Images

Evapotranspiration stations at the Amargosa Desert Research Site, Nevada.

Walker Lake in Nevada on a Spring day

Close up view of periphyton on rocks along the shore of Lake Tahoe.

View of periphyton from the shoreline of Lake Tahoe. 

Periphyton growing on rocks along the shore of Lake Tahoe. 

Periphyton growing on rocks along the shore of Lake Tahoe. White tubes were used for collecting water-quality samples as part of the Lake Tahoe Nearshore Periphyton Study.

Winter at Ward Creek, CA

Winter sunset at Lake Tahoe

Winter squall at Lake Tahoe

Underwater view of periphyton on rocks and the Lake Tahoe shoreline.

Cyanobacteria on rocks along the Lake Tahoe shoreline.

Underwater view of periphyton on rocks and a data-collection sonde along the nearshore, Lake Tahoe. Data was being collected as part of the Lake Tahoe Nearshore Periphyton Study.

Data collection sonde in the swash zone at Lake Tahoe. Data was being collected for the Lake Tahoe Nearshore Periphyton study.

Low stream flows at USGS Wabuska stream gage (10301500) on the Walker River in Nevada, near the end of the 2011-2016 drought. Link to streamgage data. 

Periphyton at the shoreline at the beginning of the Lake Tahoe nearshore periphyton study.

Temperature Profiling Probes (TRODs) installed at Lake Tahoe, Nevada, beach. 

Evaportranspiration equipment along the Tracey Segment

USGS regional research drill rig constructing sites near the south bank of the Truckee River just downstream of USGS 10350000 Truckee River at Vista. The wells were constructed to investigate surface water groundwater interaction.