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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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Image: Utah Tribal Coop
Utah Tribal Coop
Utah Tribal Coop
Utah Tribal Coop

In the stream is Martel Fisher (USGS) and Bart Powaukee (Coordinator Ute Indian Tribe Water Quality Department) and some of the Ute Tribe Water Quality Department employees.

In the stream is Martel Fisher (USGS) and Bart Powaukee (Coordinator Ute Indian Tribe Water Quality Department) and some of the Ute Tribe Water Quality Department employees.

map of historic and current sage-grouse range in 2000
map of historic and current sage-grouse range in 2000
map of historic and current sage-grouse range in 2000
map of historic and current sage-grouse range in 2000

Map of historic and current sage-grouse range in 2000, provided as a download from the old USGS Sagemap website.

Red Mountain CO
Red Mountain, CO Hydrothermal Alteration
Red Mountain, CO Hydrothermal Alteration
Red Mountain, CO Hydrothermal Alteration

Photo showing intense acid-sulfate hydrothermal alteration on Red Mountain No. 2, Silverton CO. View is looking to the west across Corkscrew Gulch. 

Photo showing intense acid-sulfate hydrothermal alteration on Red Mountain No. 2, Silverton CO. View is looking to the west across Corkscrew Gulch. 

Canadian escarpment rising above the plains, northeastern San Miguel County, NMWSC
San Miguel Site Map, New Mexico Water Science Center
San Miguel Site Map, New Mexico Water Science Center
San Miguel Site Map, New Mexico Water Science Center

Canadian escarpment rising above the plains, northeastern San Miguel County, NMWSC

Lava tube opening/possible bat roost with pine forest above.
Lava tube opening/possible bat roost with pine forest above.
Lava tube opening/possible bat roost with pine forest above.
Lava tube opening/possible bat roost with pine forest above.

Opening of a large lava tube at El Malpais National Monument in western New Mexico and likely roost for bats, 2011.

Opening of a large lava tube at El Malpais National Monument in western New Mexico and likely roost for bats, 2011.

View from sandstone bluff overlooking extinct lava flows at El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico.
View from sandstone bluff overlooking extinct lava flows at El Malpais
View from sandstone bluff overlooking extinct lava flows at El Malpais
View from sandstone bluff overlooking extinct lava flows at El Malpais

View from sandstone bluff overlooking extinct lava flows at El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico.

View from sandstone bluff overlooking extinct lava flows at El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico.

Elk in Beartooth Mountains, WY
Elk in Beartooth Mountains, WY
Elk in Beartooth Mountains, WY
Elk in Beartooth Mountains, WY

Elk in the Beartooth Mountains, Wyoming. The USGS and partners study the effects of climate change on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. 

Elk in the Beartooth Mountains, Wyoming. The USGS and partners study the effects of climate change on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. 

False-color-composite satellite image of Great Salt Lake, Nov 2011
Great Salt Lake
Great Salt Lake
Great Salt Lake

This is a false-color-composite satellite image of Great Salt Lake, Nov 2011. The vegetation appears red.

This is a false-color-composite satellite image of Great Salt Lake, Nov 2011. The vegetation appears red.

Measuring streamflow using ADCP, Fish Creek
Measuring streamflow using ADCP, Fish Creek
Measuring streamflow using ADCP, Fish Creek
Measuring streamflow using ADCP, Fish Creek

Measuring streamflow using ADCP, Fish Creek

Image: Trees Killed by the 2011 Las Conchas Fire in New Mexico
Trees Killed by the 2011 Las Conchas Fire in New Mexico
Trees Killed by the 2011 Las Conchas Fire in New Mexico
Trees Killed by the 2011 Las Conchas Fire in New Mexico

Extensive, contiguous mortality of piñon pine, ponderosa pine, and Douglas-fir trees, killed in the first afternoon and evening of the 2011 Las Conchas Fire in the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico. Forest drought stress is highly correlated with mortality from poor growth, bark beetle outbreaks, and high-severity fire.

Extensive, contiguous mortality of piñon pine, ponderosa pine, and Douglas-fir trees, killed in the first afternoon and evening of the 2011 Las Conchas Fire in the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico. Forest drought stress is highly correlated with mortality from poor growth, bark beetle outbreaks, and high-severity fire.

