Milwaukee Harbor and Discovery World on an early autumn day
Milwaukee Harbor and Discovery World on an early autumn dayMilwaukee Harbor in foreground with Discovery World building featured, on an early autumn day.
Jamie Velkoverh
Jamie Velkoverh is an Information Specialist with the Upper Midwest Water Science Center.
Jamie started her USGS career as a graduate student in 2007, working with the Minnesota Water Science Center conducting research for her master's thesis on the role of calcium in sorption of the herbicide glyphosate to agricultural soil, and implications for subsurface transport in Iowa. After graduating, she continued with the Minnesota Water Science Center as a laboratory chemist, conducting Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) analyses of agricultural groundwater samples in Minnesota.
After her early experience with the USGS, she worked in the private sector as an environmental engineering consultant in Phoenix, Arizona. Her projects ranged from indoor air quality analyses to water quality studies to health and safety compliance. After utilizing geographic information systems (GIS) technology on-the-job for multiple projects, she pursued a second graduate degree in GIS technology.
Jamie returned to the USGS in 2015 and worked with the Web Informatics and Mapping (WIM) team as a GIS Specialist. She was instrumental in developing and documenting the use of interactive spatial and story-telling web applications, “geonarratives”, as a new and innovative science communication tool to be utilized by the USGS. In the spring of 2016, she was a co-presenter at the plenary session of the ESRI Federal GIS conference, demonstrating the successful use of geonarratives within the USGS. Jamie worked for WIM on various GIS projects through 2020.
Jamie is now an Information Specialist for the Upper Midwest Water Science Center (UMid), managing the web presence of UMid, conducting outreach efforts, managing social media and continuing to work on GIS projects.
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Milwaukee Harbor and Discovery World on an early autumn day
Milwaukee Harbor and Discovery World on an early autumn day
Milwaukee Harbor and Discovery World on an early autumn dayMilwaukee Harbor in foreground with Discovery World building featured, on an early autumn day.
HIVIS web camera overlooks Chippewa River in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
HIVIS web camera overlooks Chippewa River in Eau Claire, WisconsinA Hydrologic Imagery Visualization and Information System (HIVIS) camera in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, at Grand Avenue overlooking the Chippewa River.
HIVIS web camera overlooks Chippewa River in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
HIVIS web camera overlooks Chippewa River in Eau Claire, WisconsinA Hydrologic Imagery Visualization and Information System (HIVIS) camera in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, at Grand Avenue overlooking the Chippewa River.
A small flock of chickens
A small flock of brown and golden laying hens (chickens), on a farm in the Upper Midwest.
A small flock of brown and golden laying hens (chickens), on a farm in the Upper Midwest.
Upper Midwest Water Science Center employees at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin
Upper Midwest Water Science Center employees at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, WisconsinUpper Midwest Water Science Center employees at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin during the 2023 UMid face-to-face meeting.
Upper Midwest Water Science Center employees at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin
Upper Midwest Water Science Center employees at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, WisconsinUpper Midwest Water Science Center employees at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin during the 2023 UMid face-to-face meeting.
Upper Midwest Water Science Center staff at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin
Upper Midwest Water Science Center staff at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, WisconsinUpper Midwest Water Science Center employees at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin during the 2023 UMid face-to-face meeting.
Upper Midwest Water Science Center staff at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin
Upper Midwest Water Science Center staff at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, WisconsinUpper Midwest Water Science Center employees at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin during the 2023 UMid face-to-face meeting.
HIVIS camera in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
A Hydrologic Imagery Visualization and Information System (HIVIS) camera in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, at Grand Avenue overlooking the Chippewa River.
A Hydrologic Imagery Visualization and Information System (HIVIS) camera in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, at Grand Avenue overlooking the Chippewa River.
Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan Streamgage 04043050
Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan Streamgage 04043050Streamgage 04043050 on the bank of the Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan in the Keweenaw Peninsula.
Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan Streamgage 04043050
Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan Streamgage 04043050Streamgage 04043050 on the bank of the Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan in the Keweenaw Peninsula.
Streamgage 04043050 Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan
Streamgage 04043050 Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, MichiganStreamgage 04043050 on the bank of the Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan in the Keweenaw Peninsula.
