Images

This is an aerial image of Fryeburg, Maine, a study area for a USGS project monitoring groundwater withdrawals.

USGS scientists (left to right) Seth Ackerman, Rachel Henderson, Chris Schubert, and Gina Groseclose hosting a booth at the 2026 Long Island Sound Research Conference.

The 2026 Long Island Sound Research Conference brings together researchers, managers, academia, and community partners to share the latest science and strengthen collaborations focused on the future of Long Island Sound. This year, the U.S.

The 2026 Long Island Sound Research Conference brings together researchers, managers, academia, and community partners to share the latest science and strengthen collaborations focused on the future of Long Island Sound. This year, the U.S.

The 2026 Long Island Sound Research Conference brings together researchers, managers, academia, and community partners to share the latest science and strengthen collaborations focused on the future of Long Island Sound. This year, the U.S.

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.