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  	<title>USGS Multimedia Gallery Collection for: Biology</title>
 	<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/</link>
	<language>en-us</language>
	<description>A list of photography and images from the U.S. Geological Survey's Multimedia Gallery (http://gallery.usgs.gov).</description>
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		<title>USGS</title>
		<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/</link>
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		  <title><![CDATA[BEN Patient]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) patient from a BEN village in Romania. The photo was taken at a dialysis clinic in Romania where the patient traveled every 2 to 3 days to receive dialysis, the principal treatment option for people with BEN. This patient died from complications of BEN within a year after this photo was taken in 2000.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	
					unknown
			
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_10_2009_cg8Jam4YYt_09_10_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_10_2009_cg8Jam4YYt_09_10_2009_0</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/09_10_2009/cg8Jam4YYt_09_10_2009/thumbs/01_BEN.JPG" length="5187" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>BEN</category>

				<category>disease</category>

				<category>kidney</category>

				<category>medical</category>

				<category>biology</category>

				<category>CoreCast103</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Sampling a Sprint in BEN Village]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[USGS Researcher Calin Tatu sampling a spring in a Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) village in Romania. Samples of water are tested for the presence of toxic organic compounds that are linked to BEN.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	
					unknown
			
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_10_2009_cg8Jam4YYt_09_10_2009_1</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_10_2009_cg8Jam4YYt_09_10_2009_1</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>BEN</category>

				<category>disease</category>

				<category>research</category>

				<category>sampling</category>

				<category>toxins</category>

				<category>CoreCast103</category>

		</item>



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		  <title><![CDATA[Kidney Size Comparison of BEN Victims]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Normal size kidney (left) and a Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) kidney (right). The BEN kidney is reduced by one third compared to a normal kidney. The collapse of the kidney structure in the BEN kidney causes the organ to cease to function, resulting in uremia (blood poisoning) and requiring dialysis to remove toxins from the bloodstream in the absence of kidney function.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	
					unknown
			
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_10_2009_cg8Jam4YYt_09_10_2009_2</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_10_2009_cg8Jam4YYt_09_10_2009_2</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>BEN</category>

				<category>disease</category>

				<category>kidney</category>

				<category>biology</category>

				<category>toxins</category>

				<category>medical</category>

				<category>CoreCast103</category>

		</item>



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		  <title><![CDATA[Pliocene Lignite Coal from BEN Village]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Closeup of Pliocene lignite coal from a Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) village in Serbia. Lignite is low rank, or relatively unaltered (soft, or “brown”) coal, and is characterized by a brownish color and appearance that often resembles wood. This lignite releases copious amounts of dissolved organic substances into groundwater.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	
					unknown
			
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_10_2009_cg8Jam4YYt_09_10_2009_3</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_10_2009_cg8Jam4YYt_09_10_2009_3</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/09_10_2009/cg8Jam4YYt_09_10_2009/thumbs/04_BEN.JPG" length="14544" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>BEN</category>

				<category>disease</category>

				<category>coal</category>

				<category>groundwater</category>

				<category>water</category>

				<category>CoreCast103</category>

		</item>



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		  <title><![CDATA[BEN Sampling in Serbia]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[USGS scientists Bill Orem (left) and Terry Lerch (right) recording data and collecting samples at a Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) household in Serbia. BEN patients typically come from small villages and are often farmers.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	
					unknown
			
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_10_2009_cg8Jam4YYt_09_10_2009_4</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_10_2009_cg8Jam4YYt_09_10_2009_4</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>BEN</category>

				<category>disease</category>

				<category>sampling</category>

				<category>village</category>

				<category>CoreCast103</category>

		</item>



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		  <title><![CDATA[Pliocene Lignite Bed]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Seam or bed of Pliocene lignite from a mine in the Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) area of Romania. Rainwater falling onto the surface penetrates into the ground, becoming ground water, and leaches toxic organic substances from this coal. The ground water continues to BEN villages in the valleys below carrying toxic organic substances, feeding shallow wells and springs used by villagers as a primary drinking water supply.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	
					unknown
			
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_10_2009_cg8Jam4YYt_09_10_2009_5</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_10_2009_cg8Jam4YYt_09_10_2009_5</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>BEN</category>

				<category>disease</category>

				<category>coal</category>

				<category>groundwater</category>

				<category>toxins</category>

				<category>water</category>

				<category>CoreCast103</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[BEN Sampling in Serbia]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[USGS scientist Bill Orem (left) and Adrian Muntean, a colleague from Romania, sampling water from a well in a Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) household in Serbia. The scientists will analyze the water for the presence of coal-derived organic substances dissolved in the water. The USGS works closely with medical colleagues in the affected countries in the study of BEN etiology (disease causation). ]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	
					unknown
			
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_10_2009_cg8Jam4YYt_09_10_2009_6</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_10_2009_cg8Jam4YYt_09_10_2009_6</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>BEN</category>

				<category>disease</category>

				<category>sampling</category>

				<category>groundwater</category>

				<category>water</category>

				<category>research</category>

				<category>CoreCast103</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Drinking Well in a BEN Village]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A well, typical of those found in both Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) villages and non-BEN villages in the affected countries. Wells and springs are the primary drinking water supplies for these rural villages. In the BEN areas, these shallow wells are fed by groundwater that leaches nearby immature coal deposits.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	
					unknown
			
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_10_2009_cg8Jam4YYt_09_10_2009_7</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_10_2009_cg8Jam4YYt_09_10_2009_7</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/09_10_2009/cg8Jam4YYt_09_10_2009/thumbs/08_BEN.JPG" length="26855" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>BEN</category>

				<category>disease</category>

				<category>well</category>

				<category>groundwater</category>

				<category>water</category>

				<category>village</category>

				<category>coal</category>

				<category>CoreCast103</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Exposing Pliocene Lignite Bed Near a BEN Village]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Nikola Pavlovic, a kidney specialist and a USGS collaborator on Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) studies from Serbia, is shown exposing a small Pliocene lignite bed near a BEN village in the Vratza area of Bulgaria. The Pliocene lignite seams vary greatly in size and extent. BEN villages are always close to these Pliocene lignite deposits.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	
					unknown
			
