Ice Augering

A biologist cuts a hole in the ice of a frozen snowy lake using a hand auger
Photo By/Credit
Cortez Rohr/USFWS
Date Shot/Created
03/12/2021
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Former Refuge Biologist Kyle Cutting hand augers a hole in 35" thick ice on Upper Red Rock Lake at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge to measure late winter oxygen levels. This effort is to learn more about the Refuge's threatened adfluvial Arctic grayling population and how winter habitat conditions limit the fish's ability to overwinter. Photo by Cortez Rohr/USFWS.
Facility
Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
Ecosystem
Lake
Species
Thymallus arcticus
Subject tags
Biological illustrations
Biologists (USFWS)
Employees (USFWS)
Ice
Research
Scientific personnel (USFWS)
Snow
Wilderness
Wildlife management
Wildlife refuges