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Images described and linked on this webpage come from a wide variety of USGS science activities and presentations performed by USGS Science Center staff members in the Region 7:  Upper Colorado Basin. A search tool is provided to narrow the number of image files shown.

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Sampling for aquatic invasive species in the Greater Yellowstone Area.
Sampling for aquatic invasive species in the Greater Yellowstone Area.
Sampling for aquatic invasive species in the Greater Yellowstone Area.
Sampling for aquatic invasive species in the Greater Yellowstone Area.

Sampling for aquatic invasive species in the Greater Yellowstone Area.

Sampling for aquatic invasive species in the Greater Yellowstone Area.
Sampling for aquatic invasive species in the Greater Yellowstone Area.
Sampling for aquatic invasive species in the Greater Yellowstone Area.
Sampling for aquatic invasive species in the Greater Yellowstone Area.

Sampling for aquatic invasive species in the Greater Yellowstone Area.

Red spotted toad.
Red spotted toad.
Red spotted toad.
Red spotted toad.

Red spotted toad.

An agricultural barn with farming equipment stored outside in Colorado.
An agricultural barn with farming equipment stored outside in Colorado
An agricultural barn with farming equipment stored outside in Colorado
An agricultural barn with farming equipment stored outside in Colorado

An agricultural barn with farming equipment stored outside in Colorado.

A field of wind turbines in Wyoming with a storm rolling in.
Wind Turbines During Approaching Storm
Wind Turbines During Approaching Storm
Wind Turbines During Approaching Storm

A field of wind turbines in Wyoming with a storm rolling in.

A field of wind turbines in Wyoming with a storm rolling in.

Wheat field wind turbines in Wyoming.
Wheat Field Wind Turbines in Wyoming
Wheat Field Wind Turbines in Wyoming
Wheat Field Wind Turbines in Wyoming

Wheat field wind turbines in Wyoming.

Image: Colorado River near Moab
Colorado River near Moab
Colorado River near Moab
Colorado River near Moab

The Colorado River as it runs near Moab, UT, surrounded by sandstone cliffs.

The Colorado River as it runs near Moab, UT, surrounded by sandstone cliffs.

Image: Colorado River near Moab
Colorado River near Moab
Colorado River near Moab
Colorado River near Moab

The Colorado River as it runs near Moab, UT, surrounded by sandstone cliffs.

The Colorado River as it runs near Moab, UT, surrounded by sandstone cliffs.

View into Green River Basin from Wyoming Range, Dry Piney Basin
View into Green River Basin from Wyoming Range, Dry Piney Basin
View into Green River Basin from Wyoming Range, Dry Piney Basin
View into Green River Basin from Wyoming Range, Dry Piney Basin

View into Green River Basin from Wyoming Range, Dry Piney Basin

Photo of an active oil and gas pad on Bureau of Land Management lands near Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
Active oil and gas pad near Canyonlands National Park
Active oil and gas pad near Canyonlands National Park
Active oil and gas pad near Canyonlands National Park

Active oil and gas pad on Bureau of Land Management lands near Canyonlands National Park, Utah.

Active oil and gas pad on Bureau of Land Management lands near Canyonlands National Park, Utah.

A managed wildfire burns in a Ponderosa pine stand, New Mexico
A managed wildfire burns in a Ponderosa pine stand, New Mexico
A managed wildfire burns in a Ponderosa pine stand, New Mexico
A managed wildfire burns in a Ponderosa pine stand, New Mexico

A managed wildfire burns in a Ponderosa pine stand, New Mexico

Earth As Art image of Utah, Arizona
Cloud Lightning
Cloud Lightning
Cloud Lightning

What looks like lightning arcing through an ominous cloud is actually a dry landscape of rocky buttes in southern Utah and northeastern Arizona. River channels flow north from Arizona into the San Juan River. The light vertical feature at the top of the image is referred to as Comb Ridge, a jagged fold in the Earth's crust called a monocline.

What looks like lightning arcing through an ominous cloud is actually a dry landscape of rocky buttes in southern Utah and northeastern Arizona. River channels flow north from Arizona into the San Juan River. The light vertical feature at the top of the image is referred to as Comb Ridge, a jagged fold in the Earth's crust called a monocline.

Installing piezometer on the bank of the New Fork River
Installing piezometer on the bank of the New Fork River
Installing piezometer on the bank of the New Fork River
Installing piezometer on the bank of the New Fork River

Installing piezometer on the bank of the New Fork River

Confluence of New Fork (foreground) and Green Rivers
Confluence of New Fork (foreground) and Green Rivers
Confluence of New Fork (foreground) and Green Rivers
Confluence of New Fork (foreground) and Green Rivers

Confluence of New Fork (foreground) and Green Rivers

Installing stream thermistor at New Fork Groundwater Streamgage
Installing stream thermistor at New Fork Groundwater Streamgage
Installing stream thermistor at New Fork Groundwater Streamgage
Installing stream thermistor at New Fork Groundwater Streamgage

Installing stream thermistor at New Fork Groundwater Streamgage

Bull elk in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
Bull elk in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
Bull elk in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
An archaeologist and fire scientist looking at the burned ground of a forest to assess impacts of wildfires on archaeological si
Assessing impacts to archaeological sites through collaboration
Assessing impacts to archaeological sites through collaboration
Assessing impacts to archaeological sites through collaboration

Archaeologists and fire scientists collaborate to assess impacts of wildfires on archaeological sites in the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico

Archaeologists and fire scientists collaborate to assess impacts of wildfires on archaeological sites in the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico

hand holding a sherd, a fragment of an ancient vessel
How fire research can help reduce cultural resource fire damage
How fire research can help reduce cultural resource fire damage
How fire research can help reduce cultural resource fire damage

Pre- and post-fire measurements of fire effects can help archaeologists and fire scientists determine how wildfires and prescribed fires impact cultural resources, and how management actions may reduce likelihood of damage

Pre- and post-fire measurements of fire effects can help archaeologists and fire scientists determine how wildfires and prescribed fires impact cultural resources, and how management actions may reduce likelihood of damage

 Confluence of Cement Creek and the Animas River in Colorado
Confluence of Cement Creek and the Animas River in Colorado
Confluence of Cement Creek and the Animas River in Colorado
Confluence of Cement Creek and the Animas River in Colorado

Although the visual picture of mixing zones at stream confluences appears straightforward, such as this one at the confluence of Cement Creek and the Animas River in Colorado, the chemical reactions that occur make them extremely complex from a water-quality perspective.

Although the visual picture of mixing zones at stream confluences appears straightforward, such as this one at the confluence of Cement Creek and the Animas River in Colorado, the chemical reactions that occur make them extremely complex from a water-quality perspective.

A managed wildfire in New Mexico demonstrates application of wildland fire science for forest restoration and risk reduction
A managed wildfire in New Mexico
A managed wildfire in New Mexico
A managed wildfire in New Mexico

A managed wildfire in New Mexico demonstrates application of wildland fire
science for forest restoration and risk reduction

A managed wildfire in New Mexico demonstrates application of wildland fire
science for forest restoration and risk reduction