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_10_2009_cg8Jam4YYt_09_10_2009_8</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_10_2009_cg8Jam4YYt_09_10_2009_8</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/09_10_2009/cg8Jam4YYt_09_10_2009/thumbs/09_BEN.jpg" length="4651" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>BEN</category>

				<category>disease</category>

				<category>coal</category>

				<category>CoreCast103</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Pacific Brant family in Alaska]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Pacific brant family on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska.  ]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Jeff Wasley
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_09_2009_hlc5Fsq11Y_09_09_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_09_2009_hlc5Fsq11Y_09_09_2009_0</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/09_09_2009/hlc5Fsq11Y_09_09_2009/thumbs/Brant_familyASC.jpg" length="31786" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 9 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>geese</category>

				<category>Alaska</category>

				<category>climateChange</category>

				<category>PacificBrant</category>

				<category>NR2009_09_09</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Yellow Legged Frog]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[USGS scientists found this adult mountain yellow-legged frog on June 10 in Tahquitz Creek, a rediscovered population
of the endangered frog in the San Jacinto Wilderness, San Bernardino National Forest, California.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Adam Backlin
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_23_2009_y17Gx33wvq_07_23_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_23_2009_y17Gx33wvq_07_23_2009_0</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_23_2009/y17Gx33wvq_07_23_2009/thumbs/IMGP1872.JPG" length="127155" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>frog</category>

				<category>biology</category>

				<category>NR2009_07_24</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Assessing Sites for Yellow Legged Frog]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Assessing suitable sites in southern California
for reintroducing endangered southern mountain yellow-legged frogs, USGS scientists rediscovered a population in the San Jacinto Wilderness, 50 years since this frog was last seen there.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Liz Gallegos
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_23_2009_y17Gx33wvq_07_23_2009_1</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_23_2009_y17Gx33wvq_07_23_2009_1</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_23_2009/y17Gx33wvq_07_23_2009/thumbs/IMGP1897.JPG" length="35613" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>frog</category>

				<category>biology</category>

				<category>NR2009_07_24</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Students recording bird band recovery records]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Students Anaga Nmagu and Danielle Travers, hired with ARRA funds, are converting more than one  million hand-written bird band recovery records into digital format at the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.  Once digitized, these invaluable recovery records will be linked to the Bird Banding  Laboratory's new Oracle database for easy access by researchers and managers engaged in bird science, conservation and management.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	pcascio - at - usgs.gov (P.K. Cascio)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_02_2009_u05Ct22Srn_07_02_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_02_2009_u05Ct22Srn_07_02_2009_0</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_02_2009/u05Ct22Srn_07_02_2009/thumbs/Anaga_Hmagu_and_Danielle_Travers.jpg" length="5939" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>students</category>

				<category>birdBanding</category>

				<category>birdScience</category>

				<category>patuxentWildlifeCenter</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Agapostemon Splendens &#040;Sweat Bee&#041;]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A male Agapostomen splendens: A bee of sandy areas also known as the &#034;sweat bee."]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Natalie Allen and Stephanie Kolski 
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_25_2009_mQHt3WV331_06_25_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_25_2009_mQHt3WV331_06_25_2009_0</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/06_25_2009/mQHt3WV331_06_25_2009/thumbs/Agapostemon_splendens_male_.jpg" length="3679" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>bees</category>

				<category>insects</category>

				<category>pollinators</category>

				<category>phenology</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Panoramic of Biscayne Bay]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Facing east, a panoramic view of Biscayne Bay. The mainland is seen at far 
right. Biscayne Bay is an estuary, a place where freshwater and salt water 
meet. Freshwater flow from the land supplies the bay with nutrients.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_f30Mdq5CCw_06_17_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_f30Mdq5CCw_06_17_2009_0</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/06_17_2009/f30Mdq5CCw_06_17_2009/thumbs/bbnp_panoramic.jpg" length="1477" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>estuarine</category>

				<category>ecosystems</category>

				<category>bay</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Marine Vegetation and Rocks]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Marine vegetation and rocks seen through the surface of Biscayne Bay waters.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_f30Mdq5CCw_06_17_2009_1</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_f30Mdq5CCw_06_17_2009_1</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/06_17_2009/f30Mdq5CCw_06_17_2009/thumbs/DSCN0447.JPG" length="18631" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>estuarine</category>

				<category>ecosystems</category>

				<category>vegetation</category>

				<category>rock</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Flooded marsh]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[The marsh of Water Conservation Area 3 as seen looking north of I-75 
(Alligator Alley). Spatterdock are seen in the foreground.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_uYPc6GFrr4_06_17_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_uYPc6GFrr4_06_17_2009_0</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/06_17_2009/uYPc6GFrr4_06_17_2009/thumbs/DSCN0057.JPG" length="17933" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>plants</category>

				<category>aquatic</category>

				<category>vegetation</category>

				<category>freshwater</category>

				<category>ecosystems</category>

				<category>marsh</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Flooded marsh]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Flooded marshes of Water Conservation Area 3 (WCA-3), seen north of I-75 
(Alligator Alley).]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_uYPc6GFrr4_06_17_2009_1</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_uYPc6GFrr4_06_17_2009_1</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/06_17_2009/uYPc6GFrr4_06_17_2009/thumbs/DSCN0058.JPG" length="17097" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>plants</category>

				<category>aquatic</category>

				<category>vegetation</category>

				<category>freshwater</category>

				<category>ecosystems</category>

				<category>marsh</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Flock of birds]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A large flock of birds, mostly egrets, resting and flying along a canal on Highway 
833 (a short drive north off of I-75 (Alligator Alley)).]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_uYPc6GFrr4_06_17_2009_2</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_uYPc6GFrr4_06_17_2009_2</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/06_17_2009/uYPc6GFrr4_06_17_2009/thumbs/DSCN0059.JPG" length="17987" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>plants</category>

