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This photo was taken during a routine site visit to measure streamflow on the Rio Chama in New Mexico. 

Measuring stream stage on Muddy Creek near Dad

Springtime streamflow measurement, East Fork Smiths Fork

Scientists from the USGS Albuquerque Field Office use an ADCP mounted on a remotely-controlled Q boat to measure the streamflow of the Rio Grande near Bosque Farms. Use of the Q boat allows our hydro techs to safely and quickly respond to flood events that may threaten the public.

Stacy M Kinsey collecting eDNA sample from Snake Riv nr Astoria HS, WY

Processing a sample for detection of N. fowleri 

Sunset after installing an Acoustic Doppler Velocity Meter at Fort Sumner Main Canal near Fort Sumner, NM

Hydrologic technicians Joe Beman and Hal Nelson remove a deployed sensor for cleaning and recalibration, as needed.  This sensor is left in place to continuously log water quality parameters.

Hydro tech Kate Allison demonstrates how to check a water quality sensor for calibration before being deployed at the Cochiti Dam in New Mexico. 

Several New Mexico Water Science Center staff attended Continuous Water Quality Training, taught by Mike Nyman of the Texas Water Science Center and Lauren Sherson of the New Mexico Water Science Center.  The course covered rationale for collecting continuous water quality data; field techniques for in

 Hydrologic technicians Joe Beman, Hal Nelson, and Kate Allison, and course instructor Mike Nyman clean a water quality sensor prior to redeployment at a Water Quality Field Course put on by the New Mexico Water Science Center.

Chopping several feet of ice to access Black Canyon Creek

Sampling the Green River below Fontenelle Reservoir

Ice jam on Little Wind River Ice jam on Little Wind River (06235500), February 2017. Streamgage destoryed soon after photo taken.

Ice jam, Middle Popo Agie River

Ice jam on Little Wind River near Riverton, Wyoming (06235500), February 2017. The streamgage was destroyed soon after this photo taken.

Hydrologist Ryan McCutcheon and student Aurelia Mitchell recently trekked up into the Sandia Mountains in Albuquerque, New Mexico to collect snow data as part of an ongoing hydrologic study in the East Mountains, conducted in cooperation with the Bernalillo County Public Works Division.

Student Aurelia Mitchell recently trekked up into the Sandia Mountains to collect snow data as part of an ongoing hydrologic study in the East Mountains, conducted in cooperation with the Bernalillo County Public Works Division. They measured the depth and density of the snow in several locations to determine the snow/water equivalent.

USGS scientist Robert Baskin takes a boat out on the Great Salt Lake to conduct research. 

Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico. 

A view of the highway going over Loveland Pass in Colorado.