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Brendan Foster

Brendan Foster is a hydrologist at the Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center.

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Snakeden Creek near Reston Virginia.

Hydrologic, Water-Quality, and Ecological Monitoring and Analysis to Support Stream Restoration Research in Reston, Virginia

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with Resource Protection Group, Inc. is partnering with Reston Association to monitor the hydrology, water-quality, and ecology of two restored urban streams in Reston, Virginia – Snakeden Branch and The Glade. A combination of continuous and discrete hydrologic and water-quality data are collected to evaluate stream conditions and estimate sediment and...
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Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center
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Hydrologic, Water-Quality, and Ecological Monitoring and Analysis to Support Stream Restoration Research in Reston, Virginia

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with Resource Protection Group, Inc. is partnering with Reston Association to monitor the hydrology, water-quality, and ecology of two restored urban streams in Reston, Virginia – Snakeden Branch and The Glade. A combination of continuous and discrete hydrologic and water-quality data are collected to evaluate stream conditions and estimate sediment and...
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Roanoke River Valley

Monitoring High-Priority Stream Crossings Along Proposed Natural Gas Pipeline Routes

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), is monitoring the water quality of multiple high-priority streams where natural gas pipeline crossings have been proposed. The purpose of the monitoring effort is to collect baseline water-quality data and, if the pipeline construction is approved, to monitor water quality in these...
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Water Resources, Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center
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Monitoring High-Priority Stream Crossings Along Proposed Natural Gas Pipeline Routes

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), is monitoring the water quality of multiple high-priority streams where natural gas pipeline crossings have been proposed. The purpose of the monitoring effort is to collect baseline water-quality data and, if the pipeline construction is approved, to monitor water quality in these...
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New intensive water-resource monitoring stations support stream and ecological restoration research in Reston, Virginia

Two new intensive water-resources monitoring stations and a meteorological station were recently installed to monitor the hydrology, water-quality...

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Benthic macroinvertebrate, fish, and physical habitat data for selected streams in Reston, VA

The United States Geological Survey Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center (USGS VA-WV-WSC) and Fairfax County assembled this data release in support of ongoing USGS VA-WV-WSC monitoring and evaluations of stream conditions overtime of two previously restored, urban-suburban streams in Reston, Virginia – Snakeden Branch and The Glade. The aquatic benthic macroinvertebrate, fish, and habit
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Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center
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Photograph of hydrologic monitoring equipment submerged in a stream. link
A USGS scientists stands in a stream, measuring stream discharge.
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A USGS scientist wades into a stream with a net to sample for benthic macroinvertibrates.
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A USGS scientist holds out a larval dragonfly caught during ecological sampling.
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A USGS Scientist with a net samples for macroinvertibrates in a stream.
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A panoramic photograph of Snakeden Branch, a stream in Reston, Virginia.
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A USGS scientist holds two Rosyside dace fish in their hand.
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A Green sunfish (left) and Bluegill (right) are held by two USGS scientists. These fish were caught in a fish survey.
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A USGS scientist holds a small blacknose dace fish in their hand.
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Three USGS scientists holding nets and wading in a stream conduct a fish survey.
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A USGS Scientist holds a small fish in their hand. Below is an orange bucket containing many other fish caught in a survey.
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Three USGS scientists search for fish during a fish survey.
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USGS scientists sample for macroinvertibrates next to a stream.
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Two USGS scientists stand in a stream, conducting a habitat survey. One measures stream witch, the other streamflow and depth
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Photo of a The Glade, a restored urban stream. Submerged hydrologic monitoring equipment is barely visible beneath the water.
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Photograph of hydrologic monitoring equipment submerged in a stream.
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Snakeden Creek near Reston Virginia.
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Snakeden Creek near Reston Virginia.
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A photo of a tiny larval net-spinning caddisfly perched in the finger of a USGS scientist.
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    Snakeden Creek near Reston Virginia.

