Images

Coastal tailed frog male dorsal side, Brush Crk, OR

Adult Oregon spotted frog at Dilman Meadows, near Wickiup Reservoir, OR

Forest roads running through Bureau of Land Management land in the lower North Fork Siletz River valley in the Mary's Peak District of the northwest Oregon.

The headwaters of Upper Fish Creek watershed in the Umpqua National Forest. Large dead wood creates instream structure that is valuable habitat for aquatic animals.

Subalpine meadow near Deer Park campground on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington.

Wind turbine next to a dilapidated barn

Oregon spotted frog egg masses floating on the surface of Gold Lake in Oregon. Oregon spotted frogs lay their eggs in the warmer water at the edges of lakes and ponds.

Oregon spotted frog egg masses in Gold Lake, Oregon. Oregon spotted frogs lay their eggs in shallow, relatively warm water to promote development.

Wildfire is one of the largest sources of re-released mercury to the atmosphere and a component to the widespread movement of inorganic mercury to aquatic sediments.

controlled burn at Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge

Controlled burn at Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon.

Central Nevada Sagebrush

Sagebrush-grasslands

Sagebrush-grasslands

Adult Columbia spotted frog photographed in Greenhorn pond in the Blue Mountains of Oregon

Sagebrush-dominated ecoregions in the western United States (sagebrush cover types shown in various shades of yellow, pink, and blue-grey).

Clay-colored sparrow nest.

A colorful clay-colored sparrow nest. These sparrows live in brushy grasslands and prairie habitats.