				<category>aquatic</category>

				<category>vegetation</category>

				<category>freshwater</category>

				<category>ecosystems</category>

				<category>wildlife</category>

				<category>animals</category>

				<category>birds</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Alligators along canal]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Two alligators lying along a canal, just north off of I-75 (Alligator Alley) onto 
Highway 833.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_uYPc6GFrr4_06_17_2009_3</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_uYPc6GFrr4_06_17_2009_3</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/06_17_2009/uYPc6GFrr4_06_17_2009/thumbs/DSCN0060.JPG" length="18138" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>animals</category>

				<category>wildlife</category>

				<category>alligators</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Yellowtop]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Yellowtop in bloom along the roadside, just south of the US 27/I-75 (Alligator 
Alley) intersection.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_uYPc6GFrr4_06_17_2009_5</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_uYPc6GFrr4_06_17_2009_5</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/06_17_2009/uYPc6GFrr4_06_17_2009/thumbs/DSCN0489.JPG" length="22977" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>flowering</category>

				<category>plants</category>

				<category>vegetation</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Pumping station]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Looking northeast, at an inflow pumping station located near the northeast 
corner of Stormwater Treatment Area (STA) 1 West.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_qul8Ocb5NI_06_17_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_qul8Ocb5NI_06_17_2009_0</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/06_17_2009/qul8Ocb5NI_06_17_2009/thumbs/DSCN0308.JPG" length="17445" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>water</category>

				<category>control</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Tamiami Canal]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Looking eastward at the Tamiami Canal. Water Conservation Area 3 is to the 
left and US 41 (Tamiami Trail) is to the right.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_qul8Ocb5NI_06_17_2009_1</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_qul8Ocb5NI_06_17_2009_1</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/06_17_2009/qul8Ocb5NI_06_17_2009/thumbs/DSCN0458.JPG" length="17566" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>water</category>

				<category>control</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Panoramic of Water Conservation Area 3]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Panoramic of Water Conservation Area 3 landscape.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_qul8Ocb5NI_06_17_2009_2</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_qul8Ocb5NI_06_17_2009_2</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/06_17_2009/qul8Ocb5NI_06_17_2009/thumbs/wca3_panoramic.jpg" length="1881" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>water</category>

				<category>control</category>

				<category>vegetation</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[White-tailed deer]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A male, white-tailed deer that had recently lost an antler, foraging in the wet 
prairie at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Florida.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_o63Vna8MLg_06_17_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_o63Vna8MLg_06_17_2009_0</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/06_17_2009/o63Vna8MLg_06_17_2009/thumbs/DSCN0066.JPG" length="22241" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>animals</category>

				<category>wildlife</category>

				<category>deer</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Morning glory]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A morning glory resting amid ferns, alongside the Fakahatchee Strand State 
Preserve boardwalk.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_q7MXp00oni_06_17_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_q7MXp00oni_06_17_2009_0</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/06_17_2009/q7MXp00oni_06_17_2009/thumbs/DSCN0083.JPG" length="18610" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>flowering</category>

				<category>plants</category>

				<category>vegetation</category>

				<category>ferns</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Great Blue Heron and Great Egret]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A great blue heron and great egret in the parking lot by the Big Cypress Bend 
boardwalk at Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve. The heron is enjoying a fish 
dinner thanks to the hunting skills of the egret. While the egret had initially 
held a fish in it's beak, the heron’s squabbling caused the egret to drop it. 
The greedy heron quickly scooped the fish in its mouth and ate it.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_q7MXp00oni_06_17_2009_1</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_q7MXp00oni_06_17_2009_1</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/06_17_2009/q7MXp00oni_06_17_2009/thumbs/DSCN0088.JPG" length="18887" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>animals</category>

				<category>wildlife</category>

				<category>birds</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Brown Pelican]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Adult brown pelican posing on a boat dock at Everglades City, Florida.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_eja4DpoCBW_06_17_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_eja4DpoCBW_06_17_2009_0</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/06_17_2009/eja4DpoCBW_06_17_2009/thumbs/DSCN0383.JPG" length="17083" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>animals</category>

				<category>wildlife</category>

				<category>birds</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Mangrove Key Islets]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Beyond the mangrove key islets that make up the Ten Thousand Islands, lies 
the Gulf of Mexico. The Ten Thousand Islands are comprised of hundreds of 
mangrove islands that extend northward from the northwest corner of 
Everglades National Park. These uninhabited islands stretch for 60-miles 
along the Gulf Coast. Surrounding the Ten Thousand Islands is an estuary, 
formed from where freshwaters from the land meet with saltwater from the 
Gulf of Mexico.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_eja4DpoCBW_06_17_2009_1</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_eja4DpoCBW_06_17_2009_1</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/06_17_2009/eja4DpoCBW_06_17_2009/thumbs/DSCN0384.JPG" length="17530" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>estuarine</category>

				<category>ecosystems</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Waterbirds]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Small waterbirds resting atop a limestone outcropping in Chokoloskee Bay.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_eja4DpoCBW_06_17_2009_2</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_eja4DpoCBW_06_17_2009_2</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/06_17_2009/eja4DpoCBW_06_17_2009/thumbs/DHA0016.JPG" length="69595" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>animals</category>

				<category>wildlife</category>

				<category>birds</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Royal terns]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Royal terns atop a channel marker in the Ten Thousand Islands waterway.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_eja4DpoCBW_06_17_2009_3</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_eja4DpoCBW_06_17_2009_3</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/06_17_2009/eja4DpoCBW_06_17_2009/thumbs/DHA0025.JPG" length="68402" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>animals</category>

