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Data locations for Ice Island Arctic Ocean Heat Flow Studies

Two red sea urchins (Mesocentrotus franciscanus) sit on the deck of the R/V Falkor. These sea urchins were collected during the #HuntingBubbles research cruise led by the USGS and Schmidt Ocean Institute, which focused on exploring and understanding methane seeps and the communities that depend on them along the Cascadia Margin.

Shown in this photo is student intern Michael Upton digging a hole next to a real-time groundwater well so a solar panel and cell phone modem antenna mast can be installed. The site ID is: 421240072490201 MA-M7W 19 located in Montgomery, Massachusetts.

FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps.

​USGS employee is checking Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps before a meeting.

Leetown Science Center researcher, Dr. Deborah Iwanowicz, is preparing honey bee for analysis of the Lake Sinai Virus (LSV).   This type of work is important to society as pollinators are critical for sustaining healthy ecosystems and prosperous human populations.

Leetown Science Center researcher, Dr. Deborah Iwanowicz is collaborating with Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center.  Dr. Clint Otto, who has the lead on a project designed to identify and improve forage for honey bees on USDA Conservation Lands.  Dr.

Leetown Science Center researcher, Dr. Deborah Iwanowicz, is preparing honey bees for analysis of the Lake Sinai Virus (LSV).  This type of work is important to society as pollinators are critical for sustaining healthy ecosystems and prosperous human populations.

Leetown Science Center researcher, Dr. Deborah Iwanowicz is collaborating with Fort Collins Science Center.  Dr. Scott Cornman who has the lead on a project designed to identify diversity of strains of Lake Sinai Virus (LSV) in bees.  Dr. Iwanowicz is developing primers to more efficiently test for LSV and strain differentiation.

A USGS field crew captures fish during a boat electrofishing survey

​Surface Water Modeling for FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps. 

USGS employees survey a bridge.​​

CB-1072 Niverville NY USGS gage

Florence Bascom joins John Wesley Powell on a 5-day leg of the Powell 150 Expedition, marking the 150th anniversary of the Powell Expedition, an exploration of the Green and Colorado Rivers that ended in the Grand Canyon.

Yellow Creek near Oak Grove, IN - view from left bank of site

Kanakee River at Davis, IN - gage house side view

Cuyahoga River at Independence OH - flood water in gage house

Cuyahoga River at Independence OH - 2018 high water mark

Highway monitoring station USGS 415157072291301 along State Route 74 near Vernon, Connecticut.

Bike path skirting cobbled beaches of Falmouth, Massachusetts.

The USGS Ohio Water Microbiology Laboratory addresses water-related public-health concerns and is involved in investigations of processes that affect microorganisms in the environment and testing of new methods to improve detection and interpretation of microbiological presence in water. 

The USGS Ohio Water Microbiology Laboratory addresses water-related public-health concerns and is involved in investigations of processes that affect microorganisms in the environment and testing of new methods to improve detection and interpretation of microbiological presence in water. 

Northeast Region Photo Contest Winner | July 2019 | USGS At Work
Colin Sweeny taking field parameters for a water quality sample