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Black-headed heron (Ardea melanocephala) in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.
Ardea melanocephala (black-headed heron)
Florida gar at Pa-hay-okee Trail in the Everglades National Park.
Florida Gar
Wetlands at Pa-hay-okee Trail in the Everglades National Park.
Pa-hay-okee Trail
This diagram depicts the stream impacts of landscape modifications in the watershed of the Upper Potomac River.
Upper Potomac Headwaters Conceptual Diagram
A side view of a three dimensional headdress colored yellow, red, and orange.
Hawaiian Royalty Headdress
Tree roots are underminded by wave action and eventually succumb while the shoreline is eroded.
Eroded shoreline with tree snags
Stone rip-rap installed by the property owners in an attempt to prevent shoreline erosion. Hardened edges along the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers reduces natural shoreline habitat that fish and other marine animals depend on for food and shelter.
Hardened shoreline prevents erosion
Side view illustration of the Atlantic Croaker
Micropogonias undulatus (Atlantic Croaker)
Conceptual diagram illustrating a hardened shoreline vs a natural shoreline. The hardened shoreline has concrete rip-rap or a sea wall. It can be very costly and can also interrupt natural shoreline processes and sand movement that can lead to increased erosion downdrift from the structure. A natural shoreline incorporates native vegetation with a buffer strip of sand and/or fiber logs. It filters runoff and traps sediment, actually widening the beach, and providing valuable shoreline habitat for wildlife.
Shoreline erosion control
Many areas of Old Woman Creek in the headwaters portion are very shallow streams surrounded by farm fields. This small creek area has a buffer around it and then is surrounded by fields. Ohio.
Old Woman Creek headwaters
The pipes seen in this photo are called tiling. They help transfer excess water from the fields to the creek. Many areas of Old Woman Creek in the headwaters portion are very shallow streams surrounded by farm fields. This small creek area has a buffer around it and then is surrounded by fields. Ohio.
Tiling in Old Woman Creek
The pipes seen in this photo are called tiling. They help transfer excess water from the fields to the creek. Many areas of Old Woman Creek in the headwaters portion are very shallow streams surrounded by farm fields. This small creek area has a buffer around it and then is surrounded by fields. Ohio.
Tiling in Old Woman Creek
The pipes seen in this photo are called tiling. They help drain excess water from farm fields to the creek. Ohio.
Tiling in Old Woman Creek
3D illustration of a watershed, with a braided river, mudflat, beach, rocky headlands, and seastack.
Watershed 3D: river mouth, mudflat, beach, and…
Illustration of a male Cheilinus undulatus (Humphead Wrasse)
Cheilinus undulatus (Humphead Wrasse) : male
Streamflow was high during March in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park en route to Ramsey Cascades
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Heavy flow in a rocky stream
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Heavy flow in a rocky stream
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Heavy flow in a rocky stream
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Illustration of Atherinomorus duodecimalis (Tropical silverside)
Atherinomorus duodecimalis (Tropical silverside)
Illustration of Cheilinus spp.
Cheilinus spp. 2
Illustration of watershed base with mountains, perched lake, water table, and rocky headlands
Watershed 3D: perched lake, water table, rocky…
Illustration map of Bogue Sound in North Carolina, USA
USA NC: Bogue Sound
Illustration of Bolbometopon muricatum (Green Humphead Parrotfish)
Bolbometopon muricatum (Green Humphead Parrotfish)
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