				<category>wildlife</category>

				<category>birds</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Osprey]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Osprey family in nest, built atop one of the mangrove islands that make up Ten 
Thousand Islands.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_eja4DpoCBW_06_17_2009_4</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_eja4DpoCBW_06_17_2009_4</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/06_17_2009/eja4DpoCBW_06_17_2009/thumbs/DHA0031.JPG" length="70903" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>animals</category>

				<category>wildlife</category>

				<category>birds</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Brackish Pond Community]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Looking from an observation deck, at Rookery Bay National Estuarine 
Research Reserve, onto a flock of birds resting in a brackish (somewhat salty) 
pond community. Mangrove islands grow inside and along the edges of the 
pond.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_c2Wj04Lyy6_06_17_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_c2Wj04Lyy6_06_17_2009_0</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/06_17_2009/c2Wj04Lyy6_06_17_2009/thumbs/DSCN0220.JPG" length="17831" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>brackish</category>

				<category>ecosystems</category>

				<category>vegetation</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[American Beauty Berry Shrub]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[At the end of the boardwalk behind the Briggs Nature Center at Rookery Bay 
National Estuarine Research Reserve, clusters of magenta fruits surround the 
stems of this American beauty berry shrub. ]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_c2Wj04Lyy6_06_17_2009_1</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_c2Wj04Lyy6_06_17_2009_1</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/06_17_2009/c2Wj04Lyy6_06_17_2009/thumbs/DSCN0221.JPG" length="21988" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>plants</category>

				<category>vegetation</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Invertebrate Sampler on the Mississippi River]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Biological sampling devices are deployed on the upper Mississippi River to collect invertebrates for science.  Each sampler is attached to a floating buoy and multiple samplers are placed together near a wing dam structure on the river to study the river's food web and productivity.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	wrichardson - at - usgs.gov (William Richardson)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_15_2009_k5Fr37Thh0_06_15_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_15_2009_k5Fr37Thh0_06_15_2009_0</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/06_15_2009/k5Fr37Thh0_06_15_2009/thumbs/Invertebrate samplers UMR.jpg" length="3092" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>NR2009_06_15</category>

				<category>invertebrate</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Creosote scrub habitat]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Creosote scrub habitat (one type of preferred desert tortoise habitat) in the Mojave Desert.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	knussear - at - usgs.gov (Ken Nussear)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_21_2009_eJYl1POc07_05_21_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_21_2009_eJYl1POc07_05_21_2009_0</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/05_21_2009/eJYl1POc07_05_21_2009/thumbs/creosote scrub habitat.jpg" length="14640" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>NR2009_05_21</category>

				<category>tortoise</category>

				<category>creosoteScrub</category>

				<category>mojaveDesert</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[map showing predicted habitat potentional for tortoise]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This map shows the spatial representation of the predicted habitat potential index values for desert tortoise in the Mojave and parts of the Sonoran Deserts of California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona. Map: USGS. ]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	USGS
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_21_2009_eJYl1POc07_05_21_2009_2</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_21_2009_eJYl1POc07_05_21_2009_2</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/05_21_2009/eJYl1POc07_05_21_2009/thumbs/map of desert tortoise predicted habitat potential copy.jpg" length="25588" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>NR2009_05_21</category>

				<category>spatialMap</category>

				<category>tortoiseHabitat</category>

				<category>mojaveDesert</category>

				<category>sonoranDesert</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Mojave Desert Tortoise]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Mojave Desert Tortoise found in Piute Valley in Clark County, Nevada, in
2005]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	knussear - at - usgs.gov (Ken Nussear)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_21_2009_in15HtsGFa_05_21_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_21_2009_in15HtsGFa_05_21_2009_0</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/05_21_2009/in15HtsGFa_05_21_2009/thumbs/Fig_1_Desert tortois.jpg" length="22247" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>biology</category>

				<category>tortoise</category>

				<category>MojaveDesert</category>

				<category>habitat</category>

				<category>turtle</category>

				<category>NR2009_05_21</category>

				<category>piuteValley</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Saguaro Cactus]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Arizona saquaro will be one of the species looked at by USA-NPN volunteers.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Bob Szaro
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_02_2009_c2WJb44ay7_03_02_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_02_2009_c2WJb44ay7_03_02_2009_0</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/03_02_2009/c2WJb44ay7_03_02_2009/thumbs/Arizona_Saguaro_Jun_1979_001.jpg" length="14072" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 2 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>saguaro</category>

				<category>flowers</category>

				<category>cactus</category>

				<category>biology</category>

				<category>plants</category>

				<category>NR2009_03_02</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Eggs in Sparrow Nest]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Clay-colored sparrow nest.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	L. Igl
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_02_2009_c2WJb44ay7_03_02_2009_1</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_02_2009_c2WJb44ay7_03_02_2009_1</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/03_02_2009/c2WJb44ay7_03_02_2009/thumbs/Clay-colored Sparrow nest by L.D. Igl USGS.JPG" length="7282" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 2 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>eggs</category>

				<category>nest</category>

				<category>biology</category>

				<category>NR2009_03_02</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[California Poppies]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[California poppies.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Catherine Puckett
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_02_2009_c2WJb44ay7_03_02_2009_2</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_02_2009_c2WJb44ay7_03_02_2009_2</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/03_02_2009/c2WJb44ay7_03_02_2009/thumbs/New Image calif poppies cep.JPG" length="22002" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 2 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>flowers</category>

				<category>poppies</category>

				<category>biology</category>

				<category>plants</category>

				<category>NR2009_03_02</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Canopy of mangroves]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Looking down from the Anne Kolb Nature Center's five-story observation tower at a thick canopy of mangroves.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_0</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_11_2009/osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009/thumbs/DHA0002.JPG" length="71349" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>plants</category>

