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H2 West Transect – 2010
H2 West Transect – 2010
H2 West Transect – 2010

Permanent Site: H2 West Transect; Depth: 7.7 Meters (25.1 Feet); Distance from river mouth: 2.6 Kilometers (1.6 Miles) east; Pre/Post Dam Removal: 1 year pre-dam removal; Lat/Long: 48.15008216,-123.53277857; Site Description: This site is medium to shallow depth. Substrate is mainly gravel with some sand, cobble and an occasional small boulder.

Permanent Site: H2 West Transect; Depth: 7.7 Meters (25.1 Feet); Distance from river mouth: 2.6 Kilometers (1.6 Miles) east; Pre/Post Dam Removal: 1 year pre-dam removal; Lat/Long: 48.15008216,-123.53277857; Site Description: This site is medium to shallow depth. Substrate is mainly gravel with some sand, cobble and an occasional small boulder.

video thumbnail: Sea-Level Rise, Subsidence, and Wetland Loss Sea-Level Rise, Subsidence, and Wetland Loss
Sea-Level Rise, Subsidence, and Wetland Loss
Sea-Level Rise, Subsidence, and Wetland Loss

This video describes causes of wetland loss in the Mississippi River Delta.

This video describes causes of wetland loss in the Mississippi River Delta.

4SP1 East Transect - 2010
4SP1 East Transect - 2010
4SP1 East Transect - 2010

Permant Site: 4SP1 - East Transect Depth: 6.0 Meters (19.8 Feet) Distance from river mouth: 0.8 Kilometers (0.5 Miles) East Pre/Post Dam Removal: 1 Year Pre-dam removal Lat/Long: 48.15257, -123.556704 Site Description: Predominantly a shallow, high current site with cobble and gravel substrate covered in seaweed.

Permant Site: 4SP1 - East Transect Depth: 6.0 Meters (19.8 Feet) Distance from river mouth: 0.8 Kilometers (0.5 Miles) East Pre/Post Dam Removal: 1 Year Pre-dam removal Lat/Long: 48.15257, -123.556704 Site Description: Predominantly a shallow, high current site with cobble and gravel substrate covered in seaweed.

A1 East Transect – 2010

Permanent Site: A1 East Transect; Depth: 8.8 Meters (28.9 Feet); Distance from river mouth: 1.8 Kilometers (1.1 Miles) West; Pre/Post Dam Removal: 1 year pre-dam removal; Lat/Long: 48.13870775, -123.5855312; Site Description: Transect is in eastern part of Freshwater Bay. Sediment is primarily sand/sandy mud with occasional boulders.

Permanent Site: A1 East Transect; Depth: 8.8 Meters (28.9 Feet); Distance from river mouth: 1.8 Kilometers (1.1 Miles) West; Pre/Post Dam Removal: 1 year pre-dam removal; Lat/Long: 48.13870775, -123.5855312; Site Description: Transect is in eastern part of Freshwater Bay. Sediment is primarily sand/sandy mud with occasional boulders.

A1 West Transect – 2010
A1 West Transect – 2010
A1 West Transect – 2010

Permanent Site: A1 West Transect; Depth: 8.4 Meters (27.4 Feet); Distance from river mouth: 1.9 Kilometers (1.2 Miles) West; Pre/Post Dam Removal: 1 year pre-dam removal; Lat/Long: 48.13870775, -123.586203; Site Description: Transect is in eastern part of Freshwater Bay. Sediment is primarily sand/sandy mud with patches of boulders.

Permanent Site: A1 West Transect; Depth: 8.4 Meters (27.4 Feet); Distance from river mouth: 1.9 Kilometers (1.2 Miles) West; Pre/Post Dam Removal: 1 year pre-dam removal; Lat/Long: 48.13870775, -123.586203; Site Description: Transect is in eastern part of Freshwater Bay. Sediment is primarily sand/sandy mud with patches of boulders.

A2 West Transect – 2010
A2 West Transect – 2010
A2 West Transect – 2010

Permanent Site: A2 West Transect; Depth: 12.6 Meters (Feet 41.3); Distance from river mouth: Kilometers 1.8 (1.1 Miles); Pre/Post Dam Removal: 1 year pre-dam removal; Lat/Long: 48.14130295, -123.5883331; Site Description: One of our deeper sites at over 40 feet. Sediment is primarily sand/sandy mud with scattered boulders.

Permanent Site: A2 West Transect; Depth: 12.6 Meters (Feet 41.3); Distance from river mouth: Kilometers 1.8 (1.1 Miles); Pre/Post Dam Removal: 1 year pre-dam removal; Lat/Long: 48.14130295, -123.5883331; Site Description: One of our deeper sites at over 40 feet. Sediment is primarily sand/sandy mud with scattered boulders.

