Images

Coastal erosion reveals the extent of ice-rich permafrost underlying active layer on the Arctic Coastal Plain in the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area of the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska.

Flint River at Downtown Albany.

Caribou foraging on the Arctic Coastal Plain near the Dalton Highway, North Slope of Alaska.

Shallow ponds and mowed dike in the Ki’i Unit.  Habitats and areas used by Bristle-thighed Curlews in the Ki’i Unit of the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge on Oahu, Hawaii.

Many species of Hawaiian honeycreepers have persisted into the 20th century because high elevation rain forests on the islands of Kaua’i, Maui, and Hawai'i are cool enough to limit transmission of introduced avian malaria (Plasmodium relictum).

Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park is located in Kona District on the Big Island of Hawai'i. 

Steep, rocky slopes in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, AZ provide habitat for saguaros and may buffer populations from the negative effects of drought. Photo courtesy of Daniel Winkler, USGS SBSC.

Artisanal Fishing in Lao PDR

Beautiful River with Mount Rainier in the background

Remote wetland in the Sierra Nevada near Long Lake, CA, seen while surveying for Belding's ground squirrels

Scenic shots of Rocky Mountain National Park, lake on highway 34 near the Southern park entrance.

Scenic shots of Rocky Mountain National Park, Grand Lake near the South entrance to the park.

Scenic shots of Rocky Mountain National Park, near Bear Lake.

Working with FWS partner, Mara Weisenberger, to instruct village scouts in monitoring and data collection methods for Tanzania’s Wildlife Management Areas Program, 2010 (DOI-ITAP).  (credit - M. Eaton)

Taking notes while observing elephants at a waterhole in Ruaha, Tanzania while on a short-term mission in 2010 with DOI’s International Technical Assistance Program (ITAP) to develop methods and train scouts in wildlife monitoring for Tanzania’s village-based Wildlife Management Areas. (credit – M. Weisenberger, DOI)

Autumn foliage on the Snake River.

Manistee River, MI in the Midwestern US.

Little Missouri River at Marmarth, North Dakota, streamflow 65.5 cubic feet per second.

Birds found in and around the Salton Sea, California.

Medano Creek after wildfire. 

View near a groundwater well in North Dakota.