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Ryan Bottorff servicing a continuous water quality monitor at US Coast Guard Academy on the Thames River in Groton, CT

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Ryan is crouched down setting up gear on the ground with a large USCG sailboat in the background
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Ryan Bottorff servicing a continuous water quality monitor at US Coast Guard Academy on the Thames River in Groton, CT. This site is monitored along with other major tributaries in Connecticut (including sites along the Connecticut and Housatonic Rivers) to investigate the effects of excessive nutrient loading to Long Island Sound and is paired with discrete sample collection. 

Summer 2023 NER Photo Contest Winner: Gine Groseclose, USGS at Work category

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