Cattle walking across biological soil crusts in southeastern Utah.
Cattle walking across biological soil crusts in southeastern Utah
Cattle walking across biological soil crusts in southeastern Utah
Cattle walking across biological soil crusts in southeastern Utah

Cattle walking across biological soil crusts in southeastern Utah.

Dry conditions at cattle water sources in western Colorado.
Dry conditions at cattle water sources in western Colorado
Dry conditions at cattle water sources in western Colorado
Dry conditions at cattle water sources in western Colorado

Dry conditions at cattle water sources in western Colorado. 

Image: USGS personnel measure flood waters on Wind River, WY
USGS personnel measure flood waters on Wind River, WY
USGS personnel measure flood waters on Wind River, WY
USGS personnel measure flood waters on Wind River, WY

USGS hydrographer Jerrod Wheeler (in cablecar) measures flood flows right before the gagehouse washes away.

06225500 Wind River near Crowheart, WY: Jul 01 2011; 13,900 ft3/s

USGS hydrographer Jerrod Wheeler (in cablecar) measures flood flows right before the gagehouse washes away.

06225500 Wind River near Crowheart, WY: Jul 01 2011; 13,900 ft3/s

USGS Streamgage Destroyed by Flood Flows
Flood Waters Take USGS Streamgage Wind River near Crowheart, WY
Flood Waters Take USGS Streamgage Wind River near Crowheart, WY
Flood Waters Take USGS Streamgage Wind River near Crowheart, WY

Gagehouse at 06225500 Wind River near Crowheart WY right before it washed away.

Jul 01 2011; 13,900 ft3/s

Gagehouse at 06225500 Wind River near Crowheart WY right before it washed away.

Jul 01 2011; 13,900 ft3/s

Image: Flooding in Northwest Colorado
Flooding in Northwest Colorado
Flooding in Northwest Colorado
Flooding in Northwest Colorado

High floodwaters partially submerge a USGS streamgaging station in Slater Fork, CO.

High floodwaters partially submerge a USGS streamgaging station in Slater Fork, CO.

Image: Flooding in Northwest Colorado
Flooding in Northwest Colorado
Flooding in Northwest Colorado
Flooding in Northwest Colorado

High floodwaters on the Elk River upstream of Routt County Road 42 near Milner, CO.

High floodwaters on the Elk River upstream of Routt County Road 42 near Milner, CO.

Image: Flooding in Northwest Colorado
Flooding in Northwest Colorado
Flooding in Northwest Colorado
Flooding in Northwest Colorado

High floodwaters on the Elk River upstream of Routt County Road 42 near Milner, CO

High floodwaters on the Elk River upstream of Routt County Road 42 near Milner, CO

Image: Flooding in Northwest Colorado
Flooding in Northwest Colorado
Flooding in Northwest Colorado
Flooding in Northwest Colorado

A roadway is broken down due to high streamflow near Slater, CO. A USGS streamgage can be seen next to the road.

A roadway is broken down due to high streamflow near Slater, CO. A USGS streamgage can be seen next to the road.

Image: Flooding in Northwest Colorado
Flooding in Northwest Colorado
Flooding in Northwest Colorado
Flooding in Northwest Colorado

Floodwaters partially submerge a USGS streamgage station near Slater, CO.

Floodwaters partially submerge a USGS streamgage station near Slater, CO.

Image: 2011 Great Salt Lake Breach at Lakeside, Utah
2011 Great Salt Lake Breach at Lakeside, Utah
2011 Great Salt Lake Breach at Lakeside, Utah
2011 Great Salt Lake Breach at Lakeside, Utah

Water flowing through the Great Salt Lake breach in 2011, when lake levels were high due to above average snowfall in the Wasatch and Uinta Mountains. The Great Salt Lake breach is an area that allows water to travel between the southern and northern parts of the lake.

Water flowing through the Great Salt Lake breach in 2011, when lake levels were high due to above average snowfall in the Wasatch and Uinta Mountains. The Great Salt Lake breach is an area that allows water to travel between the southern and northern parts of the lake.

Collecting a groundwater sample using a mobile laboratory at Jackson Hole Airport
Collecting a groundwater sample using a mobile laboratory at Jackson H
Collecting a groundwater sample using a mobile laboratory at Jackson H
Collecting a groundwater sample using a mobile laboratory at Jackson H

Collecting a groundwater sample using a mobile laboratory at Jackson Hole Airport