Images

This is the instrument laboratory of the Organic Geochemistry Research Laboratory located in the KS WSC.

Bee nesting block with included image insert showing nesting hole occupied by a bee.

Hawkmoth flying near milkweed plant in North Dakota.  Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center is monitoring milkweed populations across the Central United States.

Bumblebee feeding on Phacelia flower found in an established Pollinator Plot at Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, North Dakota.

WebCam image of wetland P8 at the Cottonwood Lake Study Area in Stutsman County, North Dakota.

Comet NEOWISE is seen with the Roosevelt Arch in the foreground at the north Entrance of Yellowstone National Park.  The town of Gardiner, Montana, is in the background.

Researchers instruct volunteers on how to collect dragonfly larvae in Glacier NP as a part of the Dragonfly Mercury Project.

On April 10, USGS hydrographer Josh Sundberg measures Red River water flowing over the road in East Grand Forks, Minnesota as flood protection walls prevent further flooding.
 

USGS hydrographer Chris Broz gets on the cold ground to measure the high-water mark of the Pembina River at Neche, North Dakota. 

On April 6, USGS hydrographer Spencer Wheeling carries equipment out to measure high water on the Tongue River near Akra, North Dakota. 

USGS hydrographer Spencer Wheeling gets equipment ready to collect a flood water-quality sample on the Wild Rice River near St.

USGS hydrographer Brent Hanson wades out in freezing waters to collect flood measurements on the Sheyenne River near Cooperstown, North Dakota. Hanson reads an outside staff, which is a vertical graduated ruler used to calibrate the continuous readings of water level provided by electronic sensors.

A frozen USGS rapid deployment streamgage measures the height of the Maple River near Page, North Dakota. RDGs can be installed on short notice to provide additional information at locations that are normally not gauged.

A tractor using a grass-seed drill to plant a tallgrass prairie site in Minnesota.

Map showing ice cover in the Yellowstone region. Light shaded areas bounded by black and red lines indicate areas covered during the Pinedale (about 20,000-15,000 years ago) and Bull Lake (about 150,000 years ago) glaciations, respectively. Blue lines are contours in thousands of feet on the maximum reconstructed Pinedale glacier surface.

Sandhill Crane Pair in flight at Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge

Young moose near Benoit, Minnesota, Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge

Nature always displays vibrant colors. It is only a matter of time until you get the chance to witness its beauty. Even more difficult is capturing this beauty through the lens. Here, we see the magnificent beauty of the falls on the Big Sioux River, from which Sioux Falls, SD takes its name, showing the vibrant colors of nature just before sunset.

An interactive display at the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center highlighting land change research.

Viewers look through several years of change in an interactive display at the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center.

USGS hydrologic technician collecting field parameters during the 2019 well inventory at a farm and ranch in the north central portion of the Fort Peck reservation.