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Dan Ashe, Simon Roosevelt, and Lowell Baier
Dan Ashe, Simon Roosevelt, and Lowell Baier
Dan Ashe, Simon Roosevelt, and Lowell Baier
Dan Ashe, Simon Roosevelt, and Lowell Baier

Dan Ashe (left), Simon Roosevelt, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt's great-great-grandson (center), and Lowell Baier (right) pose for a photo at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC, where Lowell received the National Wildlife Federation’s Ding Darling Award. 

Dan Ashe (left), Simon Roosevelt, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt's great-great-grandson (center), and Lowell Baier (right) pose for a photo at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC, where Lowell received the National Wildlife Federation’s Ding Darling Award. 

Lowell Baier (left) and John Organ (right) pose for a picture.
Lowell Baier and John Organ
Lowell Baier and John Organ
Lowell Baier and John Organ

Lowell Baier (left) and John Organ (right) pose for a picture. Lowell was a warrior and a great friend of the USGS Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Program.

 

Lowell Baier (left) and John Organ (right) pose for a picture. Lowell was a warrior and a great friend of the USGS Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Program.

 

Guadalupe Bass
Guadalupe Bass
Guadalupe Bass
Guadalupe Bass

Guadalupe bass is an economically and ecologically important black bass species endemic to the Edwards Plateau ecoregion and the lower portions of the Colorado River in central Texas.

Guadalupe bass is an economically and ecologically important black bass species endemic to the Edwards Plateau ecoregion and the lower portions of the Colorado River in central Texas.

Oxbow lake in Mississippi
Oxbow lake in Mississippi
Oxbow lake in Mississippi
Oxbow lake in Mississippi

USGS researchers at the Mississippi Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, in collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, established a conceptual framework for the management of this vast floodplain.

USGS researchers at the Mississippi Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, in collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, established a conceptual framework for the management of this vast floodplain.

Floodplain of the Lower Mississippi River
Floodplain of the Lower Mississippi River
Floodplain of the Lower Mississippi River
Floodplain of the Lower Mississippi River

USGS researchers at the Mississippi Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, in collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, established a conceptual framework for the management of this vast floodplain.

USGS researchers at the Mississippi Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, in collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, established a conceptual framework for the management of this vast floodplain.

Researcher is tagging pronghorn fawn
Researcher is tagging pronghorn fawn in Oklahoma
Researcher is tagging pronghorn fawn in Oklahoma
Researcher is tagging pronghorn fawn in Oklahoma

USGS researcher at the Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit tags two pronghorn fawns in Oklahoma.

 Ancient floodplain of the Lower Mississippi River, sometimes known as The Delta.
Ancient floodplain of the Lower Mississippi River, sometimes known as The Delta
Ancient floodplain of the Lower Mississippi River, sometimes known as The Delta
Ancient floodplain of the Lower Mississippi River, sometimes known as The Delta

USGS researchers at the Mississippi Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, in collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, established a conceptual framework for the management of this vast floodplain.

USGS researchers at the Mississippi Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, in collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, established a conceptual framework for the management of this vast floodplain.

Stream in Arkansas
Stream in Arkansas
Stream in Arkansas
Stream in Arkansas

USGS researchers at the Arkansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit are working with partners on a model to simulate stream water withdrawals in natural flow regimes of the Interior Highlands with and without monitoring.

USGS researchers at the Arkansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit are working with partners on a model to simulate stream water withdrawals in natural flow regimes of the Interior Highlands with and without monitoring.

Red spruce forests, once widespread across the central and southern Appalachians, now persist only in scattered fragments on
Red spruce forests in central Appalachia
Red spruce forests in central Appalachia
Red spruce forests in central Appalachia

USGS researchers with the Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center (NE CASC) and Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, and graduate students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Va Tech) are working with the Central Appalachian Red Spruce Restoration Initiative, U.S. Forest Service, U.S.

USGS researchers with the Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center (NE CASC) and Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, and graduate students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Va Tech) are working with the Central Appalachian Red Spruce Restoration Initiative, U.S. Forest Service, U.S.

Gaudineer Knob in eastern West Virginia
Gaudineer Knob in eastern West Virginia
Gaudineer Knob in eastern West Virginia
Gaudineer Knob in eastern West Virginia

Gaudineer Knob in eastern West Virginia is home to one of the few remaining old-growth red spruce forests in the region, sitting as a unique reminder of what red spruce forests once looked like across the central and southern Appalachians. 

Gaudineer Knob in eastern West Virginia is home to one of the few remaining old-growth red spruce forests in the region, sitting as a unique reminder of what red spruce forests once looked like across the central and southern Appalachians. 

Graduate student working on a lake sturgeon project
Graduate student is working on a lake sturgeon project in South Dakota
Graduate student is working on a lake sturgeon project in South Dakota
Graduate student is working on a lake sturgeon project in South Dakota

USGS researchers at the South Dakota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (SD Unit), in partnership with South Dakota State University's (SDSU) Department of Natural Resource Management will begin a three-year collaborative study with South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resource Management in which they will look to under

USGS researchers at the South Dakota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (SD Unit), in partnership with South Dakota State University's (SDSU) Department of Natural Resource Management will begin a three-year collaborative study with South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resource Management in which they will look to under

River herring in a measuring device
River herring in a measuring device
River herring in a measuring device
River herring in a measuring device

Blueback herring and alewife (river herring) are two species of anadromous fish that are important in Northeast coastal rivers.

Blueback herring and alewife (river herring) are two species of anadromous fish that are important in Northeast coastal rivers.

