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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

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