Jill D Frankforter
Biography
Jill Frankforter has been the Deputy Director of the USGS’s Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center since 2015. Jill works with Senior Staff to focus Center program goals in order to expand and enhance the Center’s scientific research and data collection capabilities. Prior to this role, Jill worked as the Center’s Chief of the Water Quality Unit and was lead ecologist on the Nebraska WSC’s Central Nebraska Basin’s National Water-Quality Program study area. Jill has a background in water quality and stream ecology, focusing on nutrient effects on aquatic ecosystems.
Education
M.S. University of Nebraska-Lincoln-Natural Resources (Aquatic Ecology), 2005
B.S. University of Nebraska-Lincoln-Biology, 1992
Science and Products
Drought in Nevada
Ongoing drought, in Nevada and across the West, will require scientists to develop new ideas and techniques for measuring, monitoring, modeling, and managing water resources. NVWSC has the capabilities to meet these challenges with our extensive scientific expertise in data collection, modeling, and research. We also are creating new ways to provide data to the public and stakeholders through...
Response of algal metrics to nutrients and physical factors and identification of nutrient thresholds in agricultural streams
Many streams within the United States are impaired due to nutrient enrichment, particularly in agricultural settings. The present study examines the response of benthic algal communities in agricultural and minimally disturbed sites from across the western United States to a suite of environmental factors, including nutrients, collected at...
Black, R.W.; Moran, P.W.; Frankforter, J.D.
Environmental and biological data for assessment of the nutrient enrichment effects on agricultural stream ecosystems, 2006-08: A project of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program
Brightbill, Robin A.; Frankforter, Jill D.
Water Quality of Combined Sewer Overflows, Stormwater, and Streams, Omaha, Nebraska, 2006-07
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the City of Omaha, investigated the water quality of combined sewer overflows, stormwater, and streams in the Omaha, Nebraska, area by collecting and analyzing 1,175 water samples from August 2006 through October 2007. The study area included the drainage area of Papillion Creek at Capeheart Road...
Vogel, Jason R.; Frankforter, Jill D.; Rus, David L.; Hobza, Christopher M.; Moser, Matthew T.
Characterization of Ground-Water Quality, Upper Republican Natural Resources District, Nebraska, 1998-2001
Nearly all rural inhabitants and livestock in the Upper Republican Natural Resources District (URNRD) in southwestern Nebraska use ground water that can be affected by elevated nitrate concentrations. The development of ground-water irrigation in this area has increased the vulnerability of ground water to the introduction of fertilizers and other...
Frankforter, Jill D.; Chafin, Daniele T.
Water-quality assessment of the central Nebraska basins : entering a new decade
Zelt, Ronald B.; Frankforter, Jill D.
Ground-water quality in the Upper Republican Natural Resources District, southwestern Nebraska, 1998-99
Frankforter, Jill D.; Druliner, A.D.; Jones, Sonya A.
Compilation of atrazine and selected herbicide data from previous surface-water-quality investigations within the Big Blue River basin, Nebraska, 1983-92
Atrazine has been detected in the surface water of the Big Blue River Basin during every month of the year. Recent data (1983-92) documenting the occurrence of atrazine and related herbicides in the surface water of the basin are compiled in this report. In samples analyzed during these studies, atrazine was the herbicide detected most frequently...
Frankforter, J.D.
USGS Participation in Annual Lake Tahoe Summit
The USGS Nevada and California Water Science Centers participate in annual Lake Tahoe Summit
Historical Mining Impacts Decreasing in Some Stream Reaches in Upper Clark Fork Basin
Streams in the Upper Clark Fork Basin have shown a decrease or no change in the occurrence of metals and arsenic associated with historical mining, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey report released today. The largest decreases were in areas targeted by remediation efforts.