Sarah Shearer in the field.jpg

A young woman in a red shirt, khaki pants and a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Hat points to the ground in the forest. She carries a large purple backpack. Nearby other staff and volunteers traverse the woods looking down at the ground.

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Sarah Shearer in the field.jpg

Shearer helps search for a whorled pogonia orchid in the Highlands region of Connecticut.

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Tricia Andriski/USFWS

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Forest

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Public Domain

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Biologists (USFWS)

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