Moenkopi Wash, looking upstream, stream gage # 09401400 near Tuba City, AZ. This photo, taken in 2015, is a match to a historic image taken in 1941 taken in the same location. This photo shows extensive vegetation encroachment and channel narrowing of Moenkopi Wash. Photo by David Dean, USGS, SBSC.
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![A photo of water in Moenkopi Wash, near Tuba City, AZ, with shrubs along the banks, looking upstream](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/media/images/Moenkopi_Wash_2015_onBridge_lookingUS_StreamGage09401400_match_to_OnBridgeLookingUS_DavidDean_USGS.jpg?itok=34DRqQrC)
Moenkopi Wash, looking upstream, stream gage # 09401400 near Tuba City, AZ. This photo, taken in 2015, is a match to a historic image taken in 1941 taken in the same location. This photo shows extensive vegetation encroachment and channel narrowing of Moenkopi Wash. Photo by David Dean, USGS, SBSC.
![River guide rows a raft through Grand Canyon on a Partners in Science trip with Grand Canyon Youth](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/media/images/20140719_AZ_GrandCanyonGCYTrip_Dherasimtschuk%20E96A1319.jpg?itok=gZkUYhcR)
River guide rows a raft through Grand Canyon on a Partners in Science trip with Grand Canyon Youth
River guide rows a raft through Grand Canyon on a Partners in Science trip with Grand Canyon Youth
![People relax on a raft floating through a calm section of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/media/images/20140717_AZ_GrandCanyonGCYTrip_Dherasimtschuk%20E96A0756.jpg?itok=tEm0t855)
People relax on a raft floating through a calm section of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon
People relax on a raft floating through a calm section of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon
A river guide rows her raft through a big rapid in Grand Canyon. Muddy water suggests recent precipitation and tributary flooding along this dam-regulated section of the Colorado River.
A river guide rows her raft through a big rapid in Grand Canyon. Muddy water suggests recent precipitation and tributary flooding along this dam-regulated section of the Colorado River.
A panoramic photo of Canyonlands National Park, Utah. Photo by Mike Duniway, Southwest Biological Science Center, USGS.
A panoramic photo of Canyonlands National Park, Utah. Photo by Mike Duniway, Southwest Biological Science Center, USGS.
![Photo of an active oil and gas pad on Bureau of Land Management lands near Canyonlands National Park, Utah.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/thumbnails/image/IMG_1606.png?itok=mkHyGpk1)
Active oil and gas pad on Bureau of Land Management lands near Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
Active oil and gas pad on Bureau of Land Management lands near Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
![An endemic Sonora Mud Turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense) basks in the sun at Montezuma Well](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/media/images/SonoraMudTurtle_07.05.2014_basking_MontezumaWell_CharlesDrost_USGS_SBSC.jpg?itok=7JX6Y3Si)
A Sonora Mud Turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense) basks in the sun at Montezuma Well, AZ. Kinosternon sonoriense are found only in aquatic habitats in the southwestern United States and northwestern México. They are listed on the IUCN Red List and some subspecies are listed as critically imperiled. Photo by Charles Drost, USGS, SBSC.
A Sonora Mud Turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense) basks in the sun at Montezuma Well, AZ. Kinosternon sonoriense are found only in aquatic habitats in the southwestern United States and northwestern México. They are listed on the IUCN Red List and some subspecies are listed as critically imperiled. Photo by Charles Drost, USGS, SBSC.
![Four people on a raft crowd around a wooden measuring board to record the length of a fish](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/media/images/20140721_AZ_GrandCanyonGCYTrip_Dherasimtschuk%20E96A2160.jpg?itok=-UdcSrhj)
Researchers and Partners in Science trip participants record lengths and weights of fish captured in hoopnets along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon.
Researchers and Partners in Science trip participants record lengths and weights of fish captured in hoopnets along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon.
![A Partners in Science trip with Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell poses for a photo at the Elves Chasm waterfall](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/media/images/SallyJewell%20GCY.jpg?itok=wF7sQNtw)
A Partners in Science trip with Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell poses for a photo at Elves Chasm in Grand Canyon
linkSecretary of the Interior Sally Jewell joined a Partners in Science river trip in Grand Canyon. She stands here at the Elves Chasm waterfall with trip participants, river guides, Grand Canyon Youth director Emma Wharton, and Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center chief Scott Vanderkooi.
A Partners in Science trip with Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell poses for a photo at Elves Chasm in Grand Canyon
linkSecretary of the Interior Sally Jewell joined a Partners in Science river trip in Grand Canyon. She stands here at the Elves Chasm waterfall with trip participants, river guides, Grand Canyon Youth director Emma Wharton, and Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center chief Scott Vanderkooi.
An adult caddisfly, an emergent aquatic insect. Photo by Eric Kortenhoeven, USGS.