Anglers and partners measure lake sturgeon in South Dakota
Anglers and partners measure lake sturgeon in South Dakota
Anglers and partners measure lake sturgeon in South Dakota
Anglers and partners measure lake sturgeon in South Dakota

Anglers and partners measure lake sturgeon in South Dakota. USGS researchers at the Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit are working with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game to better understand steelhead fisheries. Throughout the northwestern U.S., steelhead, along with Pacific salmon, support incredibly popular sport fisheries.

Anglers and partners measure lake sturgeon in South Dakota. USGS researchers at the Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit are working with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game to better understand steelhead fisheries. Throughout the northwestern U.S., steelhead, along with Pacific salmon, support incredibly popular sport fisheries.

M.S. Student Hannah Swain-Menzel
Graduate student is holding a baby yellow bullhead
Graduate student is holding a baby yellow bullhead
Graduate student is holding a baby yellow bullhead

M.S. Student Hannah Swain-Menzel captured and identified a baby yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis) in a reach of Little Chucky Creek where chucky madtom (Noturus crypticus) environmental DNA (eDNA) was detected. 

M.S. Student Hannah Swain-Menzel captured and identified a baby yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis) in a reach of Little Chucky Creek where chucky madtom (Noturus crypticus) environmental DNA (eDNA) was detected. 

M.S. Student Hannah Swain-Menzel is collecting temperature data
M.S. Student Hannah Swain-Menzel is collecting temperature data
M.S. Student Hannah Swain-Menzel is collecting temperature data
M.S. Student Hannah Swain-Menzel is collecting temperature data

M.S. Student Hannah Swain-Menzel is collecting temperature data from a HOBO temperature logger that has placed inside a PVC-housing securely fastened to a cinder block. 

M.S. Student Hannah Swain-Menzel is collecting temperature data from a HOBO temperature logger that has placed inside a PVC-housing securely fastened to a cinder block. 

AMMonitor 2
AMMonitor 2
AMMonitor 2
AMMonitor 2

USGS researchers at the Vermont Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit have released AMMonitor 2, an R package designed for remote wildlife monitoring. An R package is a collection of documentation, data, and functions that allow users to reuse the code and tools

USGS researchers at the Vermont Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit have released AMMonitor 2, an R package designed for remote wildlife monitoring. An R package is a collection of documentation, data, and functions that allow users to reuse the code and tools

Bobcat spotted on a trail camera in New York
Bobcat spotted on a trail camera
Bobcat spotted on a trail camera
Bobcat spotted on a trail camera

USGS researchers at the New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit are using trail cameras to track bobcats, black bears, and coyotes across New York. The researchers created an online database where the public can report wildlife sightings.

USGS researchers at the New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit are using trail cameras to track bobcats, black bears, and coyotes across New York. The researchers created an online database where the public can report wildlife sightings.

Screenshot of a bobcat spotted on a trail camera
Screenshot of a bobcat spotted on a trail camera
Screenshot of a bobcat spotted on a trail camera
Screenshot of a bobcat spotted on a trail camera

USGS researchers at the New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit are using trail cameras to track bobcats, black bears, and coyotes across New York. The researchers created an online database where the public can report wildlife sightings.

USGS researchers at the New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit are using trail cameras to track bobcats, black bears, and coyotes across New York. The researchers created an online database where the public can report wildlife sightings.

Teige holds a lesser prairie-chicken as part of a capture effort for a conservation translocation. Credit: Nicholas J. Parker
Elisabeth Teige holds a lesser prairie-chicken
Elisabeth Teige holds a lesser prairie-chicken
Elisabeth Teige holds a lesser prairie-chicken

The Wildlife Society has awarded Elisabeth “Elli” Teige, graduate student at the Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, the Donald H. Rusch Memorial Game Bird Scholarship, which honors the memory and furthers the legacy of Donald H. Rusch by supporting graduate students researching the biology and management of upland game birds or waterfowl.

The Wildlife Society has awarded Elisabeth “Elli” Teige, graduate student at the Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, the Donald H. Rusch Memorial Game Bird Scholarship, which honors the memory and furthers the legacy of Donald H. Rusch by supporting graduate students researching the biology and management of upland game birds or waterfowl.

Steelhead
Steelhead (rainbow trout)
Steelhead (rainbow trout)
Steelhead (rainbow trout)

USGS researchers at the Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (Idaho CRU) and graduate students at the University of Idaho are working with the Idaho Fish and Game (IDFG) on projects focused on better understanding the dynamics of steelhead fisheries in Idaho. These projects are highly collaborative, with IDFG identifying the most relevant research

USGS researchers at the Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (Idaho CRU) and graduate students at the University of Idaho are working with the Idaho Fish and Game (IDFG) on projects focused on better understanding the dynamics of steelhead fisheries in Idaho. These projects are highly collaborative, with IDFG identifying the most relevant research

Steelhead (rainbow trout)
Steelhead (rainbow trout)
Steelhead (rainbow trout)
Steelhead (rainbow trout)

USGS researchers at the Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (Idaho CRU) and graduate students at the University of Idaho are working with the Idaho Fish and Game (IDFG) on projects focused on better understanding the dynamics of steelhead fisheries in Idaho. These projects are highly collaborative, with IDFG identifying the most relevant research

USGS researchers at the Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (Idaho CRU) and graduate students at the University of Idaho are working with the Idaho Fish and Game (IDFG) on projects focused on better understanding the dynamics of steelhead fisheries in Idaho. These projects are highly collaborative, with IDFG identifying the most relevant research

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