351 Free Photos of Pacific Southwest Region

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Arroyo chub (left) and Santa Ana sucker (right) in Santa Ana River

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Light-footed Ridgway's rail banding and release at Batiquitos Lagoon

Lone monarch in eucalyptus tree in City of San Diego

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Quino pods wait to be distributed at release site

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Releasing Quino checkerspot butterfly larvae in San Diego County

Light-footed Ridgway's rail banding and release at Batiquitos Lagoon

Monarch egg on narrow-leaf milkweed

Light-footed Ridgway's rail banding and release at Batiquitos Lagoon

Light-footed Ridgway's rail banding and release at Batiquitos Lagoon

Light-footed Ridgway's rail banding and release at Batiquitos Lagoon

Mason bee on thread-leaved brodiaea plant.

Coral is released by staff from Seattle Aquarium and SeaWorld San Diego

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Coral, a rehabbed sea turtle, returns to the ocean

Balloon found in ocean along San Diego shoreline

View of Quino checkerspot butterfly larvae release site from above

Vernal Pool at Santa Rosa Plateau

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Light-footed Ridgway's rail banding and release at Batiquitos Lagoon

Quino checkerspot butterfly larvae

Green sea turtles are listed as threatened along California's coast

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Once marked, the beetle is released back into its habitat

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Ridgway's rail release, Batiquitos Lagoon, CA

Vernal pool restoration site at Camp Pendleton

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Ridgway's rail release, Batiquitos Lagoon, CA

Quino checkerspot larva reared at the San Diego Zoo

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SeaWorld vet techs transport Comber to boat for release

Quino larva is almost ready for release to the wild

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Light-footed Ridgway's rail banding and release at Batiquitos Lagoon

Pods are staged and await quino larvae at San Diego National Wildlife Refuge

U.S. Fish and WIldlife Service Susan Wynn with Quino release pod

Monarch caterpillar on narrow-leaf milkweed

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Ridgway's rail release, Batiquitos Lagoon, CA

Quino checkerspot larva reared at the San Diego Zoo

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The larvae release site at San Diego National Wildlife Refuge

The quinos are placed in pods, complete with shelter and rainjackets

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Cleveland's horkelia is a great nectar source for pollinators

Ridgway's rail release, Batiquitos Lagoon, CA

Susan Wynn, USFWS Biologist, places pod under a pre-selected bush

Vernal pool restoration site at Camp Pendleton

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Coastal sage scrub and vernal pool restoration site, Camp Pendleton

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Ridgway's rail release, Batiquitos Lagoon, CA

Thread-leaved brodiaea is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act

Monarch Butterfly Tagging Event

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Monarch Butterfly Tagging Event

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Puffy chick at Huntington State Beach

Monarch Butterfly Tagging Event

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Monarch Butterfly Tagging Event

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WSP chicks cropped HSB4

Monarch Butterfly Tagging Event

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Three chicks & one hiding

Monarch Butterfly Tagging Event

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Monarch Butterfly Tagging Event

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Coral, a rehabbed sea turtle, returns home

Vibrant sunset along southern California beach

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Vernal pool in the dry season at Camp Pendleton

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Susan Wynn, biologist for USFWS, and Pete Famolaro, biologist with Sweetwater Authority, releasing Quino

San Diego Bird Festival 2018 at San Diego National Wildlife Refuge

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Susan Wynn, USFWS Biologist, explains the Quino captive-breeding and release program to John Wilkens

Biologists scouring the field in search of pedate checker-mallow

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The birds were transported from Living Coast Discovery Center to Carlsbad in these blue boxes

Pedate checker-mallow is federally listed under the ESA

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Ridgway's rail release, Batiquitos Lagoon, CA

Federally endangered Ridgway's rail feasts on crab

Thread-leaved brodiaea is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act

San Diego Bird Festival 2018 at San Diego National Wildlife Refuge

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San Diego Zoo Biologist Paige Howorth places the Quinos into pods

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San Diego Bird Festival 2018 at San Diego National Wildlife Refuge

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Vernal pool restoration site at Camp Pendleton

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Southern mountain wild-buckwheat is listed under the ESA.

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Light-footed Ridgway's rail banding and release at Batiquitos Lagoon

Spreading navarretia and San Diego button celery found side-by-side in vernal pool

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San Diego Bird Festival 2018 at San Diego National Wildlife Refuge

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Monarch butterfly rests on student's glasses

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Monarch Butterfly Tagging Event

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Monarch Butterfly Tagging Event

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Looking for endangered San Diego Fairy Shrimp in vernal pools.

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Monarch Butterfly Tagging Event

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Americorps members plant natives in Temecula, California

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Monarch Butterfly

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Americorps members plant natives in Temecula, California

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Mission Bay Wetlands in San Diego, Calif.

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San Clemente Island paintbrush

Owens pupfish is a federally endangered species

Light-footed Ridgway's rail banding and release at Batiquitos Lagoon

Ridgway's rail release, Batiquitos Lagoon, CA

Vernal Pool at Santa Rosa Plateau

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Thread-leaved brodiaea is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act

Listed as federally endangered this male San Diego Fairy shrimp, lives only in southern California's vernal pools.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biologist Susan Wynn releases quino into San Diego County.

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Tagged monarch butterfly in Encinitas, California

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biologist Susan Wynn releases quino into San Diego County.

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Southern mountain wild-buckwheat is listed under the ESA.

Hiking into the release site with Quino larvae

San Diego National Wildlife Refuge

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Monarch Butterfly Tagging Event

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Then the monarch landed on this student's glasses!

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Western snowy plover siblings at Huntington State Beach

Volunteers create soil pits to place native plants in

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Monarchs tagged and ready for release

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Planting black sage at Meadowview restoration area in Temecula, CA

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Palm Canyon during the 2017 #superbloom at Anza Borrego Desert State Park

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