State News Releases

Reporters: Do you want to interview USGS scientists as they measure flooding? Please contact Jennifer LaVista.

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Are you interested in learning more about the groundwater and surface water systems of Snake Valley in eastern Nevada? Please join...

If past patterns of California land-use change continue, projected water needs by the year 2062 will increase beyond current supply.

A new study found high concentrations of commonly used insecticides in streams running through the highly urbanized portion of Clackamas County.

Forty years ago, water samples from around the country started flowing into the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water Quality Laboratory in Colorado...

The U.S. Geological Survey and its partners have shown how brucellosis has impacted cattle, bison and elk in the greater Yellowstone area.

May is Volcano Preparedness Month in Washington, providing residents an opportunity to become more familiar with volcanic hazards in their communities...

A new study from the USGS assesses water quality data for the Juniata River Basin in Western Blair County, Pennsylvania.

Elevated levels of trace metals such as iron, lead, nickel and zinc were found in streams of the San Gabriel Mountains north of Los Angeles...

Warming air temperature is predicted to change water temperature and water column mixing in Oregon’s Crater Lake over the next several decades...