NEXRAD (NEXt generation RADar) is also known as Weather Surveillance Radar, 1988 Doppler (WSR-88D). Pictured is the tower that houses the antennae inside the radome (white sphere).
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A weather radar station in Indiana.
NEXRAD (NEXt generation RADar) is also known as Weather Surveillance Radar, 1988 Doppler (WSR-88D). Pictured is the tower that houses the antennae inside the radome (white sphere).
Red spotted toad.
Red spotted toad.
Capturing invasive American bullfrog tadpoles in the Yellowstone River floodplain.
Seining a heavily bullfrog populated side channel at Two Moon County Park in Billings, MT.
Seining a heavily bullfrog populated side channel at Two Moon County Park in Billings, MT.
An invasive American bullfrog with tracking device.
An invasive American bullfrog with tracking device.
An invasive American bullfrog with tracking device.
Thrush feeding babies.
Thrush feeding babies.
Bull elk in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
Bull elk in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
Bull elk in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
Looking out the mouth of Reynolds Glacier in Glacier National Park.
Looking out the mouth of Reynolds Glacier in Glacier National Park. Glacier National Park is iconic of the combined impacts of climate change and snow and ice loss – over 80 percent of the park’s glaciers have been lost since the mid-19th century.
Looking out the mouth of Reynolds Glacier in Glacier National Park. Glacier National Park is iconic of the combined impacts of climate change and snow and ice loss – over 80 percent of the park’s glaciers have been lost since the mid-19th century.
Red huckleberry bushes in fall in Glacier National Park
Red huckleberry bushes in fall in Glacier National Park
Red huckleberry bushes in fall in Glacier National Park
American pika hay pile in talus.
A hay pile gathered by an American pika sits on a talus slope. During summer pikas collect green mountain plants to make hay piles for winter food.
A hay pile gathered by an American pika sits on a talus slope. During summer pikas collect green mountain plants to make hay piles for winter food.
An American pika
An American pika sits on a talus slope.
An American pika sits on a talus slope.
Ripe huckleberries in the Custer Gallatin NF
Ripe huckleberries in the Custer Gallatin NF
Ripe huckleberries in the Custer Gallatin NF
American pika collecting food.
An American pika collects grass and flowers to stockpile its winter food supplies.
An American pika collects grass and flowers to stockpile its winter food supplies.
Ripe huckleberries in hand
Ripe huckleberries in hand
Ripe huckleberries in hand
Sampling for invasive northern pike in south central Alaska.
Sampling for invasive northern pike in south central Alaska.
Sampling for invasive northern pike in south central Alaska.
Grinnell Glacier 2013
Grinnell Glacier 2013
Invasive New Zealand mud snails as seen under a microscope.
Invasive New Zealand mud snails as seen under a microscope.
Invasive New Zealand mud snails as seen under a microscope.
An oil/brine spill in the Williston Basin.
An oil/brine spill in the Williston Basin.
An oil/brine spill in the Williston Basin.
Image of Blake Hossack
USGS scientist Blake Hossack demonstrates swabbing the skin of a boreal toad to detect the amphibian chytrid fungus, to the Conservation Ecology class from the University of Montana.
USGS scientist Blake Hossack demonstrates swabbing the skin of a boreal toad to detect the amphibian chytrid fungus, to the Conservation Ecology class from the University of Montana.
At the Glacier's Mouth
USGS Aquatic Entomologist Joe Giersch stands at the outlet of Grinnell Glacier in Glacier National park, the main locality the western glacier stonefly (Zapada glacier).
USGS Aquatic Entomologist Joe Giersch stands at the outlet of Grinnell Glacier in Glacier National park, the main locality the western glacier stonefly (Zapada glacier).
Bear scat.
When looking for a place to set up a capture location, biologists look for existing bear sign such as scratches on trees and bear scat. Sometimes traps are set in areas that have no obvious bear sign to determine if indeed bears are present.
When looking for a place to set up a capture location, biologists look for existing bear sign such as scratches on trees and bear scat. Sometimes traps are set in areas that have no obvious bear sign to determine if indeed bears are present.