SFPUC Mussel Survey

two biologists crouching next to a creek in a forest surveying a mussel bed through a large scope

Photo By/Credit

Lauren Kong/USFWS

Date Shot/Created

01/26/2023

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

Service biologists Lauren Kong (front) and Kate Bocskor survey mussels with a scope that helps to see clearly under the water’s surface. Bocskor counts the mussels while Kong fills out the data sheet with observations.

Facility

Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office

Ecosystem

Forest

River/stream

Subject tags

Biologists (USFWS)

Forests

Riparian areas

Scientific personnel (USFWS)

Surveying