A loggerhead shrike hunting display in front of a desert tortoise burrow, during 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.
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A loggerhead shrike hunting display in front of a desert tortoise burrow
A loggerhead shrike hunting display in front of a desert tortoise burrow, during 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.
Loggerhead shrike hunting display at a desert tortoise burrow
Loggerhead shrike hunting display at an Agassiz's desert tortoise burrow. Images taken during remote camera trap monitoring of desert tortoise burrows on a wind energy facility near Palm Springs, CA.
Loggerhead shrike hunting display at an Agassiz's desert tortoise burrow. Images taken during remote camera trap monitoring of desert tortoise burrows on a wind energy facility near Palm Springs, CA.
A cactus wren gathering nesting material at a desert tortoise burrow
A photo of a cactus wren gathering nesting material, 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 cactus wren gathering nesting material, 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.
Maria Dzul staff profile photo
Biologist Maria Dzul on a field trip at the Little Colorado River, AZ with Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, SBSC, USGS.
Biologist Maria Dzul on a field trip at the Little Colorado River, AZ with Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, SBSC, USGS.
A loggerhead shrike next to a desert tortoise burrow
A photo of a loggerhead shrike 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 loggerhead shrike 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.
Bighorn sheep stands next to a tinaja water catchment, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, AZ
linkA Bighorn sheep stands next to the Senita Tank water catchment, also called a tinaja, in Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge (CPNWR), southern AZ. Photo courtesy of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, CPNWR.
Bighorn sheep stands next to a tinaja water catchment, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, AZ
linkA Bighorn sheep stands next to the Senita Tank water catchment, also called a tinaja, in Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge (CPNWR), southern AZ. Photo courtesy of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, CPNWR.
USGS and US Forest Service staff installing dust monitoring equipment
USGS and US Forest Service staff installing dust monitoring equipment at a uranium mine near Grand Canyon National Park.
USGS and US Forest Service staff installing dust monitoring equipment at a uranium mine near Grand Canyon National Park.
Grand Canyon sunset from South Rim
Grand Canyon sunset from South Rim taken during USGS field work, April 2013.
Grand Canyon sunset from South Rim taken during USGS field work, April 2013.
A scientist towing for zooplankton from a boat in Lake Powell
A scientist completes a zooplankton tow from a boat in Lake Powell. The net pictured here is pulled through through the top 30 m of the reservoir to collect a zooplankton sample for species identification and enumeration. Photo by Robert Radtke, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
A scientist completes a zooplankton tow from a boat in Lake Powell. The net pictured here is pulled through through the top 30 m of the reservoir to collect a zooplankton sample for species identification and enumeration. Photo by Robert Radtke, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
Invasive tamarisk on the Colorado River.
This image is of invasive tamarisk (salt cedar) growing on the banks of the Colorado River.
This image is of invasive tamarisk (salt cedar) growing on the banks of the Colorado River.
Truck sprays herbicide in Idaho as part of a restoration effort.
Bureau of Land Management truck sprays herbicide in southwestern Idaho as part of a restoration effort.
An examination of long-term data for lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management finds that land treatments in the southwestern United States are increasingly large, expensive and related to fire and invasive species control.
Bureau of Land Management truck sprays herbicide in southwestern Idaho as part of a restoration effort.
An examination of long-term data for lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management finds that land treatments in the southwestern United States are increasingly large, expensive and related to fire and invasive species control.
A weir across Bright Angel Creek in Grand Canyon National Park to prevent non-native fish passage back upstream
linkA weir across Bright Angel Creek in Grand Canyon National Park to prevent non-native fish passage back upstream. Photo courtesy of Brian Healy, formerly with the National Park Service, Grand Canyon National Park, and now with USGS.
A weir across Bright Angel Creek in Grand Canyon National Park to prevent non-native fish passage back upstream
linkA weir across Bright Angel Creek in Grand Canyon National Park to prevent non-native fish passage back upstream. Photo courtesy of Brian Healy, formerly with the National Park Service, Grand Canyon National Park, and now with USGS.
A Seabird water quality profiling instrument, Lake Powell
A Seabird water quality profiling instrument, Lake Powell. This instrument is used to collect temperature, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity, and chlorophyll a data from the reservoir. Water is pumped across the water quality sensors as the instrument is lowered through the water column on a winch. The result is binned estimates of diffe
A Seabird water quality profiling instrument, Lake Powell. This instrument is used to collect temperature, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity, and chlorophyll a data from the reservoir. Water is pumped across the water quality sensors as the instrument is lowered through the water column on a winch. The result is binned estimates of diffe
Dr. Jeff Lovich and a tortoise in the Galapagos Islands
Dr. Jeff Lovich kneels by a large Western Santa Cruz Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis niger porteri) in the Galapagos Islands, July 2012. They tortoises are native to Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos.
Dr. Jeff Lovich kneels by a large Western Santa Cruz Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis niger porteri) in the Galapagos Islands, July 2012. They tortoises are native to Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos.
Researcher with Humpback Chub individual
Researcher with Humpback Chub during fish seining efforts
Researcher with Humpback Chub during fish seining efforts
Juvenile Surf Smelt Surveys in Central Puget Sound, Washington
USGS Western Fisheries Research Center scientists Lisa Gee, Collin Smith, and Ryan Tomka display a bycatch of perch collected in a beach seine while conducting a survey for juvenile surf smelt on Bainbridge Island, WA.
USGS Western Fisheries Research Center scientists Lisa Gee, Collin Smith, and Ryan Tomka display a bycatch of perch collected in a beach seine while conducting a survey for juvenile surf smelt on Bainbridge Island, WA.
Juvenile Surf Smelt Surveys in Central Puget Sound, Washington
USGS Western Fisheries Research Center scientists identify fish collected in a beach seine while conducting a survey for juvenile surf smelt on Bainbridge Island, WA.
USGS Western Fisheries Research Center scientists identify fish collected in a beach seine while conducting a survey for juvenile surf smelt on Bainbridge Island, WA.
Juvenile Surf Smelt Surveys in Central Puget Sound, Washington
USGS Western Fisheries Research Center scientists haul a beach seine over an eelgrass bed while conducting a survey for juvenile surf smelt on Bainbridge Island, WA.
USGS Western Fisheries Research Center scientists haul a beach seine over an eelgrass bed while conducting a survey for juvenile surf smelt on Bainbridge Island, WA.
Juvenile Surf Smelt Surveys in Central Puget Sound, Washington
Eelgrass beds such as this one found on Bainbridge Island, WA have been identified as a possible primary source of energy to the food chain and may also serve as nursery areas for juvenile forage fish.
Eelgrass beds such as this one found on Bainbridge Island, WA have been identified as a possible primary source of energy to the food chain and may also serve as nursery areas for juvenile forage fish.
Juvenile Surf Smelt Surveys in Central Puget Sound, Washington
Sanddab collected in a beach seine by USGS Western Fisheries Research Center scientists while conducting a survey for juvenile surf smelt on Bainbridge Island, WA.
Sanddab collected in a beach seine by USGS Western Fisheries Research Center scientists while conducting a survey for juvenile surf smelt on Bainbridge Island, WA.
Juvenile Surf Smelt Surveys in Central Puget Sound, Washington
Tidepool snailfish collected in a beach seine by USGS Western Fisheries Research Center scientists while conducting a survey for juvenile surf smelt on Bainbridge Island, WA.
Tidepool snailfish collected in a beach seine by USGS Western Fisheries Research Center scientists while conducting a survey for juvenile surf smelt on Bainbridge Island, WA.