Videos

Stream gaging occurring in Winslow: Clear Creek and Little Colorado River.

This video captures the breakup of ice cover on the Skunk River at Augusta, Iowa, on February 17, 2011, at approximately 3:00 pm CST. The river stage at the time was 14.50 feet (elevation 535.74 feet NGVD29). A preliminary estimate of the discharge at the time of the ice breakup is 9,500 cubic feet per second.

A 1-minute video shows ice flows on the Little Nemaha River at the streamgaging station at Auburn, Nebraska.

USGS scientists from the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center explore how sediment moves across San Francisco Bay tidal flats.  The research team deploys a suite of large instrumented tripods to record sediment movements over a six-week period in early 2011.  Answers from this work will help determine whether deposition of sediment at high tide is occ

Silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) jumping out of the Illinois River.

In this month’s episode we discuss how 3-D modeling is used to examine groundwater in the Columbia Plateau. USGS hydrologist Erick Burns describes how his team modeled the 53,000 mi² plateau, how this information is currently used, and what implications it has for the future.

Jerry McMahon (USGS) and Karen DeBaker, Communications Supervisor with Clean Water Services of Portland Oregon, discuss how to help people connect with science information that in a way that they care about.

Faith Fitzpatrick (U.S.

Faith Fitzpatrick (U.S. Geological Survey), Gardner Johnston (Interfluve, Inc.), and Janine Castro (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) describe techniques for designing salmon habitat with flood management in Portland's urban streams.

Faith Fitzpatrick (U.S.

Faith Fitzpatrick (U.S. Geological Survey), Gardner Johnston (Interfluve, Inc.), and Janine Castro (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) discuss watershed changes associated with urbanization that have led to degraded channel conditions and altered salmon habitat.

Faith Fitzpatrick (U.S. Geological Survey), Gardner Johnston (Interfluve, Inc.), and Janine Castro (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) discuss flexible designs and habitat improvement in Kelley Creek which was rehabilitated 5-6 years ago.

Faith Fitzpatrick (U.S. Geological Survey), Shelley Warwick (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources), and Karla Leithoff (Wisconsin Department of Transportation) discuss coordination among WI DOT and WI DNR, connections between wetland scientists and engineers.

Faith Fitzpatrick (U.S. Geological Survey) and Tom Slawski (Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission) discuss how culverts and culvert openings can be designed to maintain fish passage. Special design considerations can be given to wing walls, concrete aprons, and substrate.

Faith Fitzpatrick (U.S. Geological Survey), Bill Mohr (Wisconsin Department of Transportation), and Karla Leithoff (Wisconsin Department of Transportation) describe the floodplain, wetland, and channel restoration aspects.

Faith Fitzpatrick (U.S. Geological Survey) and Tom Slawski (Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission) discuss intermittent riffle-pool channels in a dense urban highway environment. Even though the streams do not have flow year-round, pools maintain diverse aquatic life and floodplain connections between storm events.

Faith Fitzpatrick (U.S. Geological Survey) Tom Slawski (Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission) talk about design challenges related to finding reference characteristics for reconstruction more natural channels from stormwater-derived cement lined channels. Stream and wetland construction goes hand-in-hand with roadway construction.

Faith Fitzpatrick (U.S. Geological Survey) and Karla Leithoff (Wisconsin Department of Transportation) talk about lessons learned for establishing critter-friendly bank vegetation in a stream relocation project.

Faith Fitzpatrick (U.S. Geological Survey) and Larry Pfeil (Wisconsin Department of Transportation) discuss the overall design to construct a natural looking stream from a ditch within the constraints of roadway alignment, buffers, easements, and culverts.

Faith Fitzpatrick (U.S.

Faith Fitzpatrick (U.S. Geological Survey) and Gail Epping Overholt (University of Wisconsin-Extension Basin Educator) talk about bringing people together to improve the Menomonee River watershed through the Menomonee River Action Plan.