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Serena Seawolf

Serena is a valuable member of the Utah Water Science Center.

Education and Certifications

  • M.S. Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 2020

  • B.S. Geology/Earth Science, Utah Valley University, 2018

  • B.S. Marine Biology, Brigham Young University Hawaii, 2013

Science and Products

Technicians work on water-quality instrumentation deployed on platforms on Bear Lake, Utah

Bear Lake Water Quality

Bear Lake, located approximately 50 kilometers (km) northeast of Logan, Utah, straddles the Utah-Idaho border and is nestled in a graben valley between the Bear Lake Plateau on the east and the Bear River Range on the west (Reheis and others, 2009). Its calcium carbonate type water is a brilliant green-blue color that, in combination with sandy beaches and easy access, draws thousands of visitors...
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Utah Water Science Center
Bear Lake Water Quality

Bear Lake Water Quality

Bear Lake, located approximately 50 kilometers (km) northeast of Logan, Utah, straddles the Utah-Idaho border and is nestled in a graben valley between the Bear Lake Plateau on the east and the Bear River Range on the west (Reheis and others, 2009). Its calcium carbonate type water is a brilliant green-blue color that, in combination with sandy beaches and easy access, draws thousands of visitors...
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MITRE WaterSHEDs PFAS vulnerability model output for Upper Colorado River Basin at 1 km, 9 km, and 100 km hexagonal tessellations MITRE WaterSHEDs PFAS vulnerability model output for Upper Colorado River Basin at 1 km, 9 km, and 100 km hexagonal tessellations

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the aquatic environment present a water resource management challenge, in part due to the geospatial distribution of presumptive sources and their connections to the hydrological network. MITRE developed a geospatial model called Water Sensing and Hydrology for Environmental Decision Support (WaterSHEDS) that assigns stream-vulnerability...
By
Utah Water Science Center

Estimated Densities of Residential Septic Tanks across the Conterminous United States for HUC12, NHDV2 Catchment, and Block Group Scales Estimated Densities of Residential Septic Tanks across the Conterminous United States for HUC12, NHDV2 Catchment, and Block Group Scales

This dataset provides estimates of residential septic tank densities at 12-digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC12), National Hydrography Dataset (NHD Plus version 2.1, 1:100k scale) catchment, and 2020 Census Block Group (version 2021) scale for the conterminous United States. Using United States Legacy Census data from the 1990s and the land use classification from the National Land Cover...
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Eastern Ecological Science Center

Vertical water-quality profiles collected at Great Salt Lake monitoring sites, Utah, 1995–2022 Vertical water-quality profiles collected at Great Salt Lake monitoring sites, Utah, 1995–2022

This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data Release provides vertical water-quality profiles collected at Great Salt Lake, Utah monitoring sites during 1995–2000 and 2011–2022. Data were collected using an In-Situ Multi-Parameter TROLL 9500, In-Situ AquaTROLL 500, In-Situ AquaTROLL 600, or YSI EXO2 Multiparameter Sonde. Recorded parameters include water temperature, specific conductance...
By
Utah Water Science Center

PFAS Reconnaissance Landscape Data PFAS Reconnaissance Landscape Data

This dataset consists of summary data for potential landscape sources of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). These summary items include facilities from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) PFAS Analytics Tools, which were pulled from its Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO), areas affected by fires (burned and urban burned areas) from Monitoring Trends in Burn...
By
Eastern Ecological Science Center, Utah Water Science Center
USGS boat approaches water-quality platform on Bear Lake.
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USGS boat approaches water-quality platform on Bear Lake.

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USGS prepares to connect with water-quality platform to service instrumentation and prepare to remove from lake for winter.

By
Utah Water Science Center
USGS boat approaches water-quality platform on Bear Lake.

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USGS prepares to connect with water-quality platform to service instrumentation and prepare to remove from lake for winter.

By
Utah Water Science Center
Aerial view of USGS boat approaching water-quality platform on a turquoise blue Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho.
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Aerial view of USGS boat approaching water-quality platform on a turquoise blue Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho.

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USGS boat approaches water-quality platform. Technicians prepare to pull anchor and remove for lake for winter.

By
Utah Water Science Center
Aerial view of USGS boat approaching water-quality platform on a turquoise blue Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho.

0008-iamSeaWolf-16112022

0008-iamSeaWolf-16112022

USGS boat approaches water-quality platform. Technicians prepare to pull anchor and remove for lake for winter.

