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PFAS circular report cover
PFAS Strategic Vision Document Report Cover (Circular 1490)
PFAS Strategic Vision Document Report Cover (Circular 1490)
PFAS Strategic Vision Document Report Cover (Circular 1490)

This image is the report cover from a USGS Report Circular 1490. 

Graphic showing potential benefits of RestoreNet treatments, including seeding, live topsoil inoculation, livestock grazing, seed balls, and soil pits.
Graphic showing potential benefits of RestoreNet 2.0 treatments, including seeding, live topsoil inoculation, livestock grazing, seed balls, and soil pits
Graphic showing potential benefits of RestoreNet 2.0 treatments, including seeding, live topsoil inoculation, livestock grazing, seed balls, and soil pits
Graphic showing potential benefits of RestoreNet 2.0 treatments, including seeding, live topsoil inoculation, livestock grazing, seed balls, and soil pits

Graphic showing potential benefits of RestoreNet 2.0 treatments, including seeding, live topsoil inoculation, livestock grazing, seed balls, and soil pits

Illustration of the levels of participatory science in the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area.
Illustration of Participatory Science in the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area
Illustration of Participatory Science in the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area
Illustration of Participatory Science in the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area

The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area (EMA) is encouraging participatory science with its partners. EMA is a leader in participatory science activities and this guidance emphasizes support for this research design model that encourages research projects, as appropriate, to engage in enhanced forms of participatory science.

The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area (EMA) is encouraging participatory science with its partners. EMA is a leader in participatory science activities and this guidance emphasizes support for this research design model that encourages research projects, as appropriate, to engage in enhanced forms of participatory science.

Male bighorn sheep
Male bighorn sheep
Male bighorn sheep
Male bighorn sheep

This image shows a male bighorn sheep with large horns.                         

This image shows a male bighorn sheep with large horns.                         

Male and female bighorn sheep
Male and female bighorn sheep
Male and female bighorn sheep
Male and female bighorn sheep

Male (ram - left) and female (ewe) bighorn sheep outside of Yellowstone National Park. 

Male (ram - left) and female (ewe) bighorn sheep outside of Yellowstone National Park. 

Tegus surviving in snow
Argentine black and white tegus can survive the winter
Argentine black and white tegus can survive the winter
Argentine black and white tegus can survive the winter

Argentine black and white tegus (Salvator merianae) can survive the winter under semi-natural conditions well beyond their current invasive range.

Argentine black and white tegus (Salvator merianae) can survive the winter under semi-natural conditions well beyond their current invasive range.

Outstanding in the Field Episode 11 Artwork with microphone and headset graphic overlaying image of brown bears in a river.
Outstanding in the Field Episode 11 Artwork
Outstanding in the Field Episode 11 Artwork
Outstanding in the Field Episode 11 Artwork

Outstanding in the Field Episode 11 Artwork with microphone and headset graphic overlaying image of brown bears in a river.

Outstanding in the Field Episode 11 Artwork with microphone and headset graphic overlaying image of brown bears in a river.

Bee nesting block
Bee nesting block with included image insert showing nesting hole occupied by a bee.
Bee nesting block with included image insert showing nesting hole occupied by a bee.
Bee nesting block with included image insert showing nesting hole occupied by a bee.

Bee nesting block with included image insert showing nesting hole occupied by a bee.

Scientists post with endangered bird road crossing sign
Posing with an endangered bird crossing sign near light-footed Ridgway's rail habitat
Posing with an endangered bird crossing sign near light-footed Ridgway's rail habitat
Posing with an endangered bird crossing sign near light-footed Ridgway's rail habitat

Amy Vandergast (left) and Julia Smith (right) pose next to a rail crossing sign in Ventura County.

RestoreNet treatments in a Sonoran Desert landscape. In the foreground, there is a 2 x 2 m plot with four pits dug in it. I the background, there is a 2 x 2 m plot with four wire connectivity modifiers (ConMods) in it,
RestoreNet restoration teatments in the Sonoran Desert
RestoreNet restoration teatments in the Sonoran Desert
RestoreNet restoration teatments in the Sonoran Desert

RestoreNet treatments include soil pits and connectivity modifiers (ConMods), seen here at a RestoreNet site in the Sonoran Desert.

RestoreNet treatments include soil pits and connectivity modifiers (ConMods), seen here at a RestoreNet site in the Sonoran Desert.

graduate student wearing black wet suit holds an orange life saving buoy and standing near water
Nikola Rodriguez exits the water after a successful sampling effort along the west coast of Hawai’i Island
Nikola Rodriguez exits the water after a successful sampling effort along the west coast of Hawai’i Island
Nikola Rodriguez exits the water after a successful sampling effort along the west coast of Hawai’i Island

Nikola Rodriguez exits the water after a successful sampling effort along the west coast of Hawai’i Island in September 2021. The fish will be processed and tested for the presence of ciguatoxins.

Nikola Rodriguez exits the water after a successful sampling effort along the west coast of Hawai’i Island in September 2021. The fish will be processed and tested for the presence of ciguatoxins.

Researcher on a snowy, mountainous slope next to a weather station with rocky peaks in the background
Garden Wall Weather Station maintenance at Glacier National Park
Garden Wall Weather Station maintenance at Glacier National Park
Garden Wall Weather Station maintenance at Glacier National Park

Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center scientist Zachary Miller conducting routine maintenance on the Garden Wall Weather Station at Glacier National Park, Montana (elevation: 7,400 feet)

Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center scientist Zachary Miller conducting routine maintenance on the Garden Wall Weather Station at Glacier National Park, Montana (elevation: 7,400 feet)

Bobcat meets Trail Cam
Bobcat Meets Trail Cam
Bobcat Meets Trail Cam
Bobcat Meets Trail Cam

Mesopredators play important ecological roles in most systems. This group of wildlife is often well-adapted to human development and their densities can vary according to the human-subsidized resources with trickle down effects on other animals.

