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Koocanusa Watersheds Map
Koocanusa Watersheds Map
Koocanusa Watersheds Map

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photo of creek flowing through mixed grass and shrubland. Small hill and cloudy sky in background.
MuddyCreekChannel.jpg
MuddyCreekChannel.jpg
MuddyCreekChannel.jpg

Vegetation growth is assisting the Muddy Creek channel in becoming deeper and narrower (Carbon County, Wyoming).  Photo by Patrick Anderson (USGS)

Vegetation growth is assisting the Muddy Creek channel in becoming deeper and narrower (Carbon County, Wyoming).  Photo by Patrick Anderson (USGS)

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WLCI Tour at Littlefield Creek
WLCI Tour at Littlefield Creek
WLCI Tour at Littlefield Creek

USGS scientist Jason Alexander, a fluvial geomorphologist with the Wyoming Montana Water Science Center, explains how he used sediment traps to evaluate sediment deposition in Littlefield Creek (Carbon County, Wyoming). Photo by Patrick Anderson (USGS).

USGS scientist Jason Alexander, a fluvial geomorphologist with the Wyoming Montana Water Science Center, explains how he used sediment traps to evaluate sediment deposition in Littlefield Creek (Carbon County, Wyoming). Photo by Patrick Anderson (USGS).

Small mounds of mud in grasses lining a creek.
Burrowing rodents leave casts along Littlefield Creek
Burrowing rodents leave casts along Littlefield Creek
Burrowing rodents leave casts along Littlefield Creek

Small rodents disturb surface soil on banks which contribute to fine sediments in the upper reaches of Littlefield Creek (Carbon County, Wyoming). Photo by Patrick Anderson (USGS).

Small rodents disturb surface soil on banks which contribute to fine sediments in the upper reaches of Littlefield Creek (Carbon County, Wyoming). Photo by Patrick Anderson (USGS).

Components of Wyoming StreamStats
Components of Wyoming StreamStats
Components of Wyoming StreamStats
Components of Wyoming StreamStats

Wyoming StreamStats includes data on land use, land cover, soils, climate, elevation, and streamflow statistics and prediction equations.

Wyoming StreamStats includes data on land use, land cover, soils, climate, elevation, and streamflow statistics and prediction equations.

Videos

Broken Ice Jam in Milk River
Broken Ice Jam in Milk River
Broken Ice Jam in Milk River

Ice jam was holding on upstream side of bridge an suddenly broke lose while in the process of making a streamflow measurement. Equipment pulled to safety, and this video taken about 5 minutes later.
 

Ice jam was holding on upstream side of bridge an suddenly broke lose while in the process of making a streamflow measurement. Equipment pulled to safety, and this video taken about 5 minutes later.
 

What's the Big Idea? — Creating Cleaner Energy from Coal
What's the Big Idea? — Creating Cleaner Energy from Coal
What's the Big Idea? — Creating Cleaner Energy from Coal

Elliott Barnhart, a hydrologist with the USGS Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center, describes his work developing what could be a cleaner way to develop coal.

Elliott Barnhart, a hydrologist with the USGS Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center, describes his work developing what could be a cleaner way to develop coal.