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Sarah Janssen presents at Great Lakes Areas of Concern Conference 2023 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Tori Byers (left) and Hayden Lockmiller (right) present a poster at the Great Lakes Areas of Concern (AOC) Conference 2023 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

James Romano holds a microplastic sampling net at Portage Lake, Minnesota before it is deployed into the lake to collect surface water microplastics.

Butterflies and moths are submitted to the KS WSC for the Lepidoptera Research Collection Citizen Science Project. Julie Dietze holds a sphinx moth received from Texas. 

Streamgage 04043050 on the bank of the Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan in the Keweenaw Peninsula.

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Streamgage 04043050 on the bank of the Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan in the Keweenaw Peninsula.

https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/04043050/

Angus Vaughan (USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, right) and Heidi Broerman (USGS Upper Midwest Water Science Center, left) pilot a research vessel down the Kalamazoo River, Michigan toward a reference reach where riverbed substrate will be characterized.

A piece of blue plastic fishing twine on Great Sand Bay beach on Lake Superior in the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan.

Amygdaloidal basalt rock on Great Sand Bay beach on Lake Superior in Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan.

Stones on Lake Superior beach at Great Sand Bay in the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan

Streamgage 04060993 overlooks the Brule River at highway 2 near Florence, Wisconsin on an overcast day in June.

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Streamgage 04060993 overlooks the Brule River at highway 2 near Florence, Wisconsin on an overcast day in June.

https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/04060993/

A Citizen Science Flyer requesting people to mail in deceased butterflies, moths, and skippers to help begin a USGS Scientific Collection to further research related to the decline of insect populations.

Specimens from a USGS Lepidoptera Research Collection stored at the Kansas WSC Organic Geochemistry Reseearch Laboratory. Specimens are received as part of a Citizen Science effort to establish a collection to further insect research. 

Image of pipettors used in the laboratory. Pipettes are stored on charging docking stations. 

Image shows equipment for analysis of targeted and non-targeted organic contaminants at the OGRL located at the KS WSC. 

Supervisory hydrologic technician Ben Torrison (left) is interviewed by a Kare11 news crew at a USGS streamgage 05288580, Rice Creek below old highway 8 in Mounds Veiw, Minnesota north of Minneapolis on April 19, 2023.

Mail in deceased butterflies, moths, and skippers and help United States Geological Survey(USGS) scientists establish a Lepidoptera Research Collection (LRC). Specimens will help USGS scientists identify contaminants and environmental factors which may be contributing to the decline of insect populations.

Iguazu Falls on the border of Brazil and Argentina. A rushing river in the foreground is bordered by green vegetation, with waterfalls in background.

Iguazu Falls view from above, on the border of Brazil and Argentina. Green vegetation surrounds the waterfalls.

Boardwalk leading towards Iguazu Falls viewpoint. Iguazu Falls on the border of Brazil and Argentina. A river in the foreground is bordered by green vegetation, with waterfalls in background.