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Man with blue shirt leans off board to collect mud from a drying river bed.
Photo By/Credit

Melissa Fry/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
07/19/2023
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
A biologist scoops up some drying mud while working to rescue endangered springsnails from a drying creek bed at Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge near Roswell, New Mexico.
Facility
Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Ecosystem
Desert
Wetland
Recreational Activity
Wildlife watching
Species
Pyrgulopsis roswellensis
Subject tags
Aquatic animals
Endangered and/or Threatened species