Parkway foliage from Waterrock Knob.

Image: Tracking Sauger
Tracking Sauger
Tracking Sauger
Tracking Sauger

Graduate student Christy Kitterman tracking tagged sauger in the lower Tennessee River.

Graduate student Christy Kitterman tracking tagged sauger in the lower Tennessee River.

Image: Pallid Sturgeon
Pallid Sturgeon
Pallid Sturgeon
Pallid Sturgeon

Graduate student Michele Casto-Yerty releasing an endangered pallid sturgeon that was removed from a gillnet set by a commercial fisherman on the Mississippi River.

Graduate student Michele Casto-Yerty releasing an endangered pallid sturgeon that was removed from a gillnet set by a commercial fisherman on the Mississippi River.

Image: Diploying the Gillnets
Diploying the Gillnets
Diploying the Gillnets
Diploying the Gillnets

Graduate student Christy Kitterman and Research technician Ben Davis get ready to deploy some gillnets for sauger below a cold, cold dam on the Tennessee River.

Graduate student Christy Kitterman and Research technician Ben Davis get ready to deploy some gillnets for sauger below a cold, cold dam on the Tennessee River.

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