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Geonarrative: Feasibility of Developing a GIS-Based Hydraulic Modeling Tool for Stream Crossing Projects in Massachusetts
This interactive geonarrative presents information on how feasible it is to develop a GIS-based hydraulic modeling tool for preliminary culvert designs for stream crossings in Massachusetts.
World's Longest Mule Deer Migration: Red Desert to Hoback
In 2016, researchers in Wyoming discovered the world's longest migration of mule deer. A doe fitted with a GPS tracking collar migrated 242 miles one way. She is known as Deer 255. Each summer, she lives in the heart of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, but travels far into Wyoming's sagebrush sea and high desert ecosystem for winter.
Drop by Drop
US Geological Survey research on contaminants in drinking water across the US.
Pacific Northwest Bumble Bee Atlas
Pollinators are responsible for one in three bites of food humans consume and provide billions of dollars in free pollination services. Leveraging the Pacific Northwest (PNW) Bumble Bee Atlas, a project recruiting online volunteers, contains thousands of verified bumble bee observations, this project aims to address information gaps around several bee species in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
The USGS SPCMSC Geologic Core and Sample Database Geonarrative
The U.S. Geological Survey St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (USGS SPCMSC) Geologic Core and Sample Database was established to catalog and preserve geologic materials and their metadata. This geonarrative explores the history of geologic sampling at the USGS SPCMSC, why and how this database was developed, and where the database can be accessed.
Landsat Acquisition Tool
The Landsat Acquisition Tool helps determine when the Landsat satellites acquire data over specific areas of interest, displaying the paths that were acquired on any given day.
Time of Travel Beta Application
The Time of Travel Beta Application was built in cooperation with the Inland Oil Spill Preparedness Program. The primary goal of the application is to provide rapid estimates for instream travel times for emergency spill response scenarios. The application also provided mean reach velocities and general travel time estimates that also can be used by other water resource managers.
Fishes of Montana app
The “Fishes of Montana” app is a 21st century update to the 1971 book “Fishes of Montana” by C.J.D. Brown. The app includes information on 90 native and invasive species and is available for Android and iOS devices.
Mineral Resources Online Spatial Data Access Tool
Interactive maps and downloadable data for regional and global analysis.
Arrastra Gulch, Silverton, CO 3D Data Viewer
Airborne electromagnetic and magnetotelluric geophysical surveys were conducted from 2018 to 2019 in Arrastra Gulch along the southern margins of the San Juan and Silverton calderas. This scene provides 3-D data integration combining electromagnetic data, geologic and historical mine mapping, and high-resolution drone imagery.
Seismotectonics of the Eastern Margin of the Australia Plate
The Australia-Pacific margin is an intensely active plate boundary that produces some of the world's most powerful earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. Explore this interactive geonarrative (Esri storymap).