H1 East Transect – 2010
H1 East Transect – 2010
H1 East Transect – 2010

Permanent Site: H1 East Transect; Depth: 5.2 Meters (Feet 17.0); Distance from river mouth: 2.4 Kilometers (1.5 Miles) east; Pre/Post Dam Removal: 1 year pre-dam removal; Lat/Long: 48.1479177,-123.53472865; Site Description: This is a shallow site and one of the farthest removed from the effects of the sediment plume outside of the control sites.

Permanent Site: H1 East Transect; Depth: 5.2 Meters (Feet 17.0); Distance from river mouth: 2.4 Kilometers (1.5 Miles) east; Pre/Post Dam Removal: 1 year pre-dam removal; Lat/Long: 48.1479177,-123.53472865; Site Description: This is a shallow site and one of the farthest removed from the effects of the sediment plume outside of the control sites.

H1 West Transect – 2010
H1 West Transect – 2010
H1 West Transect – 2010

Permanent Site: H1 West Transect; Depth: 5.0 Meters (Feet 16.4); Distance from river mouth: 2.4 Kilometers (1.5 Miles) east; Pre/Post Dam Removal: 1 year pre-dam removal; Lat/Long: 48.14803012,-123.53535558; Site Description: This is a shallow site and one of the farthest removed from the effects of the sediment plume outside of the control sites.

Permanent Site: H1 West Transect; Depth: 5.0 Meters (Feet 16.4); Distance from river mouth: 2.4 Kilometers (1.5 Miles) east; Pre/Post Dam Removal: 1 year pre-dam removal; Lat/Long: 48.14803012,-123.53535558; Site Description: This is a shallow site and one of the farthest removed from the effects of the sediment plume outside of the control sites.

video thumbnail: Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Former U.S.

video thumbnail: Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Former U.S.

video thumbnail: Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Former U.S.

video thumbnail: Nutrient Impacts on Wetlands: Field Studies New Zealand Nutrient Impacts on Wetlands: Field Studies New Zealand
Nutrient Impacts on Wetlands: Field Studies New Zealand
Nutrient Impacts on Wetlands: Field Studies New Zealand

This video describes how scientists are studying freshwater wetlands on the North Island of New Zealand and how nutrients from pasture runoff may alter the vegetation and peat formation in these important ecosystems. Much of what is known about wetlands comes from research conducted in the Northern Hemisphere.

This video describes how scientists are studying freshwater wetlands on the North Island of New Zealand and how nutrients from pasture runoff may alter the vegetation and peat formation in these important ecosystems. Much of what is known about wetlands comes from research conducted in the Northern Hemisphere.

Animated image of tortoise falling on its back The Heat is On: Desert Tortoises and Survival (Full video)
The Heat is On: Desert Tortoises and Survival (Full video)
The Heat is On: Desert Tortoises and Survival (Full video)

"The Heat is On: Desert Tortoises and Survival" is a thirty minute television program exploring the world of the Mojave Desert Tortoise. It highlights the USGS research program on the Desert Tortoise and the role of that research in managing desert environments to allow the species to recover and escape the threat of extinction.

"The Heat is On: Desert Tortoises and Survival" is a thirty minute television program exploring the world of the Mojave Desert Tortoise. It highlights the USGS research program on the Desert Tortoise and the role of that research in managing desert environments to allow the species to recover and escape the threat of extinction.

Ravens and Tortoises

This brief video shows why ravens are one of the primary threats to survival of the Mojave Desert Tortoise. It is an excerpt from the longer, award winning, USGS television program "The Heat is On: Desert Tortoises and Survival".

This brief video shows why ravens are one of the primary threats to survival of the Mojave Desert Tortoise. It is an excerpt from the longer, award winning, USGS television program "The Heat is On: Desert Tortoises and Survival".

Bats at Wind Turbines
Bats at Wind Turbines
Bats at Wind Turbines

Bats at Turbines (B-roll): Surveillance video (B-roll) from a temperature-imaging camera showing a bat interacting with a wind turbine at about 3 a.m. on a brightly moonlit night in late August.[video resolution 614 by 454 pixels, limited by imaging device]

Bats at Turbines (B-roll): Surveillance video (B-roll) from a temperature-imaging camera showing a bat interacting with a wind turbine at about 3 a.m. on a brightly moonlit night in late August.[video resolution 614 by 454 pixels, limited by imaging device]

video thumbnail: Raven RQ-11A sUAS: USGS Training Exercise Raven RQ-11A sUAS: USGS Training Exercise
Raven RQ-11A sUAS: USGS Training Exercise
Raven RQ-11A sUAS: USGS Training Exercise

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) biologist Leanne Hanson narrates this video showing how the Raven-A small unmanned aircraft system, also called an sUAS or simply a drone, works in the field and what it “sees” from the air. In the first application of the Raven A system to a natural resource management need, the USGS and U.S.

