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USGS booth at the 2024 Lake Tahoe Summit. Shown are Zachery Hood (left) and Sara Doyle (right) of the Nevada Water Science Center. Also present were Joseph Nawikas of the California Water Science Center and Ramon Naranjo of Nevada. (Photo by Ramon Naranjo.)

Research Hydrologist Emeritus Denis LeBlanc speaks to visitors about the groundwater and surface water interactions on Cape Cod.

Research Hydrologist Emeritus Denis LeBlanc teaches the Gulf of Maine Council about Cape Cod hydrology in front of Ashumet Pond in Falmouth, Massachusetts. 

USGS Hydrologist Paul Barlow, who served as the Chief of the Hydrologic Interpretive Branch of the New England Water Science Center, retired at the end of May 2024. Director John Bumgarner presented Paul with a plaque at his retirement gathering at the center.

Hydrologic Technician Kim Campo deploys a buoy at Fresh Pond in Cambridge, MA with sensors to monitor water temperature, wind speed/direction, and blue-green algae. Nearby continuous water quality monitoring station is 422302071083801.

Spring 2024 Photo Contest Winner: Meghan Santos, Where We Work category

Continuous water quality gaging station located at Flax Pond near Old Field, NY (USGS Site ID 01304057).

Elizabeth Mine was added to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund Program’s National Priority List in 2001. Since then, EPA and USGS have cooperated to investigate the nature and extent of contamination from weathering of waste rock rich in metals and sulfides.

Elizabeth Mine was a copper mine in Strafford, Vermont, that was abandoned in 1957. It was added to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund Program’s National Priority List in 2001. Since then, EPA and USGS have cooperated to investigate the nature and extent of contamination from weathering of waste rock rich in metals and sulfides. 

Hydrologic technicians Joel Kneisley and Alexander Kind installed a streamgage and precipitation gage at Elizabeth Mine in Strafford, Vermont. This copper mine was abandoned in 1957 and added to the EPA Superfund Program’s National Priority List in 2001.

An upstream view of the East Branch Penobscot River near the streamgage below Grand Lake Matagamon.

The streamgage at East Branch Penobscot River below Grand Lake Matagamon in Patton, Maine, is operated in cooperation with the Penobscot Nation. This river is part of the eastern border for the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument.

Discrete water quality sample collection at Thames River at Groton, CT (USGS Site ID 01127768).

Continuous water quality monitor servicing event at Saugatuck River US Rt 136 Bridge, CT (USGS Site ID 410724073221001).

Research Hydrologist Richard Moore presents work at a technical session on groundwater and surface water characterization at the 2024 Northeast Section Meeting of the Geological Society of America.

Hydrologist Janet Barclay held a poster presentation at the 2024 Northeast Section of the Geological Society of America in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Hydrologist Maxwell Meadows speaks about a New Hampshire PFAS study at a technical session at the 2024 Northeast Section Meeting of the Geological Society of America.

The poster sessions at the 2024 Northeast Section Meeting of the Geological Society of America in Manchester, New Hampshire.

A view of the Neponset River flowing under Greenlodge Street bridge near Canton, Massachusetts, at a USGS 01105554 streamgage.

Scientists monitoring a shallow groundwater well in Los Planes watershed, Baja California Sur, Mexico. (Laura Norman, USGS)

USGS scientists mapping vegetation and land use in Los Planes watershed, Baja California Sur, Mexico, as part of a joint project to understand the impacts of installing natural infrastructure in dryland streams (NIDS), structures made from rock, sandbags and wood, meant

A view of the West Branch Little River in Stowe, Vermont, near streamgage 04288250.