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Reconnecting Eel Migratory Routes
Dam No. 4 on the Potomac River near Shepherdstown, WV
3/12/2019
Dam construction has prevented American eel the access needed to upstream habitats to maintain their threatened populations. Scientists are studying where best to install fish passages, so that journeying eel can reach parts of the river that have been inaccessible for over 180 years.
It’s Summer - You Own the Beach
Cape Hatteras
6/25/2018
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Interior issues oil and gas energy revenues to Gulf Coast states
Interior leadership
6/4/2018
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$60 Million for boating and fishing
Happy angler!
6/4/2018
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It takes teamwork to tackle aquatic invaders
It takes teamwork to tackle aquatic invaders
6/4/2018
It takes teamwork to tackle aquatic invaders
New tool helps estimate tsunami evacuation pathways
Backed up evacuation traffic
6/4/2018
New tool helps estimate tsunami evacuation pathways
Specialized cave diving scientists study subterranean estuary
Cave diver
6/4/2018
Specialized cave diving scientists study subterranean estuary
‘R-HAT’ technology helps DOI assess hurricane damages
Officer checks phone for storm data
4/12/2018
‘R-HAT’ technology helps DOI assess hurricane damages
Changing Tides multimedia takes you to the Alaska coast adventuring with brown bears.
Changing Tides multimedia takes you to the Alaska coast adventuring with brown bears.
4/11/2018
Changing Tides multimedia takes you to the Alaska coast adventuring with brown bears.
Datums matter. Elevation data is key to understanding potential impacts of storm surge.
Hurricane damage
4/11/2018
Datums matter. Elevation data is key to understanding potential impacts of storm surge.
Ecosystem Restoration Projects Boost the Economy at Multiple Levels
Partners from more than nine different organizations set out in boats and seeded 20 acres of wild rice in Lower Green Bay, WI as a part of Great Lakes restoration projects. Photo credit: Steve Kass, Ducks Unlimited
2/5/2018
Economists from the USGS, DOI, and Bureau of Land Management evaluated 21 DOI restoration projects to quantify economic impacts of jobs and business activity generated through money spent on ecosystem restoration activities.
Wisdom the albatross visits DC
Dr. David Shiffman, an award-winning science communicator (@whysharksmatter), takes a selfie with Wisdom the albatross at Capitol Hill Ocean Week 2017. Photo credit: Ann Tihansky, USGS
2/5/2018
Wisdom the albatross is an ambassador for Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument and Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
San Francisco Bay Water Quality
Instruments used to measure a variety of water quality constituents are deployed off the research vessel's boom, with the San Francisco skyline in the background. Photo credit: USGS
2/5/2018
Nearly five decades of water quality observations in San Francisco Bay have provided a rich record that allows USGS and other researchers to deepen understanding of how estuaries function.
Golden retriever Tobias inspects a boat for invasive species at Glacier National Park, MT.
Golden retriever Tobias inspects a boat for invasive species at Glacier National Park, MT. Photo credit: A.W. Biel, NPS
11/24/2017
Golden retriever Tobias inspects a boat for invasive species at Glacier National Park, MT. Photo credit: A.W. Biel, NPS
At Poplar Island in Chesapeake Bay, USFWS biologists and volunteers from the Maryland National Capital Parks and Planning Commission install one of several osprey platforms
At Poplar Island in Chesapeake Bay, USFWS biologists and volunteers from the Maryland National Capital Parks and Planning Commission install one of several osprey platforms
11/24/2017
At Poplar Island in Chesapeake Bay, USFWS biologists and volunteers from the Maryland National Capital Parks and Planning Commission install one of several osprey platforms built by an Eagle Scout with Boy Scouts of America. Photo credit: USFWS

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