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Fruits of Her Labor: the flower on the left has been pollinated and the fruit is developing, but the flower on the right is still being pollinated, highlighting the importance of bees to humanity's food resources. 

The center of the composite flower looks like a "landing zone" and has evolved to guide pollinators to its nectar/pollen.

UV light trap set up at dusk along the river's edge to collect and inventory riparian insect populations

The photo shows the SCREE Powell 150 expdition camp at Big Pine Campground in Red Canyon of the Green River, Utah. The large green tarp was set up to keep the kitchen area and campers dry. Two very large ponderosa pines are in the center of camp, and surely were witness to the 1869 Powell expedition.

SCREE raft preparing to navigate under Taylor Flats Bridge which poses a potential hazard depending on water flow levels from Flaming Gorge Dam

A flock of pelicans in the water in Brown's Park.

Open grassy landscape and distant mountains of Browns Park Waterfowl Management Area as seen from the Green River

View downstream of SCREE raft entering Swallow Canyon

Brillant sunset at Little Swallow Campsite on the Green River

Samantha Stanton (Great Lakes Commission, GLSC Volunteer) demonstrates the monitoring protocol to training attendees on May 29, 2019, near Centerville, Michigan.

A gadwall duck with GPS transmitter in flight.

This photo displays the contrast between the clear, sediment-starved waters released from a large dam, and the murky, sediment-rich waters of natural tributaries. The tributary is just one of many that gradually re-supply the river with sediment.

This photo demonstrates the typical set up of the so-called 'bat-and-bug' citizen science data collection platform used on the SCREE - Powell 150 expedition. The UV light attracts bugs to the pool of ethanol, where they land and are preserved for identification, while the touchpad device has an untrasonic microphone to collect bat calls.

View downriver of Powell Expedition boats on the Green River in Red Canyon on a cold, rainy day.

Boatmen's sleeping quarters at Big Pine in Red Canyon on the Green River

Desert paintbrush stands out against the yellows and browns of the desert by way of its bright red and fiery coloring. Desert paintbrush is a hemiparasite, and takes some of its water and nutrients from the roots of nearby plants. However, unlike full parasites, desert paintbrush can still photosynthesize to obtain some of its nutrients if needed.

View of lake at Fernhill Natural Treatment Wetlands.

View looking downstream from just below the boat launch at Flaming Gorge Dam.

View looking upstream at Flaming Gorge Dam from the boat launch area

Areas on Kīlauea that will be covered by a helicopter lidar survey in June 2019. Red lines enclose areas over which the survey helicopter will fly at 396 m (1,300 ft) above ground level. Green lines enclose areas over which the helicopter will fly at 151 m (500 ft) above ground level.

This photo demonstrates one of the challenges of down-river boating in the Colorado River system.