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) biologist Leanne Hanson narrates this video showing how the Raven-A small unmanned aircraft system, also called an sUAS or simply a drone, works in the field and what it “sees” from the air. In the first application of the Raven A system to a natural resource management need, the USGS and U.S.

3MS18 (L1) West Transect – 2008
3MS18 (L1) West Transect – 2008
3MS18 (L1) West Transect – 2008

Random Site: 3MS18 (L1) West Transect; Depth: 10.9 m (35.9 feet); Distance from river mouth: 2.3 Kilometers (1.4 Miles) west; Pre/Post Dam Removal: 3 year pre-dam removal; Lat/Long: 48.13957527,-123.59427175; Site Description: This transect is medium depth with substrate that varies from all fine sediment/sand/mud, some on top of bedrock, to areas of large boulders.

Random Site: 3MS18 (L1) West Transect; Depth: 10.9 m (35.9 feet); Distance from river mouth: 2.3 Kilometers (1.4 Miles) west; Pre/Post Dam Removal: 3 year pre-dam removal; Lat/Long: 48.13957527,-123.59427175; Site Description: This transect is medium depth with substrate that varies from all fine sediment/sand/mud, some on top of bedrock, to areas of large boulders.

6MH18 (J1) East Transect – 2008
6MH18 (J1) East Transect – 2008
6MH18 (J1) East Transect – 2008

Permanent Site: J1 East Transect; Depth: 9.5 Meters (31.2 Feet); Distance from river mouth: 6.7 Kilometers (4.1 Miles) east; Pre/Post Dam Removal: 1 year pre-dam removal; Lat/Long: ; Site Description: This site is medium depth. Substrates is a gravel/cobble/sand mixture with an occasional boulder.

Permanent Site: J1 East Transect; Depth: 9.5 Meters (31.2 Feet); Distance from river mouth: 6.7 Kilometers (4.1 Miles) east; Pre/Post Dam Removal: 1 year pre-dam removal; Lat/Long: ; Site Description: This site is medium depth. Substrates is a gravel/cobble/sand mixture with an occasional boulder.

6MH18 (J1) West Transect – 2008
6MH18 (J1) West Transect – 2008
6MH18 (J1) West Transect – 2008

Permanent Site: J1 West Transect; Depth: 9.2 Meters (30.2 Feet); Distance from river mouth: 6.6 Kilometers (4.1 Miles) east; Pre/Post Dam Removal: 1 year pre-dam removal; Lat/Long: 48.13607725,-123.48002186; Site Description: This site is medium depth. Substrates is a gravel/cobble/sand mixture with an occasional boulder.

Permanent Site: J1 West Transect; Depth: 9.2 Meters (30.2 Feet); Distance from river mouth: 6.6 Kilometers (4.1 Miles) east; Pre/Post Dam Removal: 1 year pre-dam removal; Lat/Long: 48.13607725,-123.48002186; Site Description: This site is medium depth. Substrates is a gravel/cobble/sand mixture with an occasional boulder.

5SM18 East Transect – 2008
5SM18 East Transect – 2008
5SM18 East Transect – 2008

Random Site: 5SM18 East Transect; Depth: 6.7 Meters (22.0 Feet); Distance from river mouth: 4.5 Kilometers (2.8 Miles) east; Pre/Post Dam Removal: 3 years pre-dam removal; Lat/Long: 48.1357869,-123.5095144; Site Description: This is a shallow site. Sediment is a gravel/sand mixture. Red, green and brown seaweed is abundant.

Random Site: 5SM18 East Transect; Depth: 6.7 Meters (22.0 Feet); Distance from river mouth: 4.5 Kilometers (2.8 Miles) east; Pre/Post Dam Removal: 3 years pre-dam removal; Lat/Long: 48.1357869,-123.5095144; Site Description: This is a shallow site. Sediment is a gravel/sand mixture. Red, green and brown seaweed is abundant.

5SM18 West Transect – 2008
5SM18 West Transect – 2008
5SM18 West Transect – 2008

Random Site: 5SM18 West Transect; Depth: 6.1 Meters (20 Feet); Distance from river mouth: 4.5 Kilometers (2.8 Miles) east; Pre/Post Dam Removal: 3 years pre-dam removal; Lat/Long: 48.13592923,-123.51082988; Site Description: This is a shallow site. Sediment is a gravel/sand mixture. Red, green and brown seaweed is abundant.

Random Site: 5SM18 West Transect; Depth: 6.1 Meters (20 Feet); Distance from river mouth: 4.5 Kilometers (2.8 Miles) east; Pre/Post Dam Removal: 3 years pre-dam removal; Lat/Long: 48.13592923,-123.51082988; Site Description: This is a shallow site. Sediment is a gravel/sand mixture. Red, green and brown seaweed is abundant.