7-Luke-Ramsey-Wiegmann-wading

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Luke Ramsey-Wiegmann, a PhD student in the WEEL, wades through a shallow marshy part of the wetland to access the starting point for a vegetation monitoring transect.

6-Buttonbush

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Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)

3-Patrick-Gardiner-holding-transect-tape

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Patrick Gardiner, an undergraduate researcher with the WEEL, stands in a clump of young willows, cottonwoods, and saltcedars, helping lay out a transect across the riverbed.

2-Julia Hernandez Kayaking in AW

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Julia Hernandez, the Wetland Ecosystem Ecology Lab (WEEL) manager with CAP LTER, paddles towards a set of vegetation monitoring plots now only accessible by boat.

1-AW-Overpass

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The AZ 202/101 Superstack shades a lush marsh full of cattails and palms.

Image2_Meadowlark_Nest

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Meadowlark nests are dome-shaped and built on the ground. The spatial orientation of the opening of the nest changed during the drought to cool the nest.