Images

A map of the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine. 

A USGS hydrologist collects a shallow soil sample from a site in Goshen, Connecticut. This soil sample collection is part of a larger investigation in the state of Connecticut for the occurrence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in soils and shallow groundwater.

A view looking across the Connecticut River from a USGS streamgage in Suffield, Connecticut.

A view looking across the Connecticut River from a USGS streamgage in Suffield, Connecticut.

A view of the nort-facing slope of the Coakley Landfill Superfund Site in Northampton, New Hampshire. Pipes used to vent landfill gases can be seen in the distance.

A fracture in granite within New Hampshire's Rye Complex, one of two lithotectonic belts in the state's coastal region. 

Aerial view of the USGS S.O. Conte Anadromous Fish Research Laboratory and Connecticut River at Turners Falls, Massachusetts.

Fall 2025 Photo Contest Winner: Shannon Fisher, Honorable Mention category

The USGS streamgage on Lake Champlain in Burlington, Vermont, is near the ECHO Leahy Center, Vermont’s Science and Nature Museum.

The USGS New England Water Science Center operates a streamgage on Lake Champlain in Burlington, Vermont. 

Coopertown Brook, located in Douglas State Forest, Massachusetts, is completely dry in late September 2025.

USGS New England Water Science Center physical scientist Shannon Fisher documenting the location of a groundwater seep under a pine tree on the Namekagon River near Cable, Wisconsin.

Cold groundwater seep identified using a handheld thermal infrared camera (FLIR E8) on the upper Namekagon River near Cable, Wisconsin. The groundwater discharge area was about 7-8 degrees cooler than the main channel of the Namekagon.

National Park Service Great Lakes Inventory and Monitoring Network (GLKM) biologist Ted Gostomski uses a handheld thermal infrared sensor to identify cold groundwater seeps in the upper Namekagon River near Cable, Wisconsin.  Al Kirschbaum, a remote sensing specialist with the NPS-GLKM, documents Gostomski's findings from the canoe.

Members of the Connecticut Soils PFAS Team include (from left to right) Ashley Grengs, Leah Santangelo, Sydney Welch from the New England Water Science Center. A statewide survey of collecting soils was conducted to help establish baseline PFAS concentrations in the state of Connecticut throughout the summer and fall of 2025.

USGS hydrologic technician Brendan Crowley docks a boat in Kinston Bay after checking on continuous water quality monitoring equipment deployed in the area.

USGS hydrologic technicians Nathan Roy (front), Brandan Crowley (left), and Kaitlin Laabs (right) clean the continuous water quality equipment that was deployed on a buoy Kingston Bay. The data collection is part of a larger water quality collection project involving several Massachusetts bays.

Tree canopy and ground cover in a forest in Goshen, Connecticut. This site is one sampling area where USGS is collecting soil to test for the occurrence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in soils and shallow groundwater.

A view of the East Branch Pemigewasset River during a drought in the summer of 2025 near USGS monitoring station 01074520 near Lincoln, New Hampshire. Loon Mountain can be seen in the background. 

Hydrologic technician Kate Laabs downloads water quality data from a buoy in Kingston Bay near South Duxbury, Massachusetts. The water-quality monitoring is a part of a larger project.

A USGS physical scientist collects shallow soil and a USGS hydrologist logs site information and sample data at a site in Ellington, Connecticut. This sampling is part of a larger statewide investigation on the presence of PFAS in soils and shallow groundwater.

A thermal image taken with a handheld FLIR camera showing approximate water temperature, where warmer temperatures are represented as red and cooler temperatures as blue. This image presents an approximately 20-foot area where cooler groundwater (blue) may be discharging from a bank into a warm stream in early September.