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Elk fitted with global positioning system tracking collar
Elk fitted with global positioning system tracking collar
Elk fitted with global positioning system tracking collar
Elk fitted with global positioning system tracking collar

Matt Kauffman, Unit Leader, USGS Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, second from left, works with Wyoming Game and Fish Department and University of Wyoming collaborators to release an elk fitted with a global positioning system (GPS) tracking collar.

Matt Kauffman, Unit Leader, USGS Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, second from left, works with Wyoming Game and Fish Department and University of Wyoming collaborators to release an elk fitted with a global positioning system (GPS) tracking collar.

Andrena spp. seemingly getting a piggyback ride from a bumblebee (Bombus spp.)
Bee landing zone
Bee landing zone
Bee landing zone

Andrena spp. seemingly getting a piggyback ride from a bumblebee (Bombus spp.). Researcher was holding the flower on private land in Macon County.

Andrena spp. seemingly getting a piggyback ride from a bumblebee (Bombus spp.). Researcher was holding the flower on private land in Macon County.

Halictus ligatus female on an oxeye daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum).
Halictus ligatus female on an oxeye daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum)
Halictus ligatus female on an oxeye daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum)
Halictus ligatus female on an oxeye daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum)

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

Green sweat bee visits a blackberry flower
Green sweat bee visits a blackberry flower
Green sweat bee visits a blackberry flower
Green sweat bee visits a blackberry flower

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. 

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. 

Trail camera field work in Arizona
Trail camera field work in Arizona
Trail camera field work in Arizona
Trail camera field work in Arizona

Ongoing camera monitoring efforts in Southern Arizona to monitor wildlife for the goal of detecting endangered jaguars and ocelots have covered 20 mountain ranges, off and on, from 2012 to 2019.

Ongoing camera monitoring efforts in Southern Arizona to monitor wildlife for the goal of detecting endangered jaguars and ocelots have covered 20 mountain ranges, off and on, from 2012 to 2019.

Trail camera field work in Arizona
Trail camera field work in Arizona
Trail camera field work in Arizona
Trail camera field work in Arizona

Ongoing camera monitoring efforts in Southern Arizona to monitor wildlife for the goal of detecting endangered jaguars and ocelots have covered 20 mountain ranges, off and on, from 2012 to 2019.

Ongoing camera monitoring efforts in Southern Arizona to monitor wildlife for the goal of detecting endangered jaguars and ocelots have covered 20 mountain ranges, off and on, from 2012 to 2019.

Trail camera field work in Arizona
Trail camera field work in Arizona
Trail camera field work in Arizona
Trail camera field work in Arizona

Ongoing camera monitoring efforts in Southern Arizona to monitor wildlife for the goal of detecting endangered jaguars and ocelots have covered 20 mountain ranges, off and on, from 2012 to 2019.

Ongoing camera monitoring efforts in Southern Arizona to monitor wildlife for the goal of detecting endangered jaguars and ocelots have covered 20 mountain ranges, off and on, from 2012 to 2019.

Black bear trail cam photo
Black bear spotted on trail camera
Black bear spotted on trail camera
Black bear spotted on 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.

Dam on the lower Columbia River
Dam on the lower Columbia River
Dam on the lower Columbia River
Dam on the lower Columbia River

The dam impounding Merwin Reservoir on the Lewis River, a tributary of the lower Columbia River, has blocked salmon passage for decades.

The dam impounding Merwin Reservoir on the Lewis River, a tributary of the lower Columbia River, has blocked salmon passage for decades.

Dam at Yale Reservoir on the Columbia River
Dam at Yale Reservoir on the lower Columbia River
Dam at Yale Reservoir on the lower Columbia River
Dam at Yale Reservoir on the lower Columbia River

The dam impounding Yale Reservoir on the Lewis River, a tributary of the lower Columbia River.

field equiptment in wyoming
Laptop and field equipment in Wyoming
Laptop and field equipment in Wyoming
Laptop and field equipment in Wyoming

Researchers at the Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit rely on field work, data collection, and reliable field equipment for most research projects in Wyoming.

Researchers at the Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit rely on field work, data collection, and reliable field equipment for most research projects in Wyoming.

Research vessel in Puget Sound, Washington
Research vessel in Puget Sound, Washington
Research vessel in Puget Sound, Washington
Research vessel in Puget Sound, Washington

Purse seine sampling for juvenile salmon offshore of the Seattle waterfront during a critical growth period that determines overall survival to adulthood for Puget Sound Chinook Salmon- a key element of the Salish Sea Marine Survival Project through the Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit.

Purse seine sampling for juvenile salmon offshore of the Seattle waterfront during a critical growth period that determines overall survival to adulthood for Puget Sound Chinook Salmon- a key element of the Salish Sea Marine Survival Project through the Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit.

