Images

General view of an outcrop of the fossiliferous Paleocene Aquia Formation, Prince George’s County, Maryland

Photo Contest Winner | July 2021 | Honorable Mention 1

Taking a w​​​​​ater sample in Green River

Photo Contest Winner | July 2021 | Where We Work
Paper mill reservoir in the Black River Valley, western Adirondacks, near Lyonsdale, New York

Photo Contest Winner | July 2021 | Honorable Mention 2

Mark Jones taking a measurement in Danville, Pennsylvania

Photo Contest Winner | July 2021 | People
Jean Self-Trail and Laurel Bybell in Prince Georges County, Maryland

The view from the river of the USGS gaging station on the Kennebec River at The Forks, station 01042500 during summer.

Photo Contest Winner | July 2021 | USGS at Work
Certified USGS Heavy Equipment Operators Cameron Ensor and Nick Grim demolish a broad-crested weir at USGS Station 01574500 at Cordorus Creek in Spring Grove, PA

New England WSC hydrologic technician inspecting the continuous water quality monitoring equipment deployed at 410606073245700, Norwalk River at the Norwalk Aquarium.

USGS staff take a soil sample from a collection site in New Hampshire. The shallow soils were collected as part of a statewide monitoring effort to identify the prevalence of "background" PFAS in the environment, or PFAS presence that did not come from a clearly identifiable source.

New England WSC scientists inspecting the continuous water quality monitoring equipment deployed at 410606073245700, Norwalk River at the Norwalk Aquarium.

New England WSC hydrologic technician inspecting the gage equipment at 410606073245700, Norwalk River at the Norwalk Aquarium. 

Photo Contest Winner | June 2021 | Honorable Mention
USGS Natiave Bee Lab, Magicicada cassinii, super rare Blue eyed variant

Photo Contest Winner | June 2021 | Where We Work
Marcus G. Langseth departs Newport, Oregon (Yaquina Bay) for Cascadia Project OBS Deployment Leg

A buoy is deployed at the Merrimack River estuary (USGS site 011008745) just off of Salisbury MA from May to October each year.

Photo Contest Winner | June 2021 | Honorable Mention
Jin-Si Over and Jen Cramer from WHCMSC are trained to become new DOI pilots in Rifle, CO

A wave crashes on the sand at a beach in Reid State Park in Georgetown, Maine. 

The Region 1, May 2021 "USGS at Work" Winner (by Aaron Stephens)

Photo Contest Winner | June 2021 | USGS at Work
Ashley Ryan and Jeff Kvech using ADCP for recon of lower Anacostia River, 20210520

Scituate Reservoir on Plainfield Pike, Scituate, RI.

Photo taken on the eastern side of the reservoir, facing northwest. 

Photograph of U.S. Geological Survey technician measuring water quality properties at USGS streamgage 01115265, Hemlock Brook at King Road near Foster, Rhode Island.

The Region 1, May 2021 "Where We Work" Winner (by Ian Lynch)