Images

Little River near Oxford, Massachusetts near the USGS gage 01124500 location. Fall colors beginning to turn on the Little River.

Farmington River near Riverton, Connecticut during the fall. Photo was taken off of a bridge.

Dead River at USGS gage 01043500 site in Dead River, Maine during a scheduled high-flow dam release. The outflow from this dam at Flagstaff Lake, Maine is the head water of the Dead River.

View of Essex Island Marina during discrete water quality sample collection near 01194750 location.

Hydrologic technician servicing continuous water quality monitor at Mystic River US Route I-95 Bridge near Old Mystic, Connecticut, (USGS site ID 412240071574700)

Hydrologic technician servicing continuous water quality monitor at Mystic Harbor at Safe Harbor Marina near Mystic, Connecticut (USGS site ID 412240071580800)

USGS gaging station on the Kenduskeag Stream near Bangor, Maine, station 01037000. This station is downstream of Six Mile Falls, a popular spot during the Kenduskeag Canoe Race.

Continuous water quality station on the Mystic River at the Mystic Seaport, Mystic Connecticut (Site ID 412141071580200). Setup includes top and bottom multiparameter sondes and velocity uplooker.

Flower growing in the river channel of the Saint John River near the 01010000 Ninemile Bridge, Maine streamgage station.

A tide gage that measures water levels at 5-minute intervals installed in Academy Cove in 2021. Wickford, Rhode Island.

Stratified sand in an excavation near the Connecticut River in Portland, Connecticut. The sand was deposited as a delta in a glacial lake that occupied the Connecticut River Valley about 18,000-19,000 years ago.

Hydrologic technicians collecting discrete water quality samples at Norwalk River at Ferry Point near Norwalk, Connecticut (USGS Site ID 410643073243700)

An acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) on the Natchaug River near Chaplin, CT (USGS station 01120790).

High flow event at Mount Hope River near Warrenville, CT (USGS station 01121000).

Landsat image of the Yukon River near Stevens Village, Alaska collected on July 8, 2021.

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Taking a w​​​​​ater sample in Green River

Continuous water quality gaging station located at Norwalk Harbor at the Cove Marina near East Norwalk, Connecticut (USGS site ID 410502073236000)

New England WSC hydrologic technician inspecting the gage equipment at 410606073245700, Norwalk River at the Norwalk Aquarium. 

USGS staff take a soil sample from a collection site in New Hampshire. The shallow soils were collected as part of a statewide monitoring effort to identify the prevalence of "background" PFAS in the environment, or PFAS presence that did not come from a clearly identifiable source.

New England WSC scientists inspecting the continuous water quality monitoring equipment deployed at 410606073245700, Norwalk River at the Norwalk Aquarium.

The view from the river of the USGS gaging station on the Kennebec River at The Forks, station 01042500 during summer.