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Two scientists working in a laboratory
Student working with researchers at Forest Products Laboratory
Student working with researchers at Forest Products Laboratory
Student working with researchers at Forest Products Laboratory

USGS M3 Research Laboratory summer research student Noor from the University of Wisconsin: Freshwater@UW Summer Research Opportunties Program (Freshwater@UW Summer Research Opportunities Program - Water@UW-Madison) learning how to construct columns for flow through testing with USDA

Treated wastewater from soybean processing facility discharged into adjacent stream
Treated Wastewater from Soybean Processing Facility
Treated Wastewater from Soybean Processing Facility
Painting (gouache painting) depicts the PCB contamination embedded in the community and ecosystems of Anniston, Alabama
Anniston: Toxic Legacy, Reclaimed future
Anniston: Toxic Legacy, Reclaimed future
Anniston: Toxic Legacy, Reclaimed future

Anniston: Toxic Legacy, Reclaimed future. – Painting (gouache painting) depicts the PCB contamination embedded in the community and ecosystems of Anniston, Alabama and the restoration work taking place to through U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR), and U.S.

Anniston: Toxic Legacy, Reclaimed future. – Painting (gouache painting) depicts the PCB contamination embedded in the community and ecosystems of Anniston, Alabama and the restoration work taking place to through U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR), and U.S.

Hydrologic technician takes acoustic Doppler current profiler streamflow measurement from the center of a river via cableway
ADCP measurement via cableway at streamgage 04040500 Sturgeon River Near Sidnaw, Michigan
ADCP measurement via cableway at streamgage 04040500 Sturgeon River Near Sidnaw, Michigan
ADCP measurement via cableway at streamgage 04040500 Sturgeon River Near Sidnaw, Michigan

A USGS hydrologic technician takes an acoustic Doppler current profiler streamflow measurement from the center of a river, while suspended in a metal cableway. A laptop with data on screen in shown in the foreground.

Streamgage 04040500 Sturgeon River Near Sidnaw, Michigan.

A USGS hydrologic technician takes an acoustic Doppler current profiler streamflow measurement from the center of a river, while suspended in a metal cableway. A laptop with data on screen in shown in the foreground.

Streamgage 04040500 Sturgeon River Near Sidnaw, Michigan.

A gray metal streamgage housing with an attached solar panel sits on the shore of a snow-covered frozen river.
Streamgage 04065106 Menominee River at Niagara, Wisconsin on a winter day
Streamgage 04065106 Menominee River at Niagara, Wisconsin on a winter day
Streamgage 04065106 Menominee River at Niagara, Wisconsin on a winter day

A gray metal streamgage housing with an attached solar panel sits on the Wisconsin shore of a snow-covered frozen Menominee River. Michigan is in the background across the river.

Streamgage 04065106 Menominee River at Niagara, Wisconsin.

A gray metal streamgage housing with an attached solar panel sits on the Wisconsin shore of a snow-covered frozen Menominee River. Michigan is in the background across the river.

Streamgage 04065106 Menominee River at Niagara, Wisconsin.

Two hydrotechs wearing bright green jackets measure streamflow under frozen river
Scientists taking discharge measurement under ice at Pigeon River, Michigan
Scientists taking discharge measurement under ice at Pigeon River, Michigan
Scientists taking discharge measurement under ice at Pigeon River, Michigan

Hydrologic Technician Jim Wilkinson teaching Field Assistant Hannah Michel how to take a discharge measurement under the ice at the Pigeon River near Pigeon, Michigan.

https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/04159000/

USGS streamgage housing with solar panel and sensors mounted on a pole, against a snow-covered rural background
Streamgage 05106000 Sprague Creek Near Sprague, Manitoba, Canada
Streamgage 05106000 Sprague Creek Near Sprague, Manitoba, Canada
Streamgage 05106000 Sprague Creek Near Sprague, Manitoba, Canada

USGS streamgage housing with solar panel and sensors mounted on a pole, against a snow-covered rural background under a cloudy sky.

Streamgage 05106000 Sprague Creek Near Sprague, Manitoba, Canada

https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-05106000/

A streamgage housing is mounted on the side of a bridge over a creek. Ice covers the shoreline.
Streamgage 04096590 Hog Creek at Cady RD at Hodunk, Michigan
Streamgage 04096590 Hog Creek at Cady RD at Hodunk, Michigan
Streamgage 04096590 Hog Creek at Cady RD at Hodunk, Michigan

A streamgage housing is mounted on the side of a bridge over a creek. Ice covers the shoreline. Leafless trees are reflected in the still water of the creek.

Streamgage 04096590 Hog Creek at Cady RD at Hodunk, Michigan.

A streamgage housing is mounted on the side of a bridge over a creek. Ice covers the shoreline. Leafless trees are reflected in the still water of the creek.

Streamgage 04096590 Hog Creek at Cady RD at Hodunk, Michigan.

Five men standing in front of a statue of a large mythical lizard-like creature, a "hodag" on a snowy day
Rhinelander, Wisconsin field office staff and Hodag
Rhinelander, Wisconsin field office staff and Hodag
Rhinelander, Wisconsin field office staff and Hodag

Upper Midwest Water Science center staff (left to right) Hydrologic Technicians Jarvis Kaderlik and Brandon Nelson, Biologist Eric Dantoin, Hydrologic Technician Ryan Jirik and Biologist Patrick Perner pose with a large statue of a Hodag.