				<category>vegetation</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Fiddler crab burrows]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Fiddler crab burrows abound in and around the intricate red mangrove root 
system submerged in the muddy tidal flats at West Lake Park.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_1</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_1</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_11_2009/osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009/thumbs/DHA0004.JPG" length="72253" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>animals</category>

				<category>wildlife</category>

				<category>crab</category>

				<category>plants</category>

				<category>aquatic</category>

				<category>vegetation</category>

				<category>vegetation</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Red mangrove trees]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Young red mangrove trees grow among the prop roots of mature red mangroves 
at West Lake Park.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_2</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_2</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_11_2009/osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009/thumbs/DHA0007.JPG" length="73673" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>plants</category>

				<category>vegetation</category>

				<category>aquatic</category>

				<category>vegetation</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Mangrove crab]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A mangrove crab camouflaged on the trunk of a mangrove tree at West Lake 
Park.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_3</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_3</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_11_2009/osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009/thumbs/DHA0008.JPG" length="68763" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>animals</category>

				<category>wildlife</category>

				<category>crab</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Red mangrove]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A red mangrove and its intricate aerial root system in west lake waters.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_4</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_4</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_11_2009/osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009/thumbs/DHA0010.JPG" length="70695" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>vegetation</category>

				<category>plants</category>

				<category>aquatic</category>

				<category>vegetation</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Red mangroves]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A tangle of red mangroves and their roots at low tide in West Lake Park.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_5</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_5</guid>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Mangroves and mud flats]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Mangroves bordering the West Lake mud flats exposed by low tide.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_6</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_6</guid>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Male fiddler crab]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A male fiddler crab at West Lake Park.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_7</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_7</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Red mangrove leaves]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Leaf detail of red mangrove at West Lake Park.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_8</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_8</guid>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Black mangroves]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A group of black mangroves at West Lake Park.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_9</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_9</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Mangroves and mud flats]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Low tide in the mangrove forest of West Lake Park.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_10</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_10</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Mangroves and water]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Looking down from the Anne Kolb Nature Center's five-story observation tower 
at an extensive mangrove canopy and West Lake.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_11</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_11</guid>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Freshwater swamp]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Freshwater swamp in front of the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge Visitor 
Center.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_0</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Freshwater cypress swamp]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Freshwater, cypress swamp at the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_1</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_1</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Freshwater swamp]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Freshwater swamp covered with the aquatic plants duckweed and water 
spangles, at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_2</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_2</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Cypress trees]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Ephiphytes thrive among the tall cypress trees at Loxahatchee National Wildlife 
Refuge.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_3</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_3</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Ferns]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Many different fern species prosper in the water and shade of a cypress swamp 
at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_4</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_4</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Lichen]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Red patches of &#034;baton-rouge" lichen stand out against the green understory of a 
cypress swamp at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_5</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_5</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Cypress swamp]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A boardwalk trail through the cypress swamp at Loxahatchee National Wildlife 
Refuge.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_6</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_6</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Leather fern]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[The red-tinted fronds of a leather fern, at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_7</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_7</guid>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Shield fern]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Dark green fronds of a shield fern stand out against a mostly royal fern 
background, at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_8</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_8</guid>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Swamp and sky reflection]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Swamp canopy and sky reflected in the swamp waters of Loxahatchee National 
Wildlife Refuge.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_9</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_9</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Impoundment at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Looking southwest across the pickerelweed and waters of impoundment #7 at 
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_10</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_10</guid>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Culvert and canal]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Metal culverts within this canal's banks transport water between the 
impoundments and the canal at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_12</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_12</guid>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Cattails]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A close-up of cattails found within the predominately cattail marsh of 
impoundment #8 at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_14</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_14</guid>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Pickerelweed]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Long heart-shaped leaves and a few violet-blue flowers of the pickerelweed 
extend above the swamp waters at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_16</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_16</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_09_2009/h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009/thumbs/DHA0001.JPG" length="68730" type="image/jpeg" />
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		  <title><![CDATA[Small aquatic plants]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Close-up of the small aquatic plants that cover some of the swamp waters at 
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_17</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_17</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Cardinal wild pine bromeliad]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A cypress tree supports the flowering cardinal wild pine bromeliad, at 
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_18</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_18</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Foliose lichens]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Foliose lichens on a tree trunk at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_19</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_19</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_09_2009/h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009/thumbs/DHA0006.JPG" length="68650" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Brown anole]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Brown anole on the boardwalk at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_20</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_20</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_09_2009/h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009/thumbs/DHA0007.JPG" length="67680" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Dragonfly]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Green dragonfly on the boardwalk at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_21</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_21</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		</item>



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		  <title><![CDATA[Spanish moss]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[The gray leaves of spanish moss can be seen dangling from cypress trees all 
along the Cypress Swamp Boardwalk at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_22</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_22</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Nettleleaf velvetberry]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Tiny blue flowers of nettleleaf velvetberry grow in the butterfly garden at 
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_23</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_23</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_09_2009/h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009/thumbs/DHA0011.JPG" length="70983" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Hot-pink pentas]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Hot-pink pentas star-shaped flowers bud and grow in the butterfly garden at 
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_24</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_24</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_09_2009/h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009/thumbs/DHA0012.JPG" length="70481" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Pickerelweed]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Looking south, pickerelweed almost completely fills impoundment #7 at 
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_25</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_25</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_09_2009/h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009/thumbs/DHA0013.JPG" length="70282" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Lubber grasshopper]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Young lubber grasshopper with black and yellow markings, atop a post at 
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_26</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_26</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_09_2009/h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009/thumbs/DHA0015.JPG" length="68220" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>animals</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Cattails and pickerelweed]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Looking south, cattails and pickerelweed within impoundment #7 at 
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_27</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_27</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_09_2009/h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009/thumbs/DHA0016.JPG" length="70025" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>plants</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Periphyton]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Turtles swimming among the periphyton in the canal between impoundment #7 
and #2b at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_28</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_28</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_09_2009/h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009/thumbs/DHA0017.JPG" length="68868" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Water level gauge]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Looking west, a water level gauge amid budding spatterdock with impoundment 
#2b at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_29</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_29</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_09_2009/h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009/thumbs/DHA0019.JPG" length="69155" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>vegetation</category>

