Images

A windblown stand of hemlock trees at the Wolverine Glacier field site

Antlers, White Mountains, Alaska

Deploying environmental monitoring equipment in a mesic (between wet and dry) forest in western Puerto Rico. Characterizing fine-scale moisture gradients between dry and wet forests is critical to understand which habitats are likely to remain suitable for vulnerable amphibian species as the climate changes. 

Miller interviewing Maasai pastoralists about how they have coped with drought amidst conservation and land use changes.

View from Wolverine Glacier from Helicopter

Mountain Hemlock in Alaska

Brian Miller, research ecologist for the NC CASC, on the road while doing fieldwork in Tanzania.

View of Barry Glacier in Alaska, from Prince William Sound

View West from Wolverine Glacier

Big bear scat found while in the field

Miller collecting geospatial data as part of his dissertation research on drought resources in East Africa.

Staudinger dissecting a dolphinfish at the Annual Ducks Fishing tournament in Morehead City, North Carolina. Credit: Joshua Snyder 

A view of a vegetated inland coastline overlooking the water on Dauphin Island, Alabama. The island protects mainland Alabama’s coastal communities and resources from storms, while also providing recreational opportunities (fishing, beach tourism, etc.) and other economic benefits to the local community and state.

The urban reef at Isla Verde supports various species of protected corals, sea turtles, and crustaceans, as well as many Caribbean fish. It also protects the International Airport and numerous homes and resorts on the coast.

Aerial photograph looking southwest along Breton Island, Louisiana, taken July 2013

Burned, hollowed out base of a sequoia tree in Sequoia National Park

Waning fall foliage as seen on a rural Adirondack road during the Western Adirondack Stream Survey (WASS) conducted in November, 2018. Photo by Scott George

The Androscoggin river in Maine during Fall colors. 

A look to the north along the bluffs at the Cape Cod National Seashore, from Marconi Station. Over the years, the USGS continues to work with the National Park Service at the Cape Cod National Seashore.

A large airtanker dropped fire suppressant on the ground to help stop the spread of the Eyrie Fire in Boise, Idaho.

Mari Rodriguez checks a trap for mice at a field site in Michigan for research.