Human Nature

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Fly fishing on the Umpqua River.

Umpqua River, Oregon

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Winter camping in Colorado's high country.

American Lakes Trail, Colorado

Snorkeling along a river chub nest in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

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Fly fishing on the Mckenzie River.

Mckenzie River, Oregon

Dr. Omar Perez-Reyes snorkels the cascading waters of the Quebrada Sonadora in search of his study subjects, freshwater shrimp. Surveying river communities throughout Puerto Rico, Dr. Perez-Reyes's work has helped in revealing the importance of freshwater shrimp within tropical rivers and their role in maintaining healthy watersheds and clean water.
This research adds to a growing body of science documenting the complexity and valuable ecosystem services of tropical river ecosystems.

El Yunque National Forest, Puerto Rico

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Appreciating the calm complexities of cold, a backpacker explores the harsh winter wilderness that is Rocky Mountain National Park's Chasm Lake.

Chasm Lake, Colorado

After heavy flooding in the marshes hundreds of frogs were washed into a local residents swimming pool. A group of kids worked hard to get the frogs out of the pool

Macquarie Marshes, Australia

A Willamette Valley farmer, Tony Stroda, grades what will become a grass waterway to minimize erosion and sedimentation from a grass and grain field.

Rattlesnake Creek, Oregon

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Crushing Cocoa beans

Kachabri, Costa Rica

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Snowshoeing through the deep snows of Oregon's Cascade Mountains.

Cascades, Oregon

Climber repelling into a canyon.

Ouray, Colorado

Warm Springs tribal members brave the pounding waters of Oregon's Willamette Falls to harvest Pacific lamprey. The Willamette is one of the last places left in the Columbia Basin that tribes can still catch sustainable numbers of this disappearing fish.

Willamete Falls, Oregon

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Fly fishing on the Mckenzie River.

Mckenzie River, Oregon

The annual salmon fest in Leavenworth Washington brings in school groups from all over Washington to learn about native fish species. The Pacific lamprey is the highlight for many of the kids.

Leavenworth, Washington

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Snorkeling with a Japanese giant salamander.

Japan

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Teaching the dog to swim

Kamo River, Japan

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Waterfall hiking

Proxy Falls, Oregon

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Contractors help put large wood back into a small creek near Portland. Habitat structures such as these help provide valuable habitat for salmon and other native freshwater species.

Johnson Creek, Oregon

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Researchers from the University of Colorado collect recently metamorphosed amphibians to check them for malformations.

Bay Area, California

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Appreciating the calm complexities of cold, a backpacker explores the harsh winter wilderness that is Rocky Mountain National Park's Chasm Lake.

Chasm Lake, Colorado

Researchers from the University of Colorado collect recently metamorphosed amphibians to check them for malformations.

Bay Area, California

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Tadpole catching.

Macquarie Marshes, Australia

Backpacking in Oregon's old growth.

Cummins Creek, Oregon

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Marsh bike ride.

Macquarie Marshes, Australia

Tracking marsh frogs.

Macquarie Marshes, Australia

Climbing turkey rock.

South Platte, Colorado

Descending into the underworld of Oregon's Owyhee Canyonlands, a hiker and her nimble hound navigate a labyrinth of steep walls and hoodoo spires in search of native redband trout.

Middle Fork Owyhee River, Oregon

Garry Hall, Chairman of the Macquarie Marshes Environmental Landholders Association, crosses a river while herding his cattle.

Macquarie Marshes, Australia

Staff and volunteers with the Long Tom Watershed Council salvage fish and other aquatic life from a pool before installing a new fish friendly culvert to a previously impassable road crossing.

Jordan Creek, Oregon

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Winter camping in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park.

Chasm Lake, Colorado

On the way to boreal toad country.

Williams Fork Arapahoe National Forest, Colorado

Winter camping in Colorado's high country.

American Lakes Trail, Colorado

Waterfall hiking.

Proxy falls, Oregon

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