Group photo of the field crew at the Lexington boat ramp on the morning of the dye release in the Missouri River.

Group photo of the field crew at the Lexington boat ramp on the morning of the dye release in the Missouri River. USGS NUSO and CERC participants from left to right: Matt Burgess, Ty Helmuth, Ross Burlbaw, Brian Anderson, Carrie Elliott, Chris Green, Matt Struckhoff (front), Bruce Call, Chad Vishy, Keith Grabner, Victoria Scholl, Joe Bell, Brandon Sansom, Logan Sleezer, Killian Kelly, Aaron DeLonay, Parker Golliglee.

In May 2024, NUSO scientists supported a Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC)-led dye-trace study to characterize river flow patterns and ultimately evaluate habitat for endangered pallid sturgeon reproduction along the Missouri River. This study, which NUSO also supported in May 2021, is part of an ongoing CERC and Water Resources Mission Area collaboration to study the factors leading to spawning and survival of the endangered pallid sturgeon in the Missouri River.