Streamgage 04043050 Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan
Streamgage 04043050 Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, MichiganStreamgage 04043050 on the bank of the Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan in the Keweenaw Peninsula.
Streamgage 04043050 Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, MI
Streamgage 04043050 Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, MIStreamgage 04043050 on the bank of the Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan in the Keweenaw Peninsula.
Streamgage 04043050 Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, MI
Streamgage 04043050 Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, MIStreamgage 04043050 on the bank of the Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan in the Keweenaw Peninsula.
Streamgage 04043050 equipment Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan
Streamgage 04043050 equipment Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, MichiganEquipment at streamgage 04043050 on the bank of the Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan in the Keweenaw Peninsula.
Streamgage 04043050 equipment Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan
Streamgage 04043050 equipment Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, MichiganEquipment at streamgage 04043050 on the bank of the Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan in the Keweenaw Peninsula.
Stones on Lake Superior beach in Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
Stones on Lake Superior beach in Keweenaw Peninsula, MichiganStones on Lake Superior beach at Great Sand Bay in the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
Stones on Lake Superior beach in Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
Stones on Lake Superior beach in Keweenaw Peninsula, MichiganStones on Lake Superior beach at Great Sand Bay in the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
Plastic fishing twine on Lake Superior beach
A piece of blue plastic fishing twine on Great Sand Bay beach on Lake Superior in the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan.
A piece of blue plastic fishing twine on Great Sand Bay beach on Lake Superior in the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan.
Amygdaloidal basalt rock on Great Sand Bay beach in Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
Amygdaloidal basalt rock on Great Sand Bay beach in Keweenaw Peninsula, MichiganAmygdaloidal basalt rock on Great Sand Bay beach on Lake Superior in Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan.
Amygdaloidal basalt rock on Great Sand Bay beach in Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
Amygdaloidal basalt rock on Great Sand Bay beach in Keweenaw Peninsula, MichiganAmygdaloidal basalt rock on Great Sand Bay beach on Lake Superior in Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan.
Streamgage 04060993 Brule River at Hwy 2 near Florence, WI
Streamgage 04060993 Brule River at Hwy 2 near Florence, WIStreamgage 04060993 overlooks the Brule River at highway 2 near Florence, Wisconsin on an overcast day in June.
Streamgage 04060993 Brule River at Hwy 2 near Florence, WI
Streamgage 04060993 Brule River at Hwy 2 near Florence, WIStreamgage 04060993 overlooks the Brule River at highway 2 near Florence, Wisconsin on an overcast day in June.
Streamgage 04060993 on Brule River, Wisconsin
Streamgage 04060993 overlooks the Brule River at highway 2 near Florence, Wisconsin on an overcast day in June.
Streamgage 04060993 overlooks the Brule River at highway 2 near Florence, Wisconsin on an overcast day in June.
Analyzing surface water samples for dissolved organic carbon concentration and characterization
Analyzing surface water samples for dissolved organic carbon concentration and characterizationUSGS scientist analyzing surface water samples for dissolved organic carbon concentration and characterization.
Analyzing surface water samples for dissolved organic carbon concentration and characterization
Analyzing surface water samples for dissolved organic carbon concentration and characterizationUSGS scientist analyzing surface water samples for dissolved organic carbon concentration and characterization.
Horiba XploRA Raman spectrometer
Horiba XploRA Raman spectrometer used for the characterization of microplastics in environmental samples.
Horiba XploRA Raman spectrometer used for the characterization of microplastics in environmental samples.
Weighing out a sediment sample for mercury analysis.
Weighing out a sediment sample for mercury analysis.USGS scientist weighing out a sediment sample from a glass sample bottle onto laboratory analytical balance for mercury analysis.
Weighing out a sediment sample for mercury analysis.
Weighing out a sediment sample for mercury analysis.USGS scientist weighing out a sediment sample from a glass sample bottle onto laboratory analytical balance for mercury analysis.
Cleaning Teflon bottles for trace metal sampling
USGS scientist rinsing white plastic Teflon sample bottle with deionized water in a laboratory.
USGS scientist rinsing white plastic Teflon sample bottle with deionized water in a laboratory.
