Images

In this photo, USGS scientists Megan Haserodt (Hydrologist) and Jenelle Wempner (Student Intern) install a double ring infiltrometer along a recreated floodplain of Underwood Creek, a tributary to the Milwaukee River and Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Northeast Region Photo Contest, August 2019, People
View of Half Dome from approximately 2,000’ up El Capitan (Mescalito)

View South from Wolverine Glacier

View to northeast from southwestern Arctic National Wildlife Refuge-1002 Area with ice in Camden Bay in distance. In foreground, red-weathering rocks are Hue Shale (oil-prone source rock with is present throughout 1002 Area) and dark gray rocks are Kemik Sandstone (lateral equivalent to Thomson sandstone, main reservoir in Pt. Thomson field).

View to the southeast from near the Canning River Delta. Visible in foreground are permafrost polygons cut by caribou trails. 

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Well head of Sourdough oil discovery on Alaska state lease less than one mile west of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge-1002 Area showing minimal disturbance of permafrost polygons.   

A well at a restored prairie on Lake Agassiz beach ridge, Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge

Northward view in western Arctic National Wildlife Refuge-1002 Area with ice in Camden Bay in distance. North sloping, tundra-covered surface is typical of coastal plain.

View to northeast from western Sadlerochit Mountains near the Tamayariak River. This gently rolling topography is typical of the southern coastal plain.

Ephemeral wetlands at Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge

Northeast Region Photo Contest Winner | June 2019 | People
Will Dougherty carrying snapping turtle

This is remote capture image of a Yosemite toad seen crossing beneath "toad road" structure built atop a forest road in the Sierra National Forest. Reseachers are exploring tools, such as this elevated road structure, or "toad road," to reduce vehicle strikes to this threatened species.

Young moose near Benoit, Minnesota, Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge

Earl Alstrom and Carol Hasburgh taking water quality samples near St. Mary’s, Alaska.

Photo Contest Winner | Nov. 2019 | Where We Work
Cattaraugus Creek near Springville, NY

Northeast Region Photo Contest Winner | Sept 2019 | USGS at Work
Crawfish groundwater measurement

Northern Pintail Drake at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge

A closer view of the braided section of the Fissure 8 channel, with Highway 132 cutting across both branches. USGS photo by M. Zoeller.

Building 1 formerly housed many different USGS groups, including the Western Coastal and Marine Geology team, but slowly has been leased out to other federal agencies like the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Veterans Affairs (VA). At the right is the Menlo Survey Federal Credit Union.

This photo looks north along the broad Fissure 8 channel. At its widest section, the Fissure 8 channel is about 430 meters (1400 feet wide). In the upper right section of the photo, Highway 132 can be seen cutting through the braided section of the channel. USGS photo by M. Zoeller.

Building 3 on the USGS Western Region campus in Menlo Park, California.