Bonneville Cutthroat trout
Bonneville cutthroat trout
Bonneville cutthroat trout
Bonneville cutthroat trout

Scientists with the USGS Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit are leading research on Utah’s native fish, the Bonneville cutthroat trout, a fish feared extinct in the 1970s. Researchers have monitored for fish abundance, density, distribution, size and age for nearly two decades.

Scientists with the USGS Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit are leading research on Utah’s native fish, the Bonneville cutthroat trout, a fish feared extinct in the 1970s. Researchers have monitored for fish abundance, density, distribution, size and age for nearly two decades.

 Assessing fish habitat and population dynamics of fisheries resources at Kaloko Fishpond
Assessing fish habitat and population dynamics of fisheries resources
Assessing fish habitat and population dynamics of fisheries resources
Assessing fish habitat and population dynamics of fisheries resources

Throughout Hawaii, fishponds are considered by their local communities as important cultural touchstones, a source of local, sustainably produced food, and an important component to the development of community-based management for nearshore fisheries.

Throughout Hawaii, fishponds are considered by their local communities as important cultural touchstones, a source of local, sustainably produced food, and an important component to the development of community-based management for nearshore fisheries.

Assessing the Functional Equivalency of Hawaiian fishponds
Assessing the Functional Equivalency of Hawaiian fishponds
Assessing the Functional Equivalency of Hawaiian fishponds
Assessing the Functional Equivalency of Hawaiian fishponds

Hawaiian fishponds are important cultural and economic resources for native Hawaiians as they are an important component of a sophisticated, integrated food production system. However, changing demographics and systems of land ownership result in declines in the use and upkeep of Hawaiian fishponds throughout the 19th century.

Hawaiian fishponds are important cultural and economic resources for native Hawaiians as they are an important component of a sophisticated, integrated food production system. However, changing demographics and systems of land ownership result in declines in the use and upkeep of Hawaiian fishponds throughout the 19th century.

Assessing the Functional Equivalency of Hawaiian fishponds
Assessing the Functional Equivalency of Hawaiian fishponds
Assessing the Functional Equivalency of Hawaiian fishponds
Assessing the Functional Equivalency of Hawaiian fishponds

Hawaiian fishponds were important cultural and economic resources for native Hawaiians as they were an important component of a sophisticated, integrated food production system. However, changing demographics and systems of land ownership resulted in a decline in the use and upkeep of Hawaiian fishponds throughout the 19th century.

Hawaiian fishponds were important cultural and economic resources for native Hawaiians as they were an important component of a sophisticated, integrated food production system. However, changing demographics and systems of land ownership resulted in a decline in the use and upkeep of Hawaiian fishponds throughout the 19th century.

Canada lynx
Canada Lynx
Canada Lynx
Canada Lynx

– Scientists at the USGS Massachusetts Cooperative Fish and
Wildlife Research Unit at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, in
collaboration with The Rockefeller University’s Vertebrate Genome Laboratory,
New York, are releasing to a public repository at the vertebrate lab, for use by

– Scientists at the USGS Massachusetts Cooperative Fish and
Wildlife Research Unit at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, in
collaboration with The Rockefeller University’s Vertebrate Genome Laboratory,
New York, are releasing to a public repository at the vertebrate lab, for use by

A trail cam spots a bobcat yawning in the Idaho wilderness
A trail cam spots a bobcat yawning in the Idaho wilderness
A trail cam spots a bobcat yawning in the Idaho wilderness
A trail cam spots a bobcat yawning in the Idaho wilderness

USGS researchers at the Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit investigated space use among five predator species (black bear, bobcat, coyote, mountain lion, and gray wolf across three temporal scales in northern Idaho.

 A Zone-tailed Hawk in flight.
Zone-tailed hawk in flight
Zone-tailed hawk in flight
Zone-tailed hawk in flight

Raptors in the Trans Pecos, Texas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit: State-Threatened, Riparian-Obligate Raptors in the Trans Pecos:  Desert riparian systems are distinct narrow drainages that provide environmental conditions for vegetation dependent on permanent or ephemeral surface and subsurface water.

Raptors in the Trans Pecos, Texas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit: State-Threatened, Riparian-Obligate Raptors in the Trans Pecos:  Desert riparian systems are distinct narrow drainages that provide environmental conditions for vegetation dependent on permanent or ephemeral surface and subsurface water.

 Assessing the distribution and habitat needs of the least darter
Assessing the distribution and habitat needs of the least darter
Assessing the distribution and habitat needs of the least darter
Assessing the distribution and habitat needs of the least darter

Isolated populations may benefit from different conservation and management activities. The least darter is a species of conservation concern that has two isolated populations occupying parts of the Arbuckle Mountain and Ozark Highlands ecoregions.

Isolated populations may benefit from different conservation and management activities. The least darter is a species of conservation concern that has two isolated populations occupying parts of the Arbuckle Mountain and Ozark Highlands ecoregions.

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