				<category>hydrology</category>

				<category>gauge</category>

		</item>



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		  <title><![CDATA[Dikes separating impoundments]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Looking northwest from the observation tower of Marsh Trail at Loxahatchee 
National Wildlife Refuge, dikes separate impoundments.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_30</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_30</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_09_2009/h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009/thumbs/DHA0020.JPG" length="69197" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>hydrology</category>

		</item>



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		  <title><![CDATA[Cattail marsh]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Looking south over the predominately cattail marsh of impoundment #8 at 
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, a small black bird sits atop a brown, 
cattail spike.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_31</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_31</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_09_2009/h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009/thumbs/DHA0021.JPG" length="69686" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>plants</category>

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				<category>wetlands</category>

				<category>marsh</category>

		</item>



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		  <title><![CDATA[Great egret and cattails]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A great egret flying above the predominately cattail marsh of impoundment #8 
at the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_32</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_32</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_09_2009/h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009/thumbs/DHA0022.JPG" length="70015" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>wetlands</category>

				<category>marsh</category>

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				<category>birds</category>

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		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Boat-tailed grackle]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A male boat-tailed grackle standing in grasses by the water's edge of 
impoundment #7, at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_33</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_33</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_09_2009/h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009/thumbs/DHA0023.JPG" length="69387" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Impoundment at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Looking west across the mixed vegetation and waters of impoundment #7 at 
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_34</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_34</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_09_2009/h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009/thumbs/DHA0024.JPG" length="70245" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Turtle atop rock]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A turtle basks in the sun atop a rock within the canal that surrounds Water 
Conservation Area 1.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_35</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_35</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_09_2009/h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009/thumbs/DHA0026.JPG" length="70102" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Turkey vulture]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A turkey vulture soars high in the sky above the Marsh Trail at Loxahatchee 
National Wildlife Refuge.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_36</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_36</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_09_2009/h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009/thumbs/DHA0027.JPG" length="67154" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Gulf fritillary butterfly]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Gulf fritillary butterfly at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_37</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_37</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_09_2009/h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009/thumbs/DHA0029.JPG" length="68247" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Golden-silk Spider]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A golden-silk spider on its web, at Fern Forest.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_0</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_05_2009/x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009/thumbs/DHA0009.JPG" length="67167" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 5 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>insect</category>

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		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Primrose Willow]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Common primrose willow (Ludwigia peruviana) blooming along the boardwalk, 
at Fern Forest.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_1</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_1</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_05_2009/x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009/thumbs/DHA0001.JPG" length="68476" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 5 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Tropical Scarlet Milkweed]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Tropical scarlet milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) blooming along the boardwalk, 
at Fern Forest.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_2</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_2</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_05_2009/x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009/thumbs/DHA0002.JPG" length="70122" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 5 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Close-up of Strangler Fig]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Close-up of strangler fig tree that has enveloped its host tree, at Fern Forest.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_3</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_3</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_05_2009/x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009/thumbs/DHA0003.JPG" length="69310" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 5 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Cypress Trees]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Buttressed bases and protruding &#034;knees" of cypress trees seen within the 
ponded waters of Fern Forest.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_4</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_4</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_05_2009/x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009/thumbs/DHA0005.JPG" length="72746" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 5 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>aquatic</category>

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		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Lilies, Ferns and Pickerelweed]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Lilies, ferns and pickerelweed in the understory of Fern Forest.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_5</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_5</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_05_2009/x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009/thumbs/DHA0007.JPG" length="72250" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 5 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Rivinia Humilis]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Rivinia humilis with red berries, at Fern Forest.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_6</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_6</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_05_2009/x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009/thumbs/DHA0010.JPG" length="69351" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 5 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Ferns on Forest Floor]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Looking down from the boardwalk at Fern Forest, ferns and other plants 
prosper.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_7</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_7</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_05_2009/x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009/thumbs/DSCN0393.JPG" length="22266" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 5 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>plants</category>

				<category>vegetation</category>

				<category>ferns</category>

				<category>forests</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Tropical Hardwood Hammock]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Looking down the boardwalk through a tropical hardwood hammock 
community, at Fern Forest.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_8</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_8</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_05_2009/x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009/thumbs/DSCN0394.JPG" length="18842" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 5 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>vegetation</category>

