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Northern Arizona University graduate students monitor seedling emergence in a northern Arizona RestoreNet site. Photo by Laura Shriver.
Northern Arizona University graduate students monitor seedling emergence in a northern Arizona RestoreNet site. Photo by Laura Shriver.
RAMPS Biologist Sarah Costanzo collects soil for greenhouse inoculation experiments. Photo by Laura Shriver.
RAMPS Biologist Sarah Costanzo collects soil for greenhouse inoculation experiments. Photo by Laura Shriver.
A staff photo of Lauren Tango, conducting field research on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon.
A staff photo of Lauren Tango, conducting field research on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon.
A SM4 bat detector is deployed at Kwagunt Canyon in Grand Canyon. This weatherproof detector records ultrasonic bat calls. Photo by Anya Metcalfe, USGS, SBSC. This is part of an ongoing study during a study that is examining bat abundance and foraging in Grand Canyon along the Colorado River.
A SM4 bat detector is deployed at Kwagunt Canyon in Grand Canyon. This weatherproof detector records ultrasonic bat calls. Photo by Anya Metcalfe, USGS, SBSC. This is part of an ongoing study during a study that is examining bat abundance and foraging in Grand Canyon along the Colorado River.
An incognito SM4 bat detector is placed in a hidden location in a mesquite tree in Grand Canyon near the Colorado River, below Emerald Rapid. This weatherproof detector records ultrasonic bat calls. This is part of an ongoing study during a study that is examining bat abundance and foraging in Grand Canyon.
An incognito SM4 bat detector is placed in a hidden location in a mesquite tree in Grand Canyon near the Colorado River, below Emerald Rapid. This weatherproof detector records ultrasonic bat calls. This is part of an ongoing study during a study that is examining bat abundance and foraging in Grand Canyon.
A photo of Carla Roybal, a plant ecologist with the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center. Carla studies plants in the context of ecological restoration in western dryland ecosystems.
A photo of Carla Roybal, a plant ecologist with the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center. Carla studies plants in the context of ecological restoration in western dryland ecosystems.
Researchers conducting vegetation and soil fieldwork in the Mojave Desert, Nevada. Photo by Claire Karban, USGS, SBSC.
Researchers conducting vegetation and soil fieldwork in the Mojave Desert, Nevada. Photo by Claire Karban, USGS, SBSC.
A newly installed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite receiver is connected to a suspended sediment concentration sensor at the historic Grand Canyon gaging station. In the background is the South Kaibab Trail bridge and Boat Beach located at Phantom Ranch.
A newly installed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite receiver is connected to a suspended sediment concentration sensor at the historic Grand Canyon gaging station. In the background is the South Kaibab Trail bridge and Boat Beach located at Phantom Ranch.
Joshua Caster is a geographer at the Southwest Biological Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ.
Joshua Caster is a geographer at the Southwest Biological Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ.
Sphaeralcea ambigua, a native plant seeded during RestoreNet experiments, thriving at the Lake Pleasant RestoreNet site in the Sonoran Desert. Photo by Laura Shriver.
Sphaeralcea ambigua, a native plant seeded during RestoreNet experiments, thriving at the Lake Pleasant RestoreNet site in the Sonoran Desert. Photo by Laura Shriver.
Close up of Sonoran Desert flowers, including California poppy, lupines, and purple owl's clover. Photo by Laura Shriver.
Close up of Sonoran Desert flowers, including California poppy, lupines, and purple owl's clover. Photo by Laura Shriver.
The RestoreNet plot at McDowell Sonoran Preserve was surrounded by blooming native wildflowers, including purple owl's clover (Castillejia exserta). Photo by Laura Shriver.
The RestoreNet plot at McDowell Sonoran Preserve was surrounded by blooming native wildflowers, including purple owl's clover (Castillejia exserta). Photo by Laura Shriver.
Biologists from RAMPS and McDowell Sonoran Preserve monitor a RestoreNet restoration site in the Sonoran Desert. Photo by Laura Shriver.
Biologists from RAMPS and McDowell Sonoran Preserve monitor a RestoreNet restoration site in the Sonoran Desert. Photo by Laura Shriver.
Testing of Low Earth Orbit satellite receiver at 61-mile gaging station, located just upstream of the confluence with the Little Colorado River along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park. Photo taken February 2023 by Joe Thomas, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center.
Testing of Low Earth Orbit satellite receiver at 61-mile gaging station, located just upstream of the confluence with the Little Colorado River along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park. Photo taken February 2023 by Joe Thomas, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center.
Testing of a Low Earth Orbit satellite receiver at 61-Mile gaging station, located at River Mile 61 just upstream of the confluence with the Little Colorado River, along the Colorado River, Grand Canyon. Photo taken February 2023 by Joe Thomas, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center.
Testing of a Low Earth Orbit satellite receiver at 61-Mile gaging station, located at River Mile 61 just upstream of the confluence with the Little Colorado River, along the Colorado River, Grand Canyon. Photo taken February 2023 by Joe Thomas, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center.
Testing of Low Earth Orbit satellite receiver at 61-mile gaging station, located just upstream of the confluence with the Little Colorado River at River Mile 61, Colorado River, Grand Canyon. Photo taken February 2023 by Joe Thomas, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center.
Testing of Low Earth Orbit satellite receiver at 61-mile gaging station, located just upstream of the confluence with the Little Colorado River at River Mile 61, Colorado River, Grand Canyon. Photo taken February 2023 by Joe Thomas, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center.
ISCO pump samplers at a sediment gaging site, Fence Fault beach, looking downstream at the Colorado River, Grand Canyon. Photo taken February 2023 by Joe Thomas, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center.
ISCO pump samplers at a sediment gaging site, Fence Fault beach, looking downstream at the Colorado River, Grand Canyon. Photo taken February 2023 by Joe Thomas, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center.
Testing of a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite receiver at 61-mile gaging station, located just upstream of the confluence with the Little Colorado River next to the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park. Photo taken February 2023 by Ron Griffiths, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center.
Testing of a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite receiver at 61-mile gaging station, located just upstream of the confluence with the Little Colorado River next to the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park. Photo taken February 2023 by Ron Griffiths, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center.
Testing of a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite receiver at Fence Fault beach located in Upper Marble Canyon on the Colorado River, Grand Canyon National Park. Photo taken in February 2023 by Joe Thomas, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center.
Testing of a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite receiver at Fence Fault beach located in Upper Marble Canyon on the Colorado River, Grand Canyon National Park. Photo taken in February 2023 by Joe Thomas, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center.
Testing of a Low Earth Orbit satellite receiver next to Geostationary satellite receiver at 61-mile gaging station, located just upstream of the confluence with the Little Colorado River at River Mile 61 on the Colorado River, Grand Canyon.
Testing of a Low Earth Orbit satellite receiver next to Geostationary satellite receiver at 61-mile gaging station, located just upstream of the confluence with the Little Colorado River at River Mile 61 on the Colorado River, Grand Canyon.
A raft containing gear on an SBSC Grand Canyon and Monitoring Research Center (GCMRC) science field trip headed downstream on the Colorado River, Marble Canyon, in Grand Canyon National Park. Photo taken February 2023 by Joe Thomas, SBSC, GCMRC.
A raft containing gear on an SBSC Grand Canyon and Monitoring Research Center (GCMRC) science field trip headed downstream on the Colorado River, Marble Canyon, in Grand Canyon National Park. Photo taken February 2023 by Joe Thomas, SBSC, GCMRC.