Upper Midwest Water Science center staff (left to right) Hydrologic Technicians Jarvis Kaderlik and Brandon Nelson, Biologist Eric Dantoin, Hydrologic Technician Ryan Jirik and Biologist Patrick Perner pose with a large statue of a Hodag.

Gouache painting is a generalized schematic view through the Grand Canyon with the Colorado River in the center
Beneath the Rim: Water Movement Pathways in the Grand Canyon
Beneath the Rim: Water Movement Pathways in the Grand Canyon
Beneath the Rim: Water Movement Pathways in the Grand Canyon

Painting (gouache painting) is a generalized schematic view, not to scale, through the Grand Canyon with the Colorado River in the center, an unmined breccia pipe on the left side, and the Orphan Mine and associated breccia pipe on the right side. Dashed lines show a conceptual understanding of how water may interact with the Orphan Mine.

Painting (gouache painting) is a generalized schematic view, not to scale, through the Grand Canyon with the Colorado River in the center, an unmined breccia pipe on the left side, and the Orphan Mine and associated breccia pipe on the right side. Dashed lines show a conceptual understanding of how water may interact with the Orphan Mine.

A Hydrologic Technician works on equipment inside a monitoring location housing in knee-deep snow next to a snowmobile
Streamgage 462159084442201 46N 04W 24DAAD01 Chippewa CO (Raco)
Streamgage 462159084442201 46N 04W 24DAAD01 Chippewa CO (Raco)
Streamgage 462159084442201 46N 04W 24DAAD01 Chippewa CO (Raco)

A USGS Hydrologic Technician works on equipment inside a monitoring location housing in knee-deep snow. A snowmobile with a basket of gear on the back rests alongside. The housing is in a forest clearing, surrounded by pine trees with a gray sky overhead.

46N 04W 24DAAD01 Chippewa CO (Raco) - USGS-462159084442201

A USGS Hydrologic Technician works on equipment inside a monitoring location housing in knee-deep snow. A snowmobile with a basket of gear on the back rests alongside. The housing is in a forest clearing, surrounded by pine trees with a gray sky overhead.

46N 04W 24DAAD01 Chippewa CO (Raco) - USGS-462159084442201

Gouache painting of sign at Horn Creek in the Grand Canyon
Horn Creek Sign Grand Canyon
Horn Creek Sign Grand Canyon
Horn Creek Sign Grand Canyon

This gouache painting is of a sign located near Horn Creek in the Grand Canyon. The Creek is contaminated with high levels of Uranium. Sign states: "Horn Creek, Danger, Contaminated Water, Do Not Drink! Water in Horn Creek exceeds EPA health standards for radioactivity".

This gouache painting is of a sign located near Horn Creek in the Grand Canyon. The Creek is contaminated with high levels of Uranium. Sign states: "Horn Creek, Danger, Contaminated Water, Do Not Drink! Water in Horn Creek exceeds EPA health standards for radioactivity".

Dark field microscope for microplastics
Dark field microscope image, microplastics
Dark field microscope image, microplastics
Dark field microscope image, microplastics

Dark field microscope from the manuscript, " a) A dark-field image of 1.5 µm PS LMMPs on a 0.4 μm PCTE membrane sensor. b) A Raman map of PS acquired by tracking its Raman band at 996 cm-1

Dark field microscope from the manuscript, " a) A dark-field image of 1.5 µm PS LMMPs on a 0.4 μm PCTE membrane sensor. b) A Raman map of PS acquired by tracking its Raman band at 996 cm-1

Gouache painting of Havasupai Falls, Arizona
Havasupai Falls Arizona
Havasupai Falls Arizona
Havasupai Falls Arizona

Top view of Havasupai Falls, its aquamarine colored water is highly recognizable and it is a site of tribal, cultural, and recreational significance to the greater Grand Canyon region.

Top view of Havasupai Falls, its aquamarine colored water is highly recognizable and it is a site of tribal, cultural, and recreational significance to the greater Grand Canyon region.

USGS scientist standing in shallow brown river training Ghanaian scientist standing on wood canoe on water sample collection
USGS scientist training Ghanaian scientist on mercury sampling techniques
USGS scientist training Ghanaian scientist on mercury sampling techniques
USGS scientist training Ghanaian scientist on mercury sampling techniques

USGS scientist, Grace Armstrong, training a scientist in Accra, Ghana on proper mercury sampling techniques as part of a U.S. State Department Embassy Fellowship Program.

USGS research boat on river at dawn
USGS sediment sampling vessel on the Rainy River, Minnesota
USGS sediment sampling vessel on the Rainy River, Minnesota
USGS sediment sampling vessel on the Rainy River, Minnesota

USGS scientists aboard a sediment sampling vessel on the Rainy River, Minnesota, preparing for a day of sampling.

Two scientists measure water quality from a boat
Measuring water quality on the Rainy River, Minnesota
Measuring water quality on the Rainy River, Minnesota
Measuring water quality on the Rainy River, Minnesota

Two USGS scientists measuring water quality along the Rainy River and at its mouth in Four-Mile Bay, Lake of the Woods, Minnesota, to study how phosphorus stored in sediment may be interacting with river water and potentially contributing to problematic algal blooms in Lake of the Woods.

Two USGS scientists measuring water quality along the Rainy River and at its mouth in Four-Mile Bay, Lake of the Woods, Minnesota, to study how phosphorus stored in sediment may be interacting with river water and potentially contributing to problematic algal blooms in Lake of the Woods.

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