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Photo of Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and the Environment (LIDE) lab space
Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and the Environment (LIDE)
Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and the Environment (LIDE)
Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and the Environment (LIDE)

Photo of Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and the Environment (LIDE).

USGS Laboratory for Infectious Disease and the Environment
USGS Laboratory for Infectious Disease and the Environment
USGS Laboratory for Infectious Disease and the Environment
USGS Laboratory for Infectious Disease and the Environment

U.S. Geological Survey scientists analyzing samples for viral pathogens at the Laboratory for Infectious Disease and the Environment.

U.S. Geological Survey scientists analyzing samples for viral pathogens at the Laboratory for Infectious Disease and the Environment.

White goose swimming on water
Lesser Snow Goose at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge
Lesser Snow Goose at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge
Lesser Snow Goose at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge

 Lesser Snow Goose at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge.

When looking for a place to set up a capture location, biologists look for existing bear sign such as scratches on trees.
Bear scratch on tree.
Bear scratch on tree.
Bear scratch on tree.

When looking for a place to set up a capture location, biologists look for existing bear sign such as scratches on trees and bear scat.  Sometimes traps are set in areas that have no obvious bear sign to determine if indeed bears are present.

When looking for a place to set up a capture location, biologists look for existing bear sign such as scratches on trees and bear scat.  Sometimes traps are set in areas that have no obvious bear sign to determine if indeed bears are present.

Final installation of permeable pavement study test plots
Final installation of permeable pavement study test plots
Final installation of permeable pavement study test plots

Completed installation of test plots: permeable pavers (foreground), permeable concrete (midground), and permeable asphalt (background).

Completed installation of test plots: permeable pavers (foreground), permeable concrete (midground), and permeable asphalt (background).

Grizzly bear on a remote camera.
Grizzly bear on a remote camera.
Grizzly bear on a remote camera.
Grizzly bear on a remote camera.

When looking for a place to set up a capture location, biologists look for existing bear sign such as scratches on trees and bear scat.  Sometimes traps are set in areas that have no obvious bear sign to determine if indeed bears are present.

When looking for a place to set up a capture location, biologists look for existing bear sign such as scratches on trees and bear scat.  Sometimes traps are set in areas that have no obvious bear sign to determine if indeed bears are present.

Technician installing a wave sensor at a SWaTH site
Installing a Wave Sensor
Installing a Wave Sensor
Installing a Wave Sensor

Patrick Bowen installing a wave sensor to a utility pole at SWaTH transect site number NJOCE08009

Patrick Bowen installing a wave sensor to a utility pole at SWaTH transect site number NJOCE08009

Smithsonian mineral specimen
Smithsonian mineral specimen
Smithsonian mineral specimen
Smithsonian mineral specimen

Photograph showing a mineral specimen displayed at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Photograph showing a mineral specimen displayed at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

A Ehmania walcotti trilobite from Yellowstone National Park
A Ehmania walcotti trilobite from Yellowstone National Park
A Ehmania walcotti trilobite from Yellowstone National Park
A Ehmania walcotti trilobite from Yellowstone National Park

A Ehmania walcotti trilobite from Yellowstone National Park. Scale is in millimeters.  Specimen located at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

A Ehmania walcotti trilobite from Yellowstone National Park. Scale is in millimeters.  Specimen located at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

A Ptychopariid trilobite from Yellowstone National Park
A Ptychopariid trilobite from Yellowstone National Park
A Ptychopariid trilobite from Yellowstone National Park
A Ptychopariid trilobite from Yellowstone National Park

A Ptychopariid trilobite from Yellowstone National Park. Scale is in millimeters.  Specimen located at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

A Ptychopariid trilobite from Yellowstone National Park. Scale is in millimeters.  Specimen located at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Canyon Lake
Canyon Lake February 2017
Canyon Lake February 2017
Canyon Lake February 2017

Waterfowl population on Canyon Lake in Rapid City, SD, during February 2017.

Waterfowl population on Canyon Lake in Rapid City, SD, during February 2017.

Flock of white geese on water
Flock of Ross’s Geese at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge
Flock of Ross’s Geese at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge
Flock of Ross’s Geese at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge

Flock of Ross’s Geese at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge.

USGS employee conducting a discharge measurement with a Flowtracker TETON RIVER AB SOUTH LEIGH CREEK NR DRIGGS ID 13052200
USGS Employee Conducting A Discharge Measurement With A Flowtracker
USGS Employee Conducting A Discharge Measurement With A Flowtracker
USGS Employee Conducting A Discharge Measurement With A Flowtracker

USGS employee conducting a discharge measurement with a Flowtracker at USGS gage 13052200 TETON RIVER AB SOUTH LEIGH CREEK NR DRIGGS, ID.

stibnite specimen
Stibnite Mineral Specimen
Stibnite Mineral Specimen
Stibnite Mineral Specimen

Specimen of stibnite, an ore mineral of antimony. Antimony compounds help to prevent skin burns, increase battery life, and refine the glass used in cell-phone screens.

Specimen of stibnite, an ore mineral of antimony. Antimony compounds help to prevent skin burns, increase battery life, and refine the glass used in cell-phone screens.

USGS gage 1188000 Bunnel Brook near Burlington CT
USGS Gage 1188000 Bunnel Brook Near Burlington CT
USGS Gage 1188000 Bunnel Brook Near Burlington CT
USGS Gage 1188000 Bunnel Brook Near Burlington CT

USGS gage 1188000 Bunnel Brook near Burlington CT

Winter landscape at Bunnell Brook, Burlington, CT
Winter landscape at Bunnell Brook, Burlington, CT
Winter landscape at Bunnell Brook, Burlington, CT
Winter landscape at Bunnell Brook, Burlington, CT

Northeast Region Photo Contest Winner | March 2019 | Where We Work
Winter landscape at Bunnell Brook, Burlington, CT

Northeast Region Photo Contest Winner | March 2019 | Where We Work
Winter landscape at Bunnell Brook, Burlington, CT

Rio Grande near Montaño Bridge
Rio Grande, about 1 mile southwest of Montaño Bridge
Rio Grande, about 1 mile southwest of Montaño Bridge
Rio Grande, about 1 mile southwest of Montaño Bridge

Upstream view of the Rio Grande from a location about 1 mile southwest of the Montaño Bridge. Photograph was taken January 24, 2016, by Nathan Myers.

SIR 2016–5021

Upstream view of the Rio Grande from a location about 1 mile southwest of the Montaño Bridge. Photograph was taken January 24, 2016, by Nathan Myers.

SIR 2016–5021

Grand River near Painesville, OH - control
Grand River near Painesville, OH - control
Grand River near Painesville, OH - control
Grand River near Painesville, OH - control

Grand River near Painesville, OH - control

Grand River near Painesville, OH - control
Grand River near Painesville, OH - control
Grand River near Painesville, OH - control
Grand River near Painesville, OH - control

Grand River near Painesville, OH - control

Grand River near Painesville, OH - control on stream
Grand River near Painesville, OH - control on stream
Grand River near Painesville, OH - control on stream
Grand River near Painesville, OH - control on stream

Grand River near Painesville, OH - control on stream

Grand River near Painesville, OH - control on the stream
Grand River near Painesville, OH - control on the stream
Grand River near Painesville, OH - control on the stream
Grand River near Painesville, OH - control on the stream

Grand River near Painesville, OH - control on the stream

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