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Images below come from a wide variety of USGS science activities in the Northeast Region. Science Center staff showcase what we do, who we are, and where we work conducting science that inform decision makers and addresses societal needs. 

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Image of a hawk on a post in a salt marsh
Salt Marsh Research
Salt Marsh Research
Image: Ohio Nowcast
Ohio Nowcast
Ohio Nowcast
Ohio Nowcast

As schools close for the year and summer weather beckons, many recreationalists head to the Great Lakes' public beaches. However, these coastal areas can become contaminated with disease-causing bacteria that threaten public health, disrupt water recreation, and pay a toll on the Great Lakes economies that depend on summer tourism.

As schools close for the year and summer weather beckons, many recreationalists head to the Great Lakes' public beaches. However, these coastal areas can become contaminated with disease-causing bacteria that threaten public health, disrupt water recreation, and pay a toll on the Great Lakes economies that depend on summer tourism.

View looking east from the Virginia Blue Ridge across the Rock Castle Creek gorge to the rolling hills of the Piedmont
Rock Castle, VA
Rock Castle, VA
Rock Castle, VA

View looking east from the Virginia Blue Ridge across the Rock Castle Creek gorge to the rolling hills of the Piedmont.

View looking east from the Virginia Blue Ridge across the Rock Castle Creek gorge to the rolling hills of the Piedmont.

Adrian Mann is using a piezometer to extract submarine groundwater to analyze for geochemical parameters in Indian River Bay, DE
Groundwater collection using a piezometer
Groundwater collection using a piezometer
Groundwater collection using a piezometer

Adrian Mann is using a piezometer to extract submarine groundwater to analyze for geochemical parameters in Indian River Bay, DE.

backhoe loading big green tank with drill cuttings
Mixing of drill cuttings with absorbent polymer
Mixing of drill cuttings with absorbent polymer
Mixing of drill cuttings with absorbent polymer

Mixing of drill cuttings with absorbent polymer prior to shipping and disposal in a secured landfill.

USGS scientist climbing down a ladder to a gage site
USGS scientist Simonette Rivera sevicing a gage on Long Island
USGS scientist Simonette Rivera sevicing a gage on Long Island
USGS scientist Simonette Rivera sevicing a gage on Long Island

USGS hydrologic technician Simonette Rivera servicing gage site 01311875 ROCKAWAY INLET NEAR FLOYD BENNETT FIELD NY

Surveying A Barrier Island Evolution Research (BIER) program study site in the Chandeleur Islands
Surveying program study site in the Chandeleur Islands
Surveying program study site in the Chandeleur Islands
Surveying program study site in the Chandeleur Islands

Surveying A Barrier Island Evolution Research (BIER) program study site in the Chandeleur Islands in 2013. The survey data is used to map the pre-storm conditions.
 

Collecting data at Ellis Island after Hurricane Sandy
Collecting data at Ellis Island after Hurricane Sandy
Collecting data at Ellis Island after Hurricane Sandy
Collecting data at Ellis Island after Hurricane Sandy

Photo Contest Winner | Feb. 2020 | Where We Work
Collecting data at Ellis Island after Hurricane Sandy

woman surveying high water mark next to Statue of Liberty
Surveying a high-water mark on Liberty Island, after Hurricane Sandy
Surveying a high-water mark on Liberty Island, after Hurricane Sandy
Surveying a high-water mark on Liberty Island, after Hurricane Sandy

USGS hydrologic technician Amy Simonson surveying a high-water mark on Liberty Island, New York after Hurricane Sandy

Collecting data at Ellis Island after Hurricane Sandy
Collecting data at Ellis Island after Hurricane Sandy
Collecting data at Ellis Island after Hurricane Sandy
Collecting data at Ellis Island after Hurricane Sandy

Photo Contest Winner | Feb. 2020 | Honorable Mention 2
Collecting data at Ellis Island after Hurricane Sandy

Image showing a study area from Boston Harbor to the mouth of Cape Cod
Image showing a study area from Boston Harbor to the mouth of Cape Cod
Image showing a study area from Boston Harbor to the mouth of Cape Cod
Image showing a study area from Boston Harbor to the mouth of Cape Cod

Image showing a study area from Boston Harbor to the mouth of Cape Cod Bay including some images of geophysical and sample data available in the associated report.

Beach houses behind a sand dune at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
Dunes, Beach Towns and Resilience
Dunes, Beach Towns and Resilience
Dunes, Beach Towns and Resilience

Sand dunes in Avon on Cape Hatteras, NC are the only separation between many beach house communities and the Atlantic Ocean. 

 

. Houses, cars, and a street in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, covered in beach sand
Seaside Heights, NJ after Hurricane Sandy
Seaside Heights, NJ after Hurricane Sandy
Seaside Heights, NJ after Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy struck the New Jersey shore October 29–31, 2012. Houses, cars, and a street in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, were covered in beach sand after the hurricane's storm tide receded

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