Images

USGS hydrologic technicians Tyler Meyer and Jesse Rigge document the river stage and ensure that the streamgage on the James River at Huron, SD is working properly. A streamflow measurement of 17,500 cubic feet per second was made during the site visit.

Example of a fish species positively impacted by the hydrologic reconnection of a diked wetland to Lake Erie. Northern Pike depend on productive wetland habitats to spawn.

North Dakota Discovery Farms waterway sites 1 & 2 located in southeast Cass County about 8 miles south of Embden, North Dakota. In 2009, Embden became the third farm in the North Dakota Discovery Farms project. Farm is located about 1/2 mile south of data shelters. Embden 1 is a surace-water site.

North Dakota Discovery Farms Embden waterway sites 1 and 2 located southeast Cass County about 8 miles south of Embden, North Dakota.

Increase flow in the Des Lacs River and warmer temperatures probably caused instability in the area of the ice spikes causing them to disappear.

This image and associated video captures the breakup of ice cover on the Skunk River at Augusta, Iowa, on February 17, 2011, at approximately 3:00 p.m. local time. The river stage at the time was 14.50 feet (elevation 1,179.41 feet NGVD29).

This adolescent chick, hatched and raised at the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, is one of ten whooping cranes being released in Louisiana in February 2011. It is a milestone for the state and for the birds, which have not lived in the state since the 1950s.

This adolescent chick, hatched and raised at the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, is one of ten whooping cranes being released in Louisiana in February 2011. It is a milestone for the state and for the birds, which have not lived in the state since the 1950s.

This adolescent chick, hatched and raised at the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, is one of ten whooping cranes being released in Louisiana in February 2011. It is a milestone for the state and for the birds, which have not lived in the state since the 1950s.

This adolescent chick, hatched and raised at the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, is one of ten whooping cranes being released in Louisiana in February 2011. It is a milestone for the state and for the birds, which have not lived in the state since the 1950s.

This adolescent chick, hatched and raised at the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, is one of ten whooping cranes being released in Louisiana in February 2011. It is a milestone for the state and for the birds, which have not lived in the state since the 1950s.

This adolescent chick, hatched and raised at the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, is one of ten whooping cranes being released in Louisiana in February 2011. It is a milestone for the state and for the birds, which have not lived in the state since the 1950s.

This adolescent chick, hatched and raised at the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, is one of ten whooping cranes being released in Louisiana in February 2011. It is a milestone for the state and for the birds, which have not lived in the state since the 1950s.

This photo shows USGS gaging station 01055000 on the Swift River near Roxbury, Maine. 

Boa constrictor "in situ" on a tree buttress right after some rain in Puerto Rico.

On February 4, 2011 gage 05056255, Alice-Irvine Channel near Churchs Ferry, ND was removed due to rising water of the Devils Lake Basin. Lake elevation was 51.85 feet on the day of removal. USGS emplyees Chase(left) and Art(right).

A Laysan albatross named Wisdom, is at least 60 years old and was spotted in February 2011 raising a chick at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the Pacific Islands. The bird has sported and worn out 5 bird bands since she was first banded by U.S. Geological Survey scientist Chandler Robbins in 1956 as she incubated an egg.

Flying over the fog in route to a USGS hydro station in Shark Slough.

Sitka, AK.

Absolutes and variations buildings at Sitka, AK magnetic observatory.

Absolutes building at Sitka magnetic observatory Alaska.