				<category>forests</category>

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		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Strangler Fig]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Strangler fig tree that has enveloped its host tree, at Fern Forest.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_10</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_10</guid>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Red Maple Sapling]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A red maple sapling with its new, red-colored leaves, at Fern Forest.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_11</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_11</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Thu, 5 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Ferns and Lilies]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Looking down from the boardwalk at Fern Forest, at ferns and lilies growing in 
the ponded waters.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_12</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_12</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_05_2009/x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009/thumbs/DSCN0401.JPG" length="19121" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 5 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Cypress Trees]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Cypress trees and other vegetation seen within the ponded waters of Fern 
Forest.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_13</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_13</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_05_2009/x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009/thumbs/DSCN0402.JPG" length="19165" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 5 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Cypress-Maple Swamp]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Looking through the cypress-maple swamp, at Fern Forest.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_14</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_14</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_05_2009/x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009/thumbs/DSCN0403.JPG" length="18771" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 5 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Marl Limestone Outcropping]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A marl limestone outcropping amid ferns on the Fern Forest floor.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_15</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_15</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_05_2009/x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009/thumbs/DSCN0405.JPG" length="20916" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 5 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Giant Leather Fern]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A giant leather fern along the boardwalk, at Fern Forest.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_16</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_05_2009_x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009_16</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/02_05_2009/x06Ev32Uup_02_05_2009/thumbs/DSCN0407.JPG" length="18804" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 5 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Sabal Palm]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A sabal palm (Sabal palmetto) along the dune path at Blowing Rocks Preserve.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/01_30_2009_dix3COn00U_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/01_30_2009_dix3COn00U_0</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_30_2009/dix3COn00U/thumbs/DSCN0417.JPG" length="18933" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Gumbo Limbo Tree]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Along the Blowing Rocks Preserve dune path, a gumbo limbo tree stands out 
from the sea grape and palm that also populate the dune.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/01_30_2009_dix3COn00U_2</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/01_30_2009_dix3COn00U_2</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_30_2009/dix3COn00U/thumbs/DSCN0427.JPG" length="19515" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flowering Spanish Bayonet]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A flowering spanish bayonet seen just before the boardwalk on the western side 
of Blowing Rocks Preserve.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/01_30_2009_dix3COn00U_3</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/01_30_2009_dix3COn00U_3</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Fiddler Crabs]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Looking down from the boardwalk on the western side of Blowing Rocks 
Preserve, at the low tidal waters of the Indian River Lagoon heavily populated 
with fiddler crabs.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/01_30_2009_dix3COn00U_4</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/01_30_2009_dix3COn00U_4</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Indian River Lagoon]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Looking north from the boardwalk on the western side of Blowing Rocks 
Preserve, at the exposed tidal flats of the Indian River Lagoon.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/01_30_2009_dix3COn00U_5</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/01_30_2009_dix3COn00U_5</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_30_2009/dix3COn00U/thumbs/DSCN0430.JPG" length="19844" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Buttonwood]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A buttonwood seen from the boardwalk of Blowing Rocks Preserve.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/01_30_2009_dix3COn00U_6</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/01_30_2009_dix3COn00U_6</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_30_2009/dix3COn00U/thumbs/DSCN0432.JPG" length="19015" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Close-Up of Gumbo Limbo Tree]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Close-up of a gumbo limbo tree at Blowing Rocks Preserve, showing red-brown, 
peeling bark.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/01_30_2009_dix3COn00U_7</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/01_30_2009_dix3COn00U_7</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Close-Up of Sea Grapes]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Close-up of sea grapes at Blowing Rocks Preserve.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/01_30_2009_dix3COn00U_8</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/01_30_2009_dix3COn00U_8</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_30_2009/dix3COn00U/thumbs/DHA0016.JPG" length="69263" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Dunes at Blowing Rocks Preserve]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Dune grasses and sea grapes stabilize the dunes at Blowing Rocks Preserve.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/01_30_2009_dix3COn00U_9</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/01_30_2009_dix3COn00U_9</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_30_2009/dix3COn00U/thumbs/DHA0017.JPG" length="68240" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Young Red Mangrove]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A young red mangrove and its arching prop roots seen in the exposed tidal flats 
along Indian River Lagoon, found on the western side of Blowing Rocks Preserve.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/01_30_2009_dix3COn00U_12</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/01_30_2009_dix3COn00U_12</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_30_2009/dix3COn00U/thumbs/DHA0023.JPG" length="69693" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Butterfly and Spanish Needles]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A great southern white butterfly visiting spanish needles, a wildflower that 
grows in the Blowing Rocks Preserve butterfly garden.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/01_30_2009_dix3COn00U_13</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/01_30_2009_dix3COn00U_13</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_30_2009/dix3COn00U/thumbs/DHA0026.JPG" length="70519" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Wild Coffee]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Shiny leaves of wild coffee seen in the understory at Blowing Rocks Preserve.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/01_30_2009_dix3COn00U_14</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/01_30_2009_dix3COn00U_14</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_30_2009/dix3COn00U/thumbs/DHA0027.JPG" length="70303" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Close-Up of White Mangrove Foliage]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A close-up of white mangrove foliage growing along the boardwalk of Blowing 
Rocks Preserve.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/01_30_2009_dix3COn00U_15</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/01_30_2009_dix3COn00U_15</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_30_2009/dix3COn00U/thumbs/DHA0025.JPG" length="69286" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Tunnel of Sea Grapes]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Sea grapes form a tunnel over this section of the dune path at Blowing Rocks 
Preserve.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/01_30_2009_dix3COn00U_1</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/01_30_2009_dix3COn00U_1</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_30_2009/dix3COn00U/thumbs/DSCN0418.JPG" length="22126" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Dahoon Holly]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Flowering dahoon holly in Big Cypress National Preserve.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_1</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_1</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_14_2009/n63Umy8LKf/thumbs/DSCN0090.JPG" length="21632" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Lantana Shrub]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Flowering lantana shrub in Big Cypress National Preserve.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_2</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_2</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_14_2009/n63Umy8LKf/thumbs/DSCN0091.JPG" length="21842" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Orchid]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Orchid blooming by a swamp pond in Big Cypress National Preserve.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_3</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_3</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_14_2009/n63Umy8LKf/thumbs/DSCN0092.JPG" length="18342" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Bromeliad]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Blooming bromeliad along a trail in Big Cypress National Preserve.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_4</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_4</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_14_2009/n63Umy8LKf/thumbs/DSCN0098.JPG" length="20528" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Thistle &#040;Cirsium horridulum&#041;]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A beetle atop a budding and blooming thistle (Cirsium horridulum) along the 
edge of the Concho Billy Trail, in Big Cypress National Preserve.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_5</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_5</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_14_2009/n63Umy8LKf/thumbs/DSCN0377.JPG" length="22569" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Cypress Trees Along Trail]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Cypress trees with buttressed bases along trail in Big Cypress National Preserve.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_18</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_18</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_14_2009/n63Umy8LKf/thumbs/DSCN0466.JPG" length="21834" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Pickerelweed flower spike]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A violet-blue pickerelweed flower spike, in Big Cypress National Preserve.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_8</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_8</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_14_2009/n63Umy8LKf/thumbs/DHA0004.JPG" length="67845" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flowering duck potato]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[White duck potato flowers growing in canal waters along Turner River Road, in 
Big Cypress National Preserve.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_9</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_9</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>plants</category>

