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Biologists sort through trays of sand and use microscopes and magnifying glasses to find tiny snails within, with a plastic enclosure filled with muddy water and sand in the backround.

Photo By/Credit

Date Shot/Created

10/25/2023

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

From left, Michelle Bell (BLM), Natasha Garcia (BLM), and Carl Jacobsen (FWS) search for snails to release in the sandy substrate of the enclosures at the Southwestern Native Aquatic Resources And Recovery Center in Dexter, NM.

Facility

Southwestern Native Aquatic Resources and Recovery Center

Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Ecosystem

Desert

Wetland

Species

Pyrgulopsis roswellensis

Subject tags

Endangered and/or Threatened species

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