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USGS research fishery biologist Micah Kieffer sutures an adult Atlantic sturgeon after implanting an acoustic transmitter in its abdomen as part of efforts by USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center and partners to better understand sturgeon movements in the Gulf of Maine. This project was funded by the U.S.

USGS sturgeon biologist, Micah Kieffer, surgically implants telemetry tag in a juvenile sturgeon captured (and later released) during a survey in the Lower Kennebec River

USGS technician Zach Kelly inserts a Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tag into an anesthetized Blue Ridge sculpin at the EESC Experimental Stream Laboratory. The PIT tag will enable researchers to monitor fish growth, survival, and movement after their release.

USGS research fishery biologist Micah Kieffer sutures a juvenile Atlantic sturgeon after implanting an acoustic transmitter its abdomen as part of efforts by USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center and partners to better understand sturgeon movements in the Gulf of Maine. This project was funded by the U.S.

Sunrise along the Emmitsburg BBS route                             

This brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) was observed in Owens Creek, Maryland.

Blue Ridge sculpin (Cottus caeruleomentum) are being acclimated for introduction into the Experimental Stream Laboratory at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center (Leetown campus).

USGS researchers are identifying sculpin species during fieldwork in Owens Creek, Maryland

Sunrise along the Jennings BBS route in Garrett County, Maryland.                                     

Alex Haro, PhD accepted a Career Achievement Award at the 2022 Fish Passage Conference on River Connectivity in Richland, Washington 

Spotted salamander larva (Ambystoma maculatum) sampled in Great Falls National Park, VA as part of NEARMI surveys.

Spotted salamander larva (Ambystoma maculatum) sampled in Great Falls National Park, VA as part of NEARMI surveys.

Charlie Shafer and Damon Jenkins survey a trailside wetland for amphibians and measure environmental variables, like water temperature, as part of the Northeast Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative.

Damon Jenkins surveys a wetland at Great Falls National Park in Virginia as part of Northeast Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative work in the US Capitol region. 

USGS display table at 2022 FWS Managers and Maintenance Workshop hosted at Patuxent Research Refuge

A least tern chick rests in the sand before being banded on Poplar Island, MD 

A researcher bands an endangered Least Tern chick on Poplar Island, MD          

Sam Droege (fore) arrived from Patuxent with plants for the Conte Lab's new pollinator garden.  Sam Parker (back) assists with the planting.

Bird Banding Laboratory Biologist, Stephanie Egger, extracts a thrush from a mist net.

Zachary Kelly installs a water temperature logger in Blue Blazes Run, a headwater stream in Catoctin Mountain Park, MD. 

Karmann Kessler and Zachary Kelly install a water temperature logger in Big Hunting Creek in Catoctin Mountain Park, MD.