Mesopredators play important ecological roles in most systems. This group of wildlife is often well-adapted to human development and their densities can vary according to the human-subsidized resources with trickle down effects on other animals.

A computer screen shows various plots showing data collected by scientific equipment next to it, which holds a tray of sample vials with a mechanical arm extending out over them. Equipment labelled, “Picarro”
Isotopic Water Analyzer
Isotopic Water Analyzer
Isotopic Water Analyzer

This Picarro L2130-i Isotope and Gas Concentration Analyzer is housed at the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center.

This Picarro L2130-i Isotope and Gas Concentration Analyzer is housed at the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center.

A bald eagle sits on a tile floor partially covered with astroturf.
Lead poisoned bald eagle
Lead poisoned bald eagle
Lead poisoned bald eagle

This bald eagle was admitted to The Raptor Center in St. Paul, MN where it was determined by veterinarians to be poisoned by lead. The bowed head, drooped wings, and green stained tail feathers are all typical signs of lead poisoning of raptors.

This bald eagle was admitted to The Raptor Center in St. Paul, MN where it was determined by veterinarians to be poisoned by lead. The bowed head, drooped wings, and green stained tail feathers are all typical signs of lead poisoning of raptors.

Gulf Sturgeon
Restoring Prehistoric Juvenile Gulf Sturgeon from Louisiana to Florida
Restoring Prehistoric Juvenile Gulf Sturgeon from Louisiana to Florida
Restoring Prehistoric Juvenile Gulf Sturgeon from Louisiana to Florida

Little is understood about the behavior, location, and habitat preferences of juvenile Gulf sturgeon. To learn more about this prehistoric fish, the Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at the University of Florida, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the U.S.

Little is understood about the behavior, location, and habitat preferences of juvenile Gulf sturgeon. To learn more about this prehistoric fish, the Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at the University of Florida, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the U.S.

Arizona Coop Unit Graduate Student Kaitlyn Gahl (sitting) and University of Arizona Undergraduate student Elizabeth EbadiRad implant transmitter into Smallmouth Bass-Redeye Bass hybrid to identify habitat use and movement patterns of select fish in an Arizona canyon.
implant transmitter into Smallmouth Bass-Redeye Bass hybrid to identify habitat use and movement patterns of select fish in an Arizona canyon.
implant transmitter into Smallmouth Bass-Redeye Bass hybrid to identify habitat use and movement patterns of select fish in an Arizona canyon.
implant transmitter into Smallmouth Bass-Redeye Bass hybrid to identify habitat use and movement patterns of select fish in an Arizona canyon.

Arizona Coop Unit Graduate Student Kaitlyn Gahl (sitting) and University of Arizona Undergraduate student Elizabeth EbadiRad implant transmitter into Smallmouth Bass-Redeye Bass hybrid to identify habitat use and movement patterns of select fish in an Arizona canyon.

Arizona Coop Unit Graduate Student Kaitlyn Gahl (sitting) and University of Arizona Undergraduate student Elizabeth EbadiRad implant transmitter into Smallmouth Bass-Redeye Bass hybrid to identify habitat use and movement patterns of select fish in an Arizona canyon.

Dr. Yuliya Kuzmenko from the Ukraine holds an invasive pike
Dr. Yuliya Kuzmenko from the Ukraine holds an invasive pike
Dr. Yuliya Kuzmenko from the Ukraine holds an invasive pike
Dr. Yuliya Kuzmenko from the Ukraine holds an invasive pike

Holding a Northern Pike captured from an Arizona Lake is Dr. Yuliya Kuzmenko.  She and Dr. Timofy Specivy, both scientists from the Ukraine, were hired by the Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit to work on a collaborative project with the Arizona Game and Fish Department to remove nuisance pike populations from select Arizona lakes.

Holding a Northern Pike captured from an Arizona Lake is Dr. Yuliya Kuzmenko.  She and Dr. Timofy Specivy, both scientists from the Ukraine, were hired by the Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit to work on a collaborative project with the Arizona Game and Fish Department to remove nuisance pike populations from select Arizona lakes.

Disease ecologist thumbnail
DiseaseEcologist_coloringpage.jpg
DiseaseEcologist_coloringpage.jpg
DiseaseEcologist_coloringpage.jpg

This is an image of  the coloring page for the Disease Ecologist I Am A... episode.

This is an image of  the coloring page for the Disease Ecologist I Am A... episode.

Graphic mapping out maximum uranium concentration in 206 spring and well sites in the Grand Canyon region.
Map of Grand Canyon uranium concentrations as spring and well sites
Map of Grand Canyon uranium concentrations as spring and well sites
Map of Grand Canyon uranium concentrations as spring and well sites

Map of maximum uranium concentration at 206 spring and well sites in the Grand Canyon region.

Tall net set up with sunset on Half Dome, a striking cliff with a rounded top and sheer face, in the background
Triple-high mist net in front of Half Dome
Triple-high mist net in front of Half Dome
Triple-high mist net in front of Half Dome

Triple-high mist net in front of Half Dome. The net is used to capture bats as part of a study tracking bat movements in Yosemite National Park.

Triple-high mist net in front of Half Dome. The net is used to capture bats as part of a study tracking bat movements in Yosemite National Park.