Images

This is a photo of a sunset in August, 2024 in Klamath Falls, OR. The Western Fisheries Research Center (WFRC) conducts work on fish health and monitoring in this area.

Profile view of a Bell Jet Helicopter with a thermal infrared and true-color sensor co-mounted to the underside of the nose. These sensors are used in airborne thermal infrared surveys for remotely sensing land/water surface temperature.

Fish health monitoring efforts in Upper Klamath Lake have revealed a high prevalence of warmwater pathogens. The fish health team is investigating parasites as a potential threat to the vulnerable sucker populations.

This is a photo of pelicans on the Upper Klamath Lake in Klamath Falls, OR. The USGS Western Fisheries Research Center (WFRC) has a field station in Klamath Falls. Scientists at the WFRC monitor suckers in the Upper Klamath Lake.

This is a photo of the fisheries scientist, Paul Hershberger, fishing for salmon predators in Lake Washington.

This is a photo of Paul Hershberger at Marrowstone Marine Field Station Lab. Dr. Hershberger studies diseases in fish.

A landscape of sagebrush (Artemisia tridentada) and yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis) on the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge in Montana.

A storm rolls in during field work at the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge in Montana. Crews were measuring plant cover and other site characteristics. Sagebrush and yellow sweet clover are visible.

Snails collected from Upper Klamath Lake are being used in experiments in the Western Fisheries Research Center’s Seattle Laboratory to study the impacts of eye flukes on the health of endangered suckers.

Explore the underwater world of Skagit Bay eelgrass meadows where a diverse group of fish are visible, including the elegant Pacific Herring school , the unusual Snake Prickleback, the striking Pacific Spiny Dogfish, the graceful Shiner Perch, and the majestic juvenile Chinook Salmon.

A five-person USGS crew collecting Rapid and Other Assessment and Monitoring (ROAM) density data in southwest Idaho. One person is inspecting a plant in the foreground, while the rest of the team are identifying and counting individual plants during a radial density belt. 

This is a photo of the new USGS Western Fisheries Research Center Columbia River Research Laboratory building.

A downward-facing photo taken on a Rapid and Other Methods for Assessment and Monitoring (ROAM) plot that is within a fuel break. The photo includes a lot of gravel and bare ground, with intermixed small grasses, forbs, and shrubs. 

Lake Abert, Oregon is one of the 20 terminal lakes identified by USGS partners as priority ecosystems for study by the Saline Lakes Ecosystems IWAA.

Goose Lake, on the Oregon-California border, is one of the 20 terminal lakes identified by USGS partners as priority ecosystems for study by the Saline Lakes Ecosystems IWAA. 

Many new big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) plants that have just sprouted from the ground in the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in Idaho.

A field crew member collecting stick-point intercept data at a Project ROAM (Rapid and Other Methods for Assessment and Monitoring) plot. A meter-long 'stick' is dropped and five recordings of vegetation are collected by dropping a pin flag along the stick. The vegetation it comes into contact with is recorded to estimate cover. 

Director Applegate and staff from Western Fisheries Research Center pose in front of the newly painted mural at the Western Fisheries Research Center’s headquarters. The mural features three swimming salmon, a DNA helix, a microscope, and the USGS logo. 

Director Applegate visited Western Fisheries Research Center Headquarters in Seattle, WA.

Director Applegate visited Western Fisheries Research Center Headquarters in Seattle, WA.

Director Applegate visited Western Fisheries Research Center Headquarters in Seattle, WA.