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Image: Studying Marsh Subsidence
Studying Marsh Subsidence
Studying Marsh Subsidence
Studying Marsh Subsidence

National Wetlands Research Center workers set bench marks to study marsh subsidence.

National Wetlands Research Center workers set bench marks to study marsh subsidence.

Image: Tagging Stems in Nutria Exclosures
Tagging Stems in Nutria Exclosures
Tagging Stems in Nutria Exclosures
Tagging Stems in Nutria Exclosures

National Wetlands Research Center biologists leave their airboats to tag stems in nutria exclosures in a Louisiana wetlands.

National Wetlands Research Center biologists leave their airboats to tag stems in nutria exclosures in a Louisiana wetlands.

Image: Studying Louisiana Marshland
Studying Louisiana Marshland
Studying Louisiana Marshland
Studying Louisiana Marshland

Dr. Lee Foote, National Wetlands Research Center, studies a Louisiana marshland.

Dr. Lee Foote, National Wetlands Research Center, studies a Louisiana marshland.

Image: Examining Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
Examining Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
Examining Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
Examining Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)

Wildlife disease specialist Ronald Windingstad examines a trumpeter swan during an outbreak of histomoniasis.

Wildlife disease specialist Ronald Windingstad examines a trumpeter swan during an outbreak of histomoniasis.

Image: Marsh Ball
Marsh Ball
Marsh Ball
Marsh Ball

Dr. Thomas C. Michot, National Wetlands Research Center, stands atop a "marsh ball," a piece of fragmented marsh from Hurricane Andrew.

Dr. Thomas C. Michot, National Wetlands Research Center, stands atop a "marsh ball," a piece of fragmented marsh from Hurricane Andrew.

Image: Placing a Fyke Net in Wetland Vegetation
Placing a Fyke Net in Wetland Vegetation
Placing a Fyke Net in Wetland Vegetation
Placing a Fyke Net in Wetland Vegetation

Glen Black of GLSC and Angela Wahlquist of Northland College places fyke net in wetland vegetation in Fish Creek Slough of Lake Superior near Ashland, Wisconsin, as part of a study of bioindicators of wetland degradation in the Great Lakes. This study is funded by the U.S.

Glen Black of GLSC and Angela Wahlquist of Northland College places fyke net in wetland vegetation in Fish Creek Slough of Lake Superior near Ashland, Wisconsin, as part of a study of bioindicators of wetland degradation in the Great Lakes. This study is funded by the U.S.

Image: Conducting a Breeding Bird Survey
Conducting a Breeding Bird Survey
Conducting a Breeding Bird Survey
Conducting a Breeding Bird Survey

Wildlife Biologist Bruce Hanson conducting a breeding bird survey.

Wildlife Biologist Bruce Hanson conducting a breeding bird survey.

Image: Biologists Search Transects in a Brand Colony
Biologists Search Transects in a Brand Colony
Biologists Search Transects in a Brand Colony
Biologists Search Transects in a Brand Colony

Biologists search transects in a brand colony to verify detection of nests in video images collected previously.

Biologists search transects in a brand colony to verify detection of nests in video images collected previously.

Image: Canoe Landing
Canoe Landing
Canoe Landing
Canoe Landing

Coast Salish Canoe Journey 2009 landing in Pillar Point.
The journey pulled a water quality probe to measure salinity, temperature, pH, and dissolved oxygen.

Coast Salish Canoe Journey 2009 landing in Pillar Point.
The journey pulled a water quality probe to measure salinity, temperature, pH, and dissolved oxygen.

Image: Bison at Yellowstone National Park
Bison at Yellowstone National Park
Bison at Yellowstone National Park
Bison at Yellowstone National Park

Plains bison in winter at Yellowstone National Park.

Image: Bison in Winter
Bison in Winter
Bison in Winter
Bison in Winter

A plains bison in winter at Yellowstone National Park. A bison's hump is useful as a snowplow in winter when the animal swings its head from side to side to brush aside the snow to reach food underneath. The hump is composed of muscles supported by long vertebrae.

A plains bison in winter at Yellowstone National Park. A bison's hump is useful as a snowplow in winter when the animal swings its head from side to side to brush aside the snow to reach food underneath. The hump is composed of muscles supported by long vertebrae.

Image: Bird Migration Card - 1937
Bird Migration Card - 1937
Bird Migration Card - 1937
Bird Migration Card - 1937

Image scan of a historical bird migration card.

Image scan of a historical bird migration card.

Image: Bird Migration Card - 1933
Bird Migration Card - 1933
Bird Migration Card - 1933
Bird Migration Card - 1933

Image scan of a historical bird migration card.

Image scan of a historical bird migration card.

Image: Bird Migration Card - 1922
Bird Migration Card - 1922
Bird Migration Card - 1922
Bird Migration Card - 1922

Image scan of a historical bird migration card.

Image scan of a historical bird migration card.

Image: Historical Bird Migration Card
Historical Bird Migration Card
Historical Bird Migration Card
Historical Bird Migration Card

Image scan of a historical bird migration card (1904).

Image scan of a historical bird migration card (1904).

Historic photo of men on Stanton's trip, photo taken at Lees Ferry, Colorado River
Historic photo by Nims on Stanton's Colorado River survey trip taken at Lees Ferry
Historic photo by Nims on Stanton's Colorado River survey trip taken at Lees Ferry
Historic photo by Nims on Stanton's Colorado River survey trip taken at Lees Ferry

This image was taken in 1889 by Nims on Stanton's Colorado River survey trip.