With science centers in 13 states and two territories, the Southeast Region of the United States Geological Survey is comprised of individuals from all across the country who aid in serving the public with invaluable data about the country’s most critical ecological processes.
Kirk D. Rodgers, Ph.D.
Kirk Rodgers is a program analyst and hydrologist with the Southeast Region based in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Most recently, Kirk served as project manager and principal investigator for RESTORE, a combined $8.9 million dollar Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council funded “Baseline Flow, Gage Analysis & On-Line Tool to Support Restoration in Gulf States” and “Develop Ecological Decision-Support for Mobile and Perdido River Basins" projects with the USGS Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center. Kirk has worked with the National Water Quality Field Assessment as field lead for the Ozark Principal Aquifer Study and with the Reservoir Fisheries Habitat Partnership compiling a reservoir morphology database for the lower 48 states. In addition, he has worked in conjunction with the Arkansas Natural Resource Commission and the Arkansas Geological Survey analyzing and interpreting potentiometric surfaces of major aquifers in Arkansas. Kirk’s dissertation research focused on the compilation of a reservoir morphology database and the analysis of reservoir morphology in the continental United States. Kirk now serves as a program analyst and hydrologist for the Southeast Region where he works in Outreach and Oversight.
Science and Products
Streamflow Alteration Assessments to Support Bay and Estuary Restoration in Gulf States
Human alteration of waterways has impacted the minimum and maximum streamflows in more than 86% of monitored streams nationally and may be the primary cause for ecological impairment in river and stream ecosystems. Restoration of freshwater inflows can positively affect shellfish, fisheries, habitat, and water quality in streams, rivers, and estuaries. Increasingly, state and local decision-makers...
USGS Journeys – RESTORED: A Hydrologist’s Story
With science centers in 13 states and two territories, the Southeast Region of the United States Geological Survey is comprised of individuals from all across the country who aid in serving the public with invaluable data about the country’s most critical ecological processes.
Science and Products
Streamflow Alteration Assessments to Support Bay and Estuary Restoration in Gulf States
Human alteration of waterways has impacted the minimum and maximum streamflows in more than 86% of monitored streams nationally and may be the primary cause for ecological impairment in river and stream ecosystems. Restoration of freshwater inflows can positively affect shellfish, fisheries, habitat, and water quality in streams, rivers, and estuaries. Increasingly, state and local decision-makers...
USGS Journeys – RESTORED: A Hydrologist’s Story
With science centers in 13 states and two territories, the Southeast Region of the United States Geological Survey is comprised of individuals from all across the country who aid in serving the public with invaluable data about the country’s most critical ecological processes.
With science centers in 13 states and two territories, the Southeast Region of the United States Geological Survey is comprised of individuals from all across the country who aid in serving the public with invaluable data about the country’s most critical ecological processes.