Images

Photomontage of multiple pictures showing environmental changes including within wildlife and urban environments

Picture of boys fishing off rocks in the middle of a river with a beautiful background

A team of scientists studied changes in nitrapyrin — a nitrification inhibitor applied with fertilizers as a bactericide to kill natural soil bacteria for the purpose of increasing crop yields — occurrence associated with land use changes from March to June 2016.

Bladder cancer rates have been elevated in northern New England for at least 5 decades in males and females, which suggests environmental causal factors.

A map of Ohio showing the locations of recreational areas sampled in the 201314 study. Modified from figure 1, Francy and others, 2016.

Diatom mat used during a feeding experiment to study the dietary uptake of uranium by mayflies

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The new Damage Assessment and Restoration Tracking System (DARTS) Web site provides an interactive map that identifies Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) cases. The shapes of icons represent incident type; icon color represents the status of the case.

USGS scientist sampling tap water from a public water supply.

Before and after photos of Fourmile Creek near Ankeny, Iowa, showing a wastewater outfall from a wastewater treatment facility (WWTF). The top photo is the creek before the WWTFwas closed, and the bottom photo is after the WWTF was shutdown. After the shutdown flow in the creek decreased significantly. Photo credits: Laura E.

USGS scientist sampling tap water from a public-water supply.

Harmful algal blooms turn water in Milford Lake emerald green

Cyanobacterial blooms, such as the one shown that occurred in 2016 on Lake Okeechobee, Florida, can release toxins.

The Green River in the Upper Colorado River Basin.

Green River in the Upper Colorado River Basin.

Soil sampling near the Kanab North uranium mine site in Arizona.

Soil sampling near the Kanab North uranium mine site in Arizona.

In this photo the USGS scientist is getting ready to measure discharge (flow) in the same stream as above (from New York Branch, Iowa), but after a rainfall event. 

Dr. Michael T. Meyer receiving his Distinguished Service Award on May 9, 2016, from Mike Connor, Deputy Secretary of the Interior (left) and Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Interior (right)

Denis R. LeBlanc receiving his Distinguished Service Award on May 9, 2016, from Mike Connor, Deputy Secretary of the Interior (left) and Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Interior (right). 

This West Virginia disposal facility disposes of wastewaters from unconventional oil and gas production in Class II underground injection control wells