				<category>aquatic</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Prairie milkweed in bloom]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Prairie milkweed (Asclepias lanceolata) in bloom at Big Cypress National 
Preserve.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_12</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_12</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_14_2009/n63Umy8LKf/thumbs/DHA0011.JPG" length="68040" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>plants</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Beach sunflower and southern fleabane]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Beach sunflower (Helianthus debilis) and southern fleabane (Erigeron 
Quercifolius) in bloom along the edge of the Concho Billy Trail, in Big Cypress 
National Preserve.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_13</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_13</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>plants</category>

				<category>vegetation</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Southern blue flag iris]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Southern blue flag (Iris virginica) blooming in Big Cypress Swamp, in Big 
Cypress National Preserve.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_15</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_15</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>plants</category>

				<category>vegetation</category>

				<category>wetlands</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Epiphytes]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Epiphytes in tree top at Big Cypress National Preserve.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_16</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_16</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_14_2009/n63Umy8LKf/thumbs/DSCN0461.JPG" length="4455" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>plants</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Staghorn fern]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A staghorn fern growing along the trunk of a cypress tree in Big Cypress 
National Preserve.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_17</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_17</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_14_2009/n63Umy8LKf/thumbs/DSCN0462.JPG" length="3945" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>plants</category>

				<category>vegetation</category>

		</item>



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		  <title><![CDATA[Scientist Working in Lab]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Dr. David Blehert working in his laboratory at the USGS National Wildlife Health Center.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Cathy Acker
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/qvm8PCb54I_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/qvm8PCb54I_0</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_08_2009/qvm8PCb54I/thumbs/01_Blehert.jpg" length="30457" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 8 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>lab</category>

				<category>personnel</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Brown Bat with Fungus]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A little brown bat found in a New York cave exhibits fungal growth on its muzzle, ears and wings.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Al Hicks
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/qvm8PCb54I_1</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/qvm8PCb54I_1</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_08_2009/qvm8PCb54I/thumbs/02_NY_little br_Al Hicks_1_6_08_Fig_1a in paper.jpg" length="4666" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 8 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>bats</category>

				<category>fungus</category>

				<category>whitenose</category>

				<category>disease</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Brown Bat]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Little brown bat with fungus on muzzle.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Al Hicks
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/qvm8PCb54I_2</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/qvm8PCb54I_2</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Thu, 8 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>bats</category>

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				<category>disease</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Brown Bats with White Nose]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Little brown bats in NY hibernation cave. Note that most of the bats exhibit fungal growth on their muzzles.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Nancy Heaslip
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/qvm8PCb54I_3</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/qvm8PCb54I_3</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Thu, 8 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>fungus</category>

				<category>whitenose</category>

				<category>disease</category>

				<category>cave</category>

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		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Brown Bats in Cave]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Little brown bats in NY cave.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Al Hicks
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/qvm8PCb54I_4</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/qvm8PCb54I_4</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Thu, 8 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>fungus</category>

				<category>whitenose</category>

				<category>disease</category>

				<category>cave</category>

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		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Scientists Entering Mine]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Scientists enter abandoned mine where bats hibernate in NY.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Kim Miller
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/qvm8PCb54I_5</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/qvm8PCb54I_5</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Thu, 8 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>personnel</category>

				<category>bats</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Scientist at Bat Cave]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[USGS wildlife disease specialist Kim Miller outside of an abandoned mine where bats hibernate in NY.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	
					unknown
			
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/qvm8PCb54I_6</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/qvm8PCb54I_6</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_08_2009/qvm8PCb54I/thumbs/07_KJM in Chester_Mine_collecting_sample4.JPG" length="27778" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 8 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>personnel</category>

				<category>bats</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Collecting Environmental Samples]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Kim Miller collecting environmental samples in an abandoned mine where bats hibernate in NY]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	
					unknown
			
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/qvm8PCb54I_7</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/qvm8PCb54I_7</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_08_2009/qvm8PCb54I/thumbs/08_KJM in Chester_Mine_collecting_sample3.JPG" length="23549" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 8 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>whitenose</category>

				<category>personnel</category>

				<category>bats</category>

				<category>cave</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Bat Wing Damage]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Wing damage from fungus in little brown bat.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Kim Miller
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/qvm8PCb54I_8</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/qvm8PCb54I_8</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_08_2009/qvm8PCb54I/thumbs/09_Wing_damage_detail.JPG" length="23264" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 8 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>personnel</category>

				<category>bats</category>

				<category>cave</category>

				<category>fungus</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Brown Bat Necropsy]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[USGS pathologist Nancy Thomas and technician Dottie Johnson necropsy little brown bat at the USGS National Wildlife Health Center.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Allison Klein
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/qvm8PCb54I_9</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/qvm8PCb54I_9</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_08_2009/qvm8PCb54I/thumbs/10_DSC_0012.JPG" length="79552" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 8 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>bats</category>

				<category>fungus</category>

				<category>whitenose</category>

				<category>personnel</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Bat Necropsy]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[USGS scientists conducting necropsy on bats (Dr. David Blehert on right) at the USGS National Wildlife Health Center.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	
					unknown
			
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/qvm8PCb54I_10</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/qvm8PCb54I_10</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_08_2009/qvm8PCb54I/thumbs/11.JPG" length="19598" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Thu, 8 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>bats</category>

				<category>fungus</category>

				<category>whitenose</category>

				<category>personnel</category>

				<category>scientists</category>

				<category>lab</category>

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		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Map Area of White Nose Syndrome]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Map showing affected areas where white-nose syndrome has appeared.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	
					unknown
			
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/qvm8PCb54I_11</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/qvm8PCb54I_11</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Thu, 8 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>map</category>

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				<category>disease</category>

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