Pouring water sample from plastic tube to amber glass sample bottle
Pouring water sample from plastic tube to amber glass sample bottleUSGS scientist preparing a sample for metal analysis. A close up view of gloved hand pouring water sample from Teflon plastic tube to amber glass sample bottle.
Pouring water sample from plastic tube to amber glass sample bottle
Pouring water sample from plastic tube to amber glass sample bottleUSGS scientist preparing a sample for metal analysis. A close up view of gloved hand pouring water sample from Teflon plastic tube to amber glass sample bottle.
Water distillation equipment for methylmercury analysis
Water distillation equipment for methylmercury analysisWater distillation equipment for methylmercury analysis in a mercury research laboratory.
Water distillation equipment for methylmercury analysis
Water distillation equipment for methylmercury analysisWater distillation equipment for methylmercury analysis in a mercury research laboratory.
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Milwaukee Harbor and Discovery World on an early autumn day
Milwaukee Harbor and Discovery World on an early autumn dayMilwaukee Harbor in foreground with Discovery World building featured, on an early autumn day.
Milwaukee Harbor and Discovery World on an early autumn day
Milwaukee Harbor and Discovery World on an early autumn dayMilwaukee Harbor in foreground with Discovery World building featured, on an early autumn day.
HIVIS web camera overlooks Chippewa River in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
HIVIS web camera overlooks Chippewa River in Eau Claire, WisconsinA Hydrologic Imagery Visualization and Information System (HIVIS) camera in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, at Grand Avenue overlooking the Chippewa River.
HIVIS web camera overlooks Chippewa River in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
HIVIS web camera overlooks Chippewa River in Eau Claire, WisconsinA Hydrologic Imagery Visualization and Information System (HIVIS) camera in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, at Grand Avenue overlooking the Chippewa River.
A small flock of chickens
A small flock of brown and golden laying hens (chickens), on a farm in the Upper Midwest.
A small flock of brown and golden laying hens (chickens), on a farm in the Upper Midwest.
Upper Midwest Water Science Center employees at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin
Upper Midwest Water Science Center employees at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, WisconsinUpper Midwest Water Science Center employees at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin during the 2023 UMid face-to-face meeting.
Upper Midwest Water Science Center employees at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin
Upper Midwest Water Science Center employees at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, WisconsinUpper Midwest Water Science Center employees at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin during the 2023 UMid face-to-face meeting.
Upper Midwest Water Science Center staff at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin
Upper Midwest Water Science Center staff at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, WisconsinUpper Midwest Water Science Center employees at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin during the 2023 UMid face-to-face meeting.
Upper Midwest Water Science Center staff at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin
Upper Midwest Water Science Center staff at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, WisconsinUpper Midwest Water Science Center employees at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin during the 2023 UMid face-to-face meeting.
HIVIS camera in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
A Hydrologic Imagery Visualization and Information System (HIVIS) camera in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, at Grand Avenue overlooking the Chippewa River.
A Hydrologic Imagery Visualization and Information System (HIVIS) camera in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, at Grand Avenue overlooking the Chippewa River.
Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan Streamgage 04043050
Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan Streamgage 04043050Streamgage 04043050 on the bank of the Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan in the Keweenaw Peninsula.
Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan Streamgage 04043050
Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan Streamgage 04043050Streamgage 04043050 on the bank of the Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan in the Keweenaw Peninsula.
Streamgage 04043050 Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan
Streamgage 04043050 Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, MichiganStreamgage 04043050 on the bank of the Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan in the Keweenaw Peninsula.
Streamgage 04043050 Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan
Streamgage 04043050 Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, MichiganStreamgage 04043050 on the bank of the Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan in the Keweenaw Peninsula.
Streamgage 04043050 Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, MI
Streamgage 04043050 Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, MIStreamgage 04043050 on the bank of the Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan in the Keweenaw Peninsula.
Streamgage 04043050 Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, MI
Streamgage 04043050 Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, MIStreamgage 04043050 on the bank of the Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan in the Keweenaw Peninsula.
Streamgage 04043050 equipment Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan
Streamgage 04043050 equipment Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, MichiganEquipment at streamgage 04043050 on the bank of the Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan in the Keweenaw Peninsula.
Streamgage 04043050 equipment Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan
Streamgage 04043050 equipment Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, MichiganEquipment at streamgage 04043050 on the bank of the Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, Michigan in the Keweenaw Peninsula.
