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Washington's Puget Sound is a complex ecosystem directly adjacent to a robust metropolitan area that scientists from the USGS Western Fisheries Research Center study. Recent surveys have looked at juvenile surf smelt, a key link in the food web that are consumed by predators such as salmon, orca, and many marine birds.
Western Fisheries Research Center
Research at the WFRC focuses on the environmental factors responsible for the creation, maintenance, and regulation of fish populations including their interactions in aquatic communities and ecosystems.
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The Water Science Center's mission is to collect, analyze and disseminate the impartial hydrologic data and information needed to wisely manage water resources for the people of the United States and the State of Washington.
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Preliminary assessment of the water resources of the Tulalip Indian Reservation, Washington
In 1974 about 30 percent of the nearly 600 acre-feet of water used on the Tulalip Indian Reservation was obtained from a surface-water reservoir, while nearly 70 percent was obtained from ground-water sources. Domestic use accounted for about 93 percent of total water use. Nutrient (phosphorus) concentrations measured in most surface-water samples...
Drost, B. W.
Schlumberger soundings in the Kitsap Peninsula area, Washington
Jackson, Dallas B.; Bisdorf, Robert J.
Availability of ground water in the area surrounding the Trident submarine construction facility, Kitsap County, Washington
General information is presented on water resources--with emphasis on ground-water occurrence and availability--in that part of Kitsap County (referred to as Trident Impact Area) that would be most affected by the development of the Trident submarine construction facility at Bangor, Washington. The estimated 1970 water use in the study area...
Hansen, Arnold J.; Molenaar, Dee Evaluation of ground-water contamination from cleaning explosive-projectile casings at the Bangor Annex, Kitsap County, Wash., phase II
No abstract available.
Tracy, J.V.; Dion, N. P.
Geology and hydrology of radioactive solid-waste burial grounds at the Hanford Reservation, Washington
The geology and hydrology of radioactive solid waste burial grounds at the Hanford Reservation were investigated, using existing data, by the U.S. Geological Survey as part of the waste management plan of the Richland Operations Office of the Energy Research and Development Administration. The purpose of the investigation was to assist the...
LaSala, Albert Mario; Doty, Gene C.
Low-flow characteristics of streams on the Kitsap Peninsula and selected adjacent islands, Washington
Low-flow-frequency data are tabulated for 90 streamflow sites on the Kitsap Peninsula and adjacent islands, Washington. Also listed are data for 56 additional sites which have insufficient measurements for frequency analysis but which have been observed having no flow at least once during the low-flow period. The streams drain relatively small...
Cummans, J.E. Modeling coliform-bacteria concentrations and pH in the salt-wedge reach of the Duwamish River Estuary, King County, Washington
Total- and fecal-coliform bacteria, plus pH, alkalinity, and dissolved inorganic carbon are water-quality parameters that have been added to an existing numerical model of water quality in the salt-wedge reach of the Duwamish River estuary in Washington. The coliform bacteria are modeled using a first-order decay (death) rate, which is a function...
Haushild, W.L.; Prych, Edmund A.
Reconnaissance of ground-water resources of the Squaxin Island Indian Reservation, Washington
A supply of fresh ground water for the Squaxin Island Indian Reservation exists in saturated deposits underlying the 3.09-square-mile island, whereas surface-water supplies are practically nonexistent. Four test wells tapped a water-hearing zone of sand and gravel and had yields ranging from 27 to 170 gallons per minute, with drawdowns of about 5...
Lum, W. E.; