Images

Logo for the R package webmap, creates dynamic web maps. Created by Jason Fisher in January 2023.

Logo for the R package inlcolor, a collection of color schemes for the Idaho National Laboratory Project Office. Created by Jason Fisher in January 2023.

USGS Idaho Water Science Center hydrologic technician Niko Parrish collect a water sample at streamgage station 12413125, Canyon Creek above Mouth at Wallace, Idaho, as part of a water-quality monitoring program that the USGS conducts in the Coeur d'Alene River basin in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey's Idaho Water Science Center conducted geophysical logging of aquifer monitoring wells in the Raft River Basin on behalf of the Idaho Department of Water Resources.

INLPO employees presenting to an Idaho State University Environmental Field Methods class about water-quality and USGS climate response wells. Photograph by Kerri Treinen in October 2022.

Hydrologist at a booth for an outreach event at the Idaho Falls Zoo on Earth Day. Photograph by Tim Cox in April 2022.

U.S. Geological Survey hydrologic technician Mike Michelotti collects water samples from the South Fork Coeur d'Alene River near Pinehurst, Idaho, January 17, 2022. The sample collection is part of ongoing water-quality monitoring in the Coeur d'Alene River basin conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Logo for the R package inlpubs, used to search and analyze publications of the Idaho National Laboratory Project Office. Created by Jason Fisher in January 2022.

In this photo USGS hydrologist Allison Trcka collects a groundwater sample at the Idaho National Laboratory in November 2021. Since 1949, the USGS has partnered with the U.S.

Buck Creek, Idaho, one year after a wildfire burned the watershed. Buck Creek was one of 36 headwater streams in watersheds burned by wildfire that USGS scientists studied to determine mercury mobilization, methylation, and bioaccumulation in aquatic insects. 

Hydrologist taking a water-quality sample. Photograph by Kerri Treinen in November 2021.

An example of a water sample collected to study the link between wildfire and mercury mobilization, methylation, and bioaccumulation in aquatic insects.

An example of a soil sample collected to study the link between wildfire and mercury mobilization, methylation, and bioaccumulation in aquatic insects.

U.S. Geological Survey research hydrologist Austin Baldwin collects a soil sample near Meadow Creek, Washington, for mercury analysis. Baldwin and USGS colleagues conducted a study of mercury mobilization, methylation, and bioaccumulation in aquatic insects in headwater streams of the Pacific Northwest burned by wildfire.

Water quality sampling set up with the Middle Butte and East Butte in the background. Photograph by Kerri Treinen in April 2021.

Panoramic view of Idaho's Big Lost River Valley from Leslie Butte. This photo was taken during reconnaissance for a study to characterize the water resources of the Big Lost River Valley conducted in cooperation with the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality. 

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.

Word cloud visually representing the 200 most frequently used words in the titles and abstracts of our publications, illustrating key themes and research focus areas (as of September 2020).

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.

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.

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.