Media Contacts

USGS public affairs staff can help connect reporters with appropriate experts on a variety of earth science topics including land use change, energy and mineral resources, natural hazards, ecosystem science, water resources and availability, mapping and more.

Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions

Recent earthquakes and seismic monitoring: earthquakemedia@usgs.gov
Active eruptions and volcano monitoring: volcanomedia@usgs.gov

National Program Contacts

Core Science Systems Mission Area
This includes the National Geospatial Program, topographic maps and geospatial data, Landsat and the National Land Imaging Program, and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.
Contact: Jason Burton
Ecosystems Mission Area
This includes climate science, cooperative fish and wildlife research units, environmental health, wildfire science, land management, species management research, biological threats, and invasive species.
Contact: Allie Weill
Energy and Minerals Mission Area
This includes energy resource assessments and critical, rare earth, or other mineral assessments, as well as Earth MRI geological surveys.
Contact: Seth Amgott
Natural Hazards Mission Area
This includes coastal and marine geology, programmatic questions about earthquake, landslide, and volcano research and monitoring, geomagnetism research, and the Global Seismographic Network.
Contact: Steve Sobieszczyk
Water Resources Mission Area
This includes the National Water Quality program, research on water available and use, water data visualizations, and nationwide groundwater and streamflow information tools such as WaterAlert, the National Water Dashboard, the Water Quality Portal, the National Groundwater Monitoring Network Data Portal, MODFLOW, and StreamStats.
Contact: Jenn LaVista

Other USGS Media Queries

All other USGS media queries: USGSPress@usgs.gov