    Hydrologic, Water-Quality, and Ecological Monitoring and Analysis to Support Stream Restoration Research in Reston, Virginia

    The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with Resource Protection Group, Inc. is partnering with Reston Association to monitor the hydrology, water-quality, and ecology of two restored urban streams in Reston, Virginia – Snakeden Branch and The Glade. A combination of continuous and discrete hydrologic and water-quality data are collected to evaluate stream conditions and estimate sediment and...
    By
    Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center
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    Hydrologic, Water-Quality, and Ecological Monitoring and Analysis to Support Stream Restoration Research in Reston, Virginia

    The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with Resource Protection Group, Inc. is partnering with Reston Association to monitor the hydrology, water-quality, and ecology of two restored urban streams in Reston, Virginia – Snakeden Branch and The Glade. A combination of continuous and discrete hydrologic and water-quality data are collected to evaluate stream conditions and estimate sediment and...
    Learn More
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    Roanoke River Valley

    Monitoring High-Priority Stream Crossings Along Proposed Natural Gas Pipeline Routes

    The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), is monitoring the water quality of multiple high-priority streams where natural gas pipeline crossings have been proposed. The purpose of the monitoring effort is to collect baseline water-quality data and, if the pipeline construction is approved, to monitor water quality in these...
    By
    Water Resources, Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center
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    Monitoring High-Priority Stream Crossings Along Proposed Natural Gas Pipeline Routes

    The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), is monitoring the water quality of multiple high-priority streams where natural gas pipeline crossings have been proposed. The purpose of the monitoring effort is to collect baseline water-quality data and, if the pipeline construction is approved, to monitor water quality in these...
    Learn More
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    New intensive water-resource monitoring stations support stream and ecological restoration research in Reston, Virginia

    Two new intensive water-resources monitoring stations and a meteorological station were recently installed to monitor the hydrology, water-quality...

    Read Article
  • Data

    Benthic macroinvertebrate, fish, and physical habitat data for selected streams in Reston, VA

    The United States Geological Survey Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center (USGS VA-WV-WSC) and Fairfax County assembled this data release in support of ongoing USGS VA-WV-WSC monitoring and evaluations of stream conditions overtime of two previously restored, urban-suburban streams in Reston, Virginia – Snakeden Branch and The Glade. The aquatic benthic macroinvertebrate, fish, and habit
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    Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center
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    Photograph of hydrologic monitoring equipment submerged in a stream. link
    A USGS scientists stands in a stream, measuring stream discharge.
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    A USGS scientist wades into a stream with a net to sample for benthic macroinvertibrates.
    link
    A USGS scientist holds out a larval dragonfly caught during ecological sampling.
    link
    A USGS Scientist with a net samples for macroinvertibrates in a stream.
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    A panoramic photograph of Snakeden Branch, a stream in Reston, Virginia.
    link
    A USGS scientist holds two Rosyside dace fish in their hand.
    link
    A Green sunfish (left) and Bluegill (right) are held by two USGS scientists. These fish were caught in a fish survey.
    link
    A USGS scientist holds a small blacknose dace fish in their hand.
    link
    Three USGS scientists holding nets and wading in a stream conduct a fish survey.
    link
    A USGS Scientist holds a small fish in their hand. Below is an orange bucket containing many other fish caught in a survey.
    link
    Three USGS scientists search for fish during a fish survey.
    link
    USGS scientists sample for macroinvertibrates next to a stream.
    link
    Two USGS scientists stand in a stream, conducting a habitat survey. One measures stream witch, the other streamflow and depth
    link
    Photo of a The Glade, a restored urban stream. Submerged hydrologic monitoring equipment is barely visible beneath the water.
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    Photograph of hydrologic monitoring equipment submerged in a stream.
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    Snakeden Creek near Reston Virginia.
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    Snakeden Creek near Reston Virginia.
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    A photo of a tiny larval net-spinning caddisfly perched in the finger of a USGS scientist.
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