By
Utah Water Science Center
USGS scientists prepare to remove water-quality platform from lake for the winter on a cold and cloudy day.
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USGS scientists prepare to remove water-quality platform from lake for the winter on a cold and cloudy day.

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Photographer, Jake Seawolf, captured an aerial view of Bear Lake, USGS boat, and employees on a water-quality platform on a cold and blustery November day using a drone. Jake volunteered his time and talents with the USGS. He is a full-time professional photographer for the US Army.

By
Utah Water Science Center
USGS scientists prepare to remove water-quality platform from lake for the winter on a cold and cloudy day.

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Photographer, Jake Seawolf, captured an aerial view of Bear Lake, USGS boat, and employees on a water-quality platform on a cold and blustery November day using a drone. Jake volunteered his time and talents with the USGS. He is a full-time professional photographer for the US Army.

By
Utah Water Science Center

Select elements of concern in surface water of three hydrologic basins (Delaware River, Illinois River, and Upper Colorado River)—Data screening for the development of spatial and temporal models Select elements of concern in surface water of three hydrologic basins (Delaware River, Illinois River, and Upper Colorado River)—Data screening for the development of spatial and temporal models

The report focuses on the screening of previously published concentration data associated with 12 elements of concern (aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, iron, mercury, manganese, lead, selenium, uranium, and zinc) measured in stream surface waters of three hydrologic basins (Delaware River Basin, Illinois River Basin, and the Upper Colorado River Basin). The purpose of this...
Authors
Mark C. Marvin-DiPasquale, R. Blaine McCleskey, Samantha L. Sullivan, Jonathan Casey Root, Serena M. Seawolf, Katherine M. Ransom, Susan Wherry, Evangelos Kakouros, Shaun Baesman
By
Water Resources Mission Area

Bear Lake Water-Quality Data Visualizations Bear Lake Water-Quality Data Visualizations

Displaying water-quality data with depth over time at a single location has always presented a challenge. These data visualizations were developed as a response to that issue by Katherine Jones, USGS Office of Quality Assurance.
By
Utah Water Science Center

Science and Products

Technicians work on water-quality instrumentation deployed on platforms on Bear Lake, Utah

Bear Lake Water Quality

Bear Lake, located approximately 50 kilometers (km) northeast of Logan, Utah, straddles the Utah-Idaho border and is nestled in a graben valley between the Bear Lake Plateau on the east and the Bear River Range on the west (Reheis and others, 2009). Its calcium carbonate type water is a brilliant green-blue color that, in combination with sandy beaches and easy access, draws thousands of visitors...
By
Utah Water Science Center
Bear Lake Water Quality

Bear Lake Water Quality

Bear Lake, located approximately 50 kilometers (km) northeast of Logan, Utah, straddles the Utah-Idaho border and is nestled in a graben valley between the Bear Lake Plateau on the east and the Bear River Range on the west (Reheis and others, 2009). Its calcium carbonate type water is a brilliant green-blue color that, in combination with sandy beaches and easy access, draws thousands of visitors...
Learn More

MITRE WaterSHEDs PFAS vulnerability model output for Upper Colorado River Basin at 1 km, 9 km, and 100 km hexagonal tessellations MITRE WaterSHEDs PFAS vulnerability model output for Upper Colorado River Basin at 1 km, 9 km, and 100 km hexagonal tessellations

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the aquatic environment present a water resource management challenge, in part due to the geospatial distribution of presumptive sources and their connections to the hydrological network. MITRE developed a geospatial model called Water Sensing and Hydrology for Environmental Decision Support (WaterSHEDS) that assigns stream-vulnerability...
By
Utah Water Science Center

Estimated Densities of Residential Septic Tanks across the Conterminous United States for HUC12, NHDV2 Catchment, and Block Group Scales Estimated Densities of Residential Septic Tanks across the Conterminous United States for HUC12, NHDV2 Catchment, and Block Group Scales

This dataset provides estimates of residential septic tank densities at 12-digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC12), National Hydrography Dataset (NHD Plus version 2.1, 1:100k scale) catchment, and 2020 Census Block Group (version 2021) scale for the conterminous United States. Using United States Legacy Census data from the 1990s and the land use classification from the National Land Cover...
By
Eastern Ecological Science Center

Vertical water-quality profiles collected at Great Salt Lake monitoring sites, Utah, 1995–2022 Vertical water-quality profiles collected at Great Salt Lake monitoring sites, Utah, 1995–2022

