Images

Thompson working on ice training, Ontario, Canada.

An adult pallid sturgeon, an endangered species.

The Hawaiian ‘I‘iwi, a native forest bird species only found in the Hawaiian Islands. 

Whitefish drying on a fish rack in Pilot Station, AK, in the Yukon River Basin. 

This image was taken at the Strong River at D'Lo, Mississippi by Shane Stocks who is a Hydrologic Technician out of the Jackson, MS office. Shane used an infared camera to take this long exposure shot of the river. 

The Southern High Plains of New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. USGS conducted a uranium assessment in this region in 2015.

Yukon River freezing up at Pilot Station, AK

David Pelunis-Messier and Milton Roberts navigating on the Tanana River, a main tributary of the Yukon River. The two are taking part in the Yukon River permafrost study. 

Researcher Carol Hasburgh taking winter water chemistry samples on the Yukon River for a permafrost loss study. 

Drilling to take water chemistry samples for permafrost study in the Yukon River Basin

Heading out to do field work for a permafrost loss study in the Yukon River Basin. 

Deep snow in northern Ontario, Canada.

Caribou in northern Ontario, Canada.

Thompson holding a back bear cub in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA.

Non-native Cuban treefrogs have established a breeding population in New Orleans, Louisiana, the first such population on the U.S. mainland outside Florida. The treefrogs were discovered at the Audubon Zoo shortly after a shipment of palm trees from Florida were planted in the zoo's elephant enclosure in 2016.

Cliffs of Franciscan Complex rocks near the Point Bonita Lighthouse reveal metamorphosed pillow lava at their bases. USGS photo by Jessica L. Ball

Big Southern Butte, Idaho.  The butte is among the largest rhyolite domes in the world and is located in the eastern Snake River Plain. Photo by James Neeley, BLM (https://flic.kr/p/CsA4TV).

Part of the project team for a scenario planning effort with Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site.

Adirondack stream in New York

Prescribed fires, such as this one, are used by land managers to restore ponderosa pine forests to more resilient conditions. We are fortunate to be able to occasionally participate in such burns because we are co-located with land managers.

Spruce-covered mountains surround a dried-up lake.