Images

Four recently hatched piping plover chicks huddle in the nest bowl on the Garrison Reach of the Missouri River, North Dakota

Photograph of museum specimens of the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee, Bombus affinis

Photograph of the flowers of Dakota wild buckwheat (Eriogonum visheri).

It is native to the Great Plains in the United States, where it is known from North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana.

Photograph of a Lark Bunting nest with four eggs.  Nest was found in Phillips County, Montana.

Photograph of a Horned Lark nest with newly hatched nestlings.  Nest was found in Phillips County, Montana near S. Wagner Road.

Biological Science Technician surveying breeding birds on a grassland managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Tile drainage pipe being installed in wetland catchment to reduce water inflow into a wetland basin in North Dakota.

Land cover map of an area of the Missouri River used to classify potential breeding habitat for least terns and piping plovers on emergent sandbars.

Photograph of Radio-collared wolf. Radio-collared wolves are aerially tracked and the numbers of their packmates are counted annually

A native brown-belted bumble bee (Bombus griseocollis) visiting leadplant (Amorpha canescens).

Great egret at a multi-species waterbird nesting colony at Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota.

Photograph of a Brewer's Blackbird nest with three eggs.  Nest was found in Valley County, Montana near S. Bench Road.

Close-up photo of several duck decoys and an adult Canvasback duck.

Waterfowl hunting’s annual economic footprint is over $3 billion.

This is an animated GIF of a bee pollinating a flower. This video comes from The USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, located in the Northern Great Plains state of North Dakota highlights their current and ongoing research on land use and pollinator health. 

Piping plover adult flying over Lake Sakakawea, North Dakota. 

Prairie coneflower, Blanket flower, and Phacelia bloom in an established Pollinator Plot at Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, North Dakota. 

A piping plover adult standing over a nest scrape with four eggs. Photo was taken on the Garrison Reach of the Missouri River, North Dakota

A piping plover adult stands on a sandbar on the Garrison Reach of the Missouri River, North Dakota. The yellow alphanumeric leg flag and color bands that identify it are clearly visible.

Two banded piping plover adults stand near a nest with a small video camera pointed at it on a sandbar on the Garrison Reach of the Missouri River, North Dakota. The yellow alphanumeric leg flag and color bands that identify it are clearly visible. Video cameras were used to identify adults attending nests. 

Honey bee laden with pollen.  Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center has developed a genetic sequencing strategy to identify bee-collected pollen. 

Adult American White Pelican on Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota