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Links to content featured in the @usgs_umid Instagram feed.

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January 2024

Web Informatics and Mapping (WIM) is hiring!

Web Informatics and Mapping (WIM) is hiring!

December 2023

Popular ice control products used at airports can increase phosphorus in nearby waterways

Popular ice control products used at airports can increase phosphorus in nearby waterways

November 2023

Sampling benthic invertebrates in two Milwaukee-area streams

Sampling benthic invertebrates in two Milwaukee-area streams

September 2023

Simultaneous stream assessment of antibiotics, bacteria, antibiotic resistant bacteria, and antibiotic resistance genes in an agricultural region of the United States

Simultaneous stream assessment of antibiotics, bacteria, antibiotic resistant bacteria, and antibiotic resistance genes in an agricultural region of the United States

Water quality study at Pipestone National Monument

Water quality study at Pipestone National Monument

August 2023

Mapping methane in the world's rivers and streams

Mapping methane in the world's rivers and streams

July 2023

A Novel Suspended-Sediment Sampling Method: Depth-Integrated Grab (DIG)

A Novel Suspended-Sediment Sampling Method: Depth-Integrated Grab (DIG)

Evaluating the use of optical sensors

Evaluating the use of optical sensors

Floating into the weekend on the Kalamazoo River

Floating into the weekend on the Kalamazoo River

Attenuation of barium, strontium, cobalt, and nickel plumes formed during microbial iron-reduction in a crude-oil-contaminated aquifer

Attenuation of barium, strontium, cobalt, and nickel plumes formed during microbial iron-reduction in a crude-oil-contaminated aquifer

June 2023

Evaluating pharmaceuticals and other organic contaminants in the Lac du Flambeau Chain of Lakes using risk-based screening techniques

Evaluating pharmaceuticals and other organic contaminants in the Lac du Flambeau Chain of Lakes using risk-based screening techniques

HIVIS camera at Yahara River, Madison

HIVIS camera at Yahara River, Madison

May 2023

Machine-learning model to delineate sub-surface agricultural drainage from satellite imagery

Machine-learning model to delineate sub-surface agricultural drainage from satellite imagery

USGS scientists developed a new way to represent basins with dams for more accurate use in climate and water-related studies

USGS scientists developed a new way to represent basins with dams for more accurate use in climate and water-related studies

April 2023

Streamgage 05331580 Mississippi River below Lock and Dam #2 at Hastings, MN

Streamgage 05331580 Mississippi River below Lock and Dam #2 at Hastings, MN

Spring flooding interview with KARE11

Spring flooding interview with KARE11

Minnesota Public Radio News story on Minnesota spring flooding

Minnesota Public Radio News story on Minnesota spring flooding

March 2023

#GageGreatness round 2

#GageGreatness round 2

#GageGreatness round 1

#GageGreatness round 1

Happy 144th Birthday USGS!

Happy 144th Birthday USGS!

National Old Stuff Day

National Old Stuff Day

February 2023

Can preserved museum specimens be used to reconstruct fish Mercury burden and sources through time?

Can preserved museum specimens be used to reconstruct fish Mercury burden and sources through time?

January 2023

Streamgage 05391000 Rainbow Lake near Lake Tomahawk, Wisconsin

Streamgage 05391000 Rainbow Lake near Lake Tomahawk, Wisconsin

Wisconsin Salt Awareness Week

Wisconsin Salt Awareness Week

Contaminant Exposure and Transport from Three Potential Reuse Waters within a Single Watershed

Contaminant Exposure and Transport from Three Potential Reuse Waters within a Single Watershed

Estimating Flood Magnitude and Frequency for Unregulated Streams in Wisconsin

Estimating Flood Magnitude and Frequency for Unregulated Streams in Wisconsin

Fall/Winter 2022 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2022 Newsletter

December 2022

HIVIS webcam at streamgage 05428500 Yahara River at East Main Street at Madison, Wisconsin

HIVIS webcam at streamgage 05428500 Yahara River at East Main Street at Madison, Wisconsin

HIVIS webcam at streamgage 05341550 St. Croix River at Stillwater, Minnesota

HIVIS webcam at streamgage 05341550 St. Croix River at Stillwater, Minnesota

Streamgage 05291000 Whetstone River near Big Stone City, South Dakota

Streamgage 05291000 Whetstone River near Big Stone City, South Dakota

HIVIS webcam at streamgage 04085074, Dutchman Creek at Cyrus Street near Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin

HIVIS webcam at streamgage 04085074, Dutchman Creek at Cyrus Street near Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin

HIVIS webcam at streamgage 05429369 Swan Creek at Lalor Road near Fitchburg, Wisconsin

HIVIS webcam at streamgage 05429369 Swan Creek at Lalor Road near Fitchburg, Wisconsin

Streamgage 05305000 Chippewa River Tailwater near Watson, Minnesota

Streamgage 05305000 Chippewa River Tailwater near Watson, Minnesota

Streamgage 04119400 Grand River near Eastmanville, Michigan

Streamgage 04119400 Grand River near Eastmanville, Michigan

HIVIS webcam at streamgage 05331580 Mississippi River below Lock and Dam 2 at Hastings, MN

HIVIS webcam at streamgage 05331580 Mississippi River below Lock and Dam 2 at Hastings, MN

What is an ADCP?

What is an ADCP?

Streamgage 05049700 Lake Traverse at Reservation Dam near Wheaton, MN

Streamgage 05049700 Lake Traverse at Reservation Dam near Wheaton, MN

Streamgage 04072150 at Duck Creek near Howard, Wisconsin

Streamgage 04072150 at Duck Creek near Howard, Wisconsin

Streamgage 05104500 near Malung, Minnesota

Streamgage 05104500 near Malung, Minnesota

Spawning Sockeye Salmon at Izembek National Wildlife Refuge

Spawning Sockeye Salmon at Izembek National Wildlife Refuge

Northeast Wisconsin Well Water Forecasts

Northeast Wisconsin Well Water Forecasts

November 2022

USGS meeting in Brazil with ANA and SGB-CPRM

USGS meeting in Brazil with ANA and SGB-CPRM

Field Photo Friday - Electrofishing

Field Photo Friday - Electrofishing

GIS Day

GIS Day

Take a Hike Day

Take a Hike Day

UMid FY2022 Newsletter

UMid FY2022 Newsletter

October 2022

September 2022

August 2022

July 2022

AltEn Study

AltEn Study

June 2022

Using sensor technology to develop a recreational contact warning tool for the Grand River, Grand Rapids, MI

Using sensor technology to develop a recreational contact warning tool for the Grand River, Grand Rapids, MI

Estimated daily mean streamflow in Iowa using the Flow-Duration Curve Transfer Method StreamStats application

Estimated daily mean streamflow in Iowa using the Flow-Duration Curve Transfer Method StreamStats application

May 2022

Endangered Species Day

Endangered Species Day

SWIGG study feature on Wisconsin Public Radio

SWIGG study feature on Wisconsin Public Radio

Research Vessels

Research Vessels

FluOil

FluOil

April 2022

Ashland Breakwall

Ashland Breakwall

Happy Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day!

National Park Week

National Park Week

National Read a Road Map Day

National Read a Road Map Day

March 2022

2022 Detections of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

2022 Detections of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

Nelson Institute feature on Robert Rosner

Nelson Institute feature on Robert Rosner

Quarterly Groundwater Sampling at TCAAP

Quarterly Groundwater Sampling at TCAAP

National Invasive Species Week - Mercury in the Great Lakes

National Invasive Species Week - Mercury in the Great Lakes

Happy 143rd Birthday USGS!

Happy 143rd Birthday USGS!

February 2022

Measuring streamflow through the ice of the Pecatonica River

Measuring streamflow through the ice of the Pecatonica River

Wisconsin Salt Awareness Week

Wisconsin Salt Awareness Week

Do you know what’s brewing in food process wastewater?

Do you know what’s brewing in food process wastewater?

Happy Birthday Michigan!

Happy Birthday Michigan!

Urban Growth in Minnesota's Twin Cities

Urban Growth in Minnesota's Twin Cities

Hydrologic Imagery Visualization and Information System - Milwaukee WI

Hydrologic Imagery Visualization and Information System - Milwaukee WI

National Wisconsin Day

National Wisconsin Day

International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2022

International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2022

January 2022

Pecatonica River at Martintown, WI streamgage

Pecatonica River at Martintown, WI streamgage

Wisconsin Salt Awareness Week

Wisconsin Salt Awareness Week

Do you know what's brewing in food process wastewater?

Do you know what's brewing in food process wastewater?

December 2021

November 2021

October 2021

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April 2021

March 2021

February 2021

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December 2020

November 2020

October 2020

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August 2020

July 2020

June 2020

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April 2020

March 2020

February 2020

January 2020

Airport De-Icers

Airport De-Icers

December 2019

AGU Fall Meeting - Mindy Erickson

AGU Fall Meeting - Mindy Erickson

Meet the Scientist - Victoria Christensen

Meet the Scientist - Victoria Christensen

Road Salt Research

Road Salt Research

November 2019

Turkey Day

Turkey Day

Meet the Scientist - Mindy Erickson

Meet the Scientist - Mindy Erickson