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Mapping river bathymetry in the Copper River Delta, Alaska
USGS scientists Robin Beebee (left) and Jeff Conaway use a boat-mounted multibeam echosounder to map river bathymetry around bridge piers in the Copper River Delta of Alaska. The bathymetric mapping is part of a streambed scour study conducted in cooperation with the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities.
USGS Director Jim Reilly gives a speech
The USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC) held a groundbreaking ceremony on August 25, 2020 at the Idaho Water Science Center (IDWSC) in Boise, Idaho. FRESC is moving their Snake River Field Station, presently located on the Boise State University campus, to the IDWSC campus and building a new facility for the USGS Pacific Northwest environmental DNA
...Verifying Bridge Scour Sonar Accuracy
Hydrologic technician Russ Miller navigates a remote-controlled acoustic Doppler current profiler into position to measure streeambed elevation at a highway bridge over the Payette River near Letha, Idaho. Technicians from the USGS Idaho Water Science Center used the ADCP measurements to verify the accuracy of two sonar devices installed on the bridge that transmit real-
...Study area map for Middle Snake River Macrophyte Habitat Suitability
Map showing the study area for an investigation modeling the hydraulic and water-quality habitat suitability for macrophytes in the middle Snake River, south-central Idaho.
Installing echosounder on an Idaho bridge
Hydrologic technicians from the USGS Idaho Water Science Center, with an assist from the Idaho Transportation Department's under brdige inspection truck, install an echosounder on a bridge over the Payette River near Letha, Idaho. The device will be used to provide real-time monitoring of bridge scour and is one of three such devices the USGS Idaho Water Science Center is
...Measuring streamflow through ice
Hydrologic technician Ryan Moore measures streamflow through ice at USGS streamgage station 13131000, Antelope Creek near Darlington, Idaho.
Autumn, South Fork Coeur d'Alene River, Idaho
U.S. Geological Survey hydrologic technician Mike Michelotti measures streamflow on the South Fork Coeur d'Alene River at Elizabeth Park near Kellogg, Idaho, October 9, 2019. The USGS operates streamgage station 12413210 in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Boise River Watershed Watch, 2019
U.S. Geological Survey hydrologist Tyler King helps a citizen volunteer test a water sample for dissolved oxygen as part of the 2019 Watershed Watch in the lower Boise River watershed of southwestern Idaho. Watershed Watch is an annual citizen science event sponsored by the City of Boise. The USGS is an event co-sponsor.
Snake River near Irwin, ID staff plate
Snake River near Irwin, ID staff plate (station 13032500)
USGS hydrographer measuring streamflow on Warm Springs Creek, Idaho
Justin McKoon, hydrologic technicians with the USGS Idaho Water Science Center, measures treamflow at USGS streamgage station 13124265, Warm Springs Creek below diversion near Mackay, Idaho.
Hiking into the Owyhee Canyonlands to install a crest stage gage
Bureau of Land Management wilderness ranger Evan Worthington leads U.S. Geological Survey hydrographers John Carricaburu and Russ Miller over a canyon rim and down to Deep Creek to install a crest stage gage. USGS scientists will incorporte data from the gage into an evaluation of streamflow in the Owyhee Canyonlands. The BLM will use those analyses in their water rights
...USGS hydrologic technicians train Kootenai Tribe of Idaho staff
USGS hydrologic technicians Keith Hein and Pete Elliott explain site selection and operation of USGS streamgages to staff members of the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho's Fish and Wildlife Department at streamgage station 12310100, Kootenai River at Tribal Hatchery near Bonners Ferry, Idaho. The training was part of the USGS TEchnical training in S
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