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Leaf litter removal practices in Vermont

Storm overwash on Surf Drive Beach, Falmouth, MA  

Storm overwash, Surf Drive Beach, Falmouth, MA

Storm overwash, Surf Drive Beach, Falmouth, MA

Overwash from Surf Drive Beach, Falmouth, MA

The Alsea River in the Oregon Coast Range

Lake Measurement - GNSS - Lake Panamoka, Suffolk County, Long Island, NY

Lake elevation measurement in Suffolk County, NY

As Hurricane Sandy made landfall on October 29, 2012, the storm’s waves and wind cut a breach in a narrow part of Fire Island, a barrier island south of Long Island, New York.

USGS ecologist Lisa Allen carefully removes an endangered Least Bell's Vireo from a net. She and Principal Investigator Barbara Kus are studying these birds' migration patterns to provide the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and international efforts with information to assist in species recovery.

USGS researchers Lisa Allen and Ryan Pottinger survey Miraflores Wash in Baja, California for Least Bell's Vireos, an endangered migratory bird.

Maumee River at Antwerp, OH - low flow

School Branch at Brownsburg IN - Fall of 2017

East Fork Whitewater River at Richmond IN - gage location

East Fork Whitewater River at Richmond IN - low flow

White River at Hazelton IN - view downstream of gage

White River at Hazelton, IN - downstream view

The lava lake within Halema‘uma‘u, a crater at the summit of Kīlauea, was about 30 m (98 ft) below the vent rim on the day of this photo (January 7, 2016).

Sunset lake in Black Sand Basin of Yellowstone National Park

View of the Silver Gate landslide complex from Bunsen Peak in Yellowstone National Park.  The landslide originates from Terrace Mountain.

Boreal bog in the Adirondack Park, New York