An adult caddisfly, an emergent aquatic insect. Photo by Eric Kortenhoeven, USGS.
Bighorn sheep in Grand Canyon, AZ. Photo by USGS, Southwest Biological Science Center.
Bighorn sheep in Grand Canyon, AZ. Photo by USGS, Southwest Biological Science Center.
Boat equipped with singlebeam sonar for mapping the bed of a river at shallow depths along the shoreline of the Colorado River.
Boat equipped with singlebeam sonar for mapping the bed of a river at shallow depths along the shoreline of the Colorado River.
![Glen Canyon Dam jet tubes releasing water into the Colorado River for a high flow experiment.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/thumbnails/image/canyon-release-full.jpg?itok=6dhvwNFr)
Glen Canyon Dam jet tubes releasing water into the Colorado River for a high flow experiment. The increase in flow of the Colorado River downstream of the dam mobilizes sand at the bottom of the river and that sand rebuilds sandbars in Grand Canyon.
Glen Canyon Dam jet tubes releasing water into the Colorado River for a high flow experiment. The increase in flow of the Colorado River downstream of the dam mobilizes sand at the bottom of the river and that sand rebuilds sandbars in Grand Canyon.
![High school students observe a canyon tree frog that is climbing a canyon wall](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/media/images/20130712_AZ_GrandCanyon_dherasimtchuk%20_96A8932_0.jpg?itok=28eFF0xl)
High school students observe a canyon tree frog that is climbing a canyon wall. Students were on a river trip in Grand Canyon Youth through Partners in Science, a collaboration with USGS and NPS.
High school students observe a canyon tree frog that is climbing a canyon wall. Students were on a river trip in Grand Canyon Youth through Partners in Science, a collaboration with USGS and NPS.
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation works with USGS SBSC Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center on water quality monitoring in Lake Powell. Robert Radtke checks a line of temperature loggers deployed in Lake Powell near the dam.
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation works with USGS SBSC Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center on water quality monitoring in Lake Powell. Robert Radtke checks a line of temperature loggers deployed in Lake Powell near the dam.
A photo of a rock wren collecting a grasshopper, captured by remote camera monitoring of Agassiz's desert tortoise burrows on a wind energy facility near Palm Springs, CA. The study, led by the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, investigated bird use of desert tortoise burrows.
A photo of a rock wren collecting a grasshopper, captured by remote camera monitoring of Agassiz's desert tortoise burrows on a wind energy facility near Palm Springs, CA. The study, led by the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, investigated bird use of desert tortoise burrows.
Burrowing owl defense display at a desert tortoise burrow, captured during remote camera monitoring of Agassiz's desert tortoise burrows on a wind energy facility near Palm Springs, CA.
Burrowing owl defense display at a desert tortoise burrow, captured during remote camera monitoring of Agassiz's desert tortoise burrows on a wind energy facility near Palm Springs, CA.
A photo of a burrowing owl defense display at an Agassiz’s desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) burrow. Photo taken during remote camera trap monitoring of tortoise burrows on a wind energy facility Palm Springs, California, USA. The study, led by the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, investigated bird use of desert tortoise burrows.
A photo of a burrowing owl defense display at an Agassiz’s desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) burrow. Photo taken during remote camera trap monitoring of tortoise burrows on a wind energy facility Palm Springs, California, USA. The study, led by the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, investigated bird use of desert tortoise burrows.
A photo of a roadrunner next to a desert tortoise burrow, captured by remote camera monitoring of Agassiz's desert tortoise burrows on a wind energy facility near Palm Springs, CA. The study, led by the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, investigated bird use of desert tortoise burrows.
A photo of a roadrunner next to a desert tortoise burrow, captured by remote camera monitoring of Agassiz's desert tortoise burrows on a wind energy facility near Palm Springs, CA. The study, led by the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, investigated bird use of desert tortoise burrows.
![A rock wren takes a dust bath in front of a desert tortoise burrow](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/media/images/Rock-wren-takes-a-dust-bath-Bur-630_ShelliePuffer.gif?itok=TmT0URve)
A photo of a rock wren taking a dust bath, captured by remote camera monitoring of Agassiz's desert tortoise burrows on a wind energy facility near Palm Springs, CA. The study, led by the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, investigated bird use of desert tortoise burrows.
A photo of a rock wren taking a dust bath, captured by remote camera monitoring of Agassiz's desert tortoise burrows on a wind energy facility near Palm Springs, CA. The study, led by the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, investigated bird use of desert tortoise burrows.
Mature biocrusts with lichen. Photo taken by the SBSC in Utah during surveys, courtesy of Erika Geiger, 2013.
Mature biocrusts with lichen. Photo taken by the SBSC in Utah during surveys, courtesy of Erika Geiger, 2013.