Images

Bright fall foliage along the Blue Ridge Parkway.

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

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 of Blue Ridge Parkway 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.

Evening sunset over the mountains in Waynesville.

Evening sunset over the mountains in Waynesville.

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

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.

A captured bird is fitted with a tiny radio transmitter (designed to fall off after a few weeks) that allows it to be tracked, as well as gather data on the bird’s age, weight, fat load, wing size and shape, and general condition. 

Adult Oregon spotted frog at Dilman Meadows, near Wickiup Reservoir, OR

Coniferous forest in mountains of Denali National Park.

Coniferous forest in mountains of Denali National Park.

Coniferous forest in mountains of Denali National Park.

Coniferous trees growing near pond with mountain behind it.

Coniferous trees growing near pond with mountain behind it.

Coniferous trees growing near pond.

Coniferous trees and grass growing on mountain side.

Coniferous forest in mountains of Denali National Park.