This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data Release provides vertical water-quality profiles collected at Great Salt Lake, Utah monitoring sites during 1995–2000 and 2011–2022. Data were collected using an In-Situ Multi-Parameter TROLL 9500, In-Situ AquaTROLL 500, In-Situ AquaTROLL 600, or YSI EXO2 Multiparameter Sonde. Recorded parameters include water temperature, specific conductance...
By
Utah Water Science Center

PFAS Reconnaissance Landscape Data PFAS Reconnaissance Landscape Data

This dataset consists of summary data for potential landscape sources of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). These summary items include facilities from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) PFAS Analytics Tools, which were pulled from its Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO), areas affected by fires (burned and urban burned areas) from Monitoring Trends in Burn...
By
Eastern Ecological Science Center, Utah Water Science Center
USGS boat approaches water-quality platform on Bear Lake.
0020-iamSeaWolf-16112022
0020-iamSeaWolf-16112022
USGS boat approaches water-quality platform on Bear Lake.

0020-iamSeaWolf-16112022

0020-iamSeaWolf-16112022

USGS prepares to connect with water-quality platform to service instrumentation and prepare to remove from lake for winter.

By
Utah Water Science Center
USGS boat approaches water-quality platform on Bear Lake.

0020-iamSeaWolf-16112022

0020-iamSeaWolf-16112022

USGS prepares to connect with water-quality platform to service instrumentation and prepare to remove from lake for winter.

By
Utah Water Science Center
Aerial view of USGS boat approaching water-quality platform on a turquoise blue Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho.
0008-iamSeaWolf-16112022
0008-iamSeaWolf-16112022
Aerial view of USGS boat approaching water-quality platform on a turquoise blue Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho.

0008-iamSeaWolf-16112022

0008-iamSeaWolf-16112022

USGS boat approaches water-quality platform. Technicians prepare to pull anchor and remove for lake for winter.

By
Utah Water Science Center
Aerial view of USGS boat approaching water-quality platform on a turquoise blue Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho.

0008-iamSeaWolf-16112022

0008-iamSeaWolf-16112022

USGS boat approaches water-quality platform. Technicians prepare to pull anchor and remove for lake for winter.

By
Utah Water Science Center
USGS scientists prepare to remove water-quality platform from lake for the winter on a cold and cloudy day.
0010-iamSeawolf-16112022
0010-iamSeawolf-16112022
USGS scientists prepare to remove water-quality platform from lake for the winter on a cold and cloudy day.

0010-iamSeawolf-16112022

0010-iamSeawolf-16112022

Photographer, Jake Seawolf, captured an aerial view of Bear Lake, USGS boat, and employees on a water-quality platform on a cold and blustery November day using a drone. Jake volunteered his time and talents with the USGS. He is a full-time professional photographer for the US Army.

By
Utah Water Science Center
USGS scientists prepare to remove water-quality platform from lake for the winter on a cold and cloudy day.

0010-iamSeawolf-16112022

0010-iamSeawolf-16112022

Photographer, Jake Seawolf, captured an aerial view of Bear Lake, USGS boat, and employees on a water-quality platform on a cold and blustery November day using a drone. Jake volunteered his time and talents with the USGS. He is a full-time professional photographer for the US Army.

By
Utah Water Science Center

Select elements of concern in surface water of three hydrologic basins (Delaware River, Illinois River, and Upper Colorado River)—Data screening for the development of spatial and temporal models Select elements of concern in surface water of three hydrologic basins (Delaware River, Illinois River, and Upper Colorado River)—Data screening for the development of spatial and temporal models

The report focuses on the screening of previously published concentration data associated with 12 elements of concern (aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, iron, mercury, manganese, lead, selenium, uranium, and zinc) measured in stream surface waters of three hydrologic basins (Delaware River Basin, Illinois River Basin, and the Upper Colorado River Basin). The purpose of this...
Authors
Mark C. Marvin-DiPasquale, R. Blaine McCleskey, Samantha L. Sullivan, Jonathan Casey Root, Serena M. Seawolf, Katherine M. Ransom, Susan Wherry, Evangelos Kakouros, Shaun Baesman
By
Water Resources Mission Area

Bear Lake Water-Quality Data Visualizations Bear Lake Water-Quality Data Visualizations

Displaying water-quality data with depth over time at a single location has always presented a challenge. These data visualizations were developed as a response to that issue by Katherine Jones, USGS Office of Quality Assurance.
By
Utah Water Science Center
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