Stones on Lake Superior beach in Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
Stones on Lake Superior beach in Keweenaw Peninsula, MichiganStones on Lake Superior beach at Great Sand Bay in the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
Stones on Lake Superior beach in Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
Stones on Lake Superior beach in Keweenaw Peninsula, MichiganStones on Lake Superior beach at Great Sand Bay in the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
Plastic fishing twine on Lake Superior beach
A piece of blue plastic fishing twine on Great Sand Bay beach on Lake Superior in the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan.
A piece of blue plastic fishing twine on Great Sand Bay beach on Lake Superior in the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan.
Amygdaloidal basalt rock on Great Sand Bay beach in Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
Amygdaloidal basalt rock on Great Sand Bay beach in Keweenaw Peninsula, MichiganAmygdaloidal basalt rock on Great Sand Bay beach on Lake Superior in Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan.
Amygdaloidal basalt rock on Great Sand Bay beach in Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
Amygdaloidal basalt rock on Great Sand Bay beach in Keweenaw Peninsula, MichiganAmygdaloidal basalt rock on Great Sand Bay beach on Lake Superior in Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan.
Streamgage 04060993 Brule River at Hwy 2 near Florence, WI
Streamgage 04060993 Brule River at Hwy 2 near Florence, WIStreamgage 04060993 overlooks the Brule River at highway 2 near Florence, Wisconsin on an overcast day in June.
Streamgage 04060993 Brule River at Hwy 2 near Florence, WI
Streamgage 04060993 Brule River at Hwy 2 near Florence, WIStreamgage 04060993 overlooks the Brule River at highway 2 near Florence, Wisconsin on an overcast day in June.
Streamgage 04060993 on Brule River, Wisconsin
Streamgage 04060993 overlooks the Brule River at highway 2 near Florence, Wisconsin on an overcast day in June.
Streamgage 04060993 overlooks the Brule River at highway 2 near Florence, Wisconsin on an overcast day in June.
Analyzing surface water samples for dissolved organic carbon concentration and characterization
Analyzing surface water samples for dissolved organic carbon concentration and characterizationUSGS scientist analyzing surface water samples for dissolved organic carbon concentration and characterization.
Analyzing surface water samples for dissolved organic carbon concentration and characterization
Analyzing surface water samples for dissolved organic carbon concentration and characterizationUSGS scientist analyzing surface water samples for dissolved organic carbon concentration and characterization.
Horiba XploRA Raman spectrometer
Horiba XploRA Raman spectrometer used for the characterization of microplastics in environmental samples.
Horiba XploRA Raman spectrometer used for the characterization of microplastics in environmental samples.
Weighing out a sediment sample for mercury analysis.
Weighing out a sediment sample for mercury analysis.USGS scientist weighing out a sediment sample from a glass sample bottle onto laboratory analytical balance for mercury analysis.
Weighing out a sediment sample for mercury analysis.
Weighing out a sediment sample for mercury analysis.USGS scientist weighing out a sediment sample from a glass sample bottle onto laboratory analytical balance for mercury analysis.
Cleaning Teflon bottles for trace metal sampling
USGS scientist rinsing white plastic Teflon sample bottle with deionized water in a laboratory.
USGS scientist rinsing white plastic Teflon sample bottle with deionized water in a laboratory.
Pouring water sample from plastic tube to amber glass sample bottle
Pouring water sample from plastic tube to amber glass sample bottleUSGS scientist preparing a sample for metal analysis. A close up view of gloved hand pouring water sample from Teflon plastic tube to amber glass sample bottle.
Pouring water sample from plastic tube to amber glass sample bottle
Pouring water sample from plastic tube to amber glass sample bottleUSGS scientist preparing a sample for metal analysis. A close up view of gloved hand pouring water sample from Teflon plastic tube to amber glass sample bottle.
Water distillation equipment for methylmercury analysis
Water distillation equipment for methylmercury analysisWater distillation equipment for methylmercury analysis in a mercury research laboratory.
Water distillation equipment for methylmercury analysis
Water distillation equipment for methylmercury analysisWater distillation equipment for methylmercury analysis in a mercury research laboratory.