Images

Collecting sample in tall grass at Kane Springs, San Juan County, Utah, Fall 2015.

South Salt Wash, Emery County, Utah.

Collecting sediment traps on Lake Powell.

Preparing to measure water level at Groundwater Streamgage

Using a portable flume to measure streamflow on a small stream

A gage to measure lake water levels stands dry in the lake bed of the Great Salt Lake. For the first time since it was opened in 1984, water has stopped flowing through the Great Salt Lake causeway breach, an area that allows water to travel between the southern and northern parts of the lake.

For the first time since it was opened in 1984, water has stopped flowing through the Great Salt Lake causeway breach, an area that allows water to travel between the southern and northern parts of the lake.

Measuring streamflow of the Green River near LaBarge

Hydrologic technician wades stream to collect a water-quality sample on Muddy Creek near Tomsich Butte, eastern Utah.

Measuring streamflow of New Fork River

Aerial photograph of South Cascade Glacier, WA taken October 14th, 2015.

USGS scientist makes ADCP measurement from canoe where the Bear River enters Great Salt Lake

USGS hydrologic technician makes an ADCP measurement by walking across streambed on the Bear River below Alexander Reservoir, Idaho.

USGS hydrologist walks across Great Salt Lake beach to reach receding shoreline. 

Great Salt Lake, declining water level

Stilling well on Lake Fork above Moon Lake that is used to measure stream stage, and ultimately amount of water entering Moon Lake, on the south slope of the Uintas.

Measuring discharge at 06324970

Animas River downstream from Silverton, Colorado, showing right and left bank areas where streambed sediment sample was collected near USGS stream gage at site A72 (USGS site ID 09359020). Latitude 37.789964, Longitude -107.667394.

Determining aboveground biomass of sagebrush, grasses, and forbs is important for estimating fuel loads, measuring carbon storage, and assessing habitat quality in shrublands. Remote sensing may offer a more efficient alternative to common, labor intensive methods of measuring aboveground biomass that are difficult to apply across large areas.

Core from 2" well drilled into Wasatch Formation, Big Piney, WY

Measuring pH at the outlet of the fourth settling pond downstream from the North Fork Cement Creek. Latitude 37.894451, Longitude -107.64763.