Images

This is a dredge material deposition site named the Woodland Islands. Western Fisheries Research Center scientists study this area as habitat for fish like salmon.

This is a mountain goat in the upper reach Snake River below Hells Canyon dam and Seven Devils mountains, captured during coop work with Idaho Power by Tobyn Rhodes, a scientist at the Western Fisheries Research Center.

Scientists at the Western Fisheries Research Center collect fish diet samples to analyze their contents and better understand the food web.

Sophie Hall of the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission sampling tissues of a Sockeye Salmon Oncorhynchus nerka at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) Cedar River Hatchery in the Lake Washington watershed. Led by U.S.

This is a photo of a black bear drinking in the upper reach Snake River below Hells Canyon dam and Seven Devils mountains. This photo was shot by Brandon Falish while doing cooperative work with Idaho Power.

This is a photograph of a Bighorn above Cherry Creek. Alexis Litty took the picture in the fall working on deepwater salmon redd surveys.

This is a photograph of a juvenile Chinook and juvenile Coho salmon fish. Western Fisheries Research Center scientists study these fish.

Bighorn Lambs and Yews on Cliffs in Middle Reach Below the Salmon River taken by Tobyn Rhodes, Western Fisheries Research Center scientist.

This is a Lazuli Bunting at Heller Bar boat ramp captured by Rowan Doyle.

This is an infographic of all of the different types of fish present in Lake Washington, in Seattle, WA.

This is an illustration of how light behaves in the waters of Lake Washington. This is part of a study on how artificial light at night affects salmon predation.

This is an infographic describing sky glow. This is part of a study on how artificial light at night affects salmon predation in Seattle, Washington.

This is an image of a scientist holding a Pinto Abalone. Pinto abalone, once a familiar presence in Washington’s coastal ecosystems, have suffered a decline since.

This is an illustration of a Pinto abalone.

This is an image of a boat propeller with an invasive mussel infestation.

This is a photo of scientist, Ramona Rapp, holding a Lost River Sucker that was tagged in Klamath Falls, OR.

Hatchery vulnerability range for key zebra mussel (Dreissena polumorpha) and quagga mussel (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) parameters. If your hatchery is within range of all the vulnerability parameters for a given organism, it is at risk for settlement.

This is an infographic detailing 6PPDQ toxicity levels in different fish species.

A skilled hydrologic technician measures high flows from a cable car over the Nehalem River near Foss, OR.

This photo is from USGS Western Fisheries Research Center’s field work on the lower Salmon River this past Fall. Partnering with the Nez Perce Tribe, Rhodes and his team were counting the number of fall Chinook salmon nests, known as redds, with a drone piloted from a jet boat.

These are two USGS Western Fisheries Research Center scientists, Carl Ostberg and Jeff Duda (from left to right), sitting on a fallen tree in Skagit, WA. These scientists study critical fish, like salmon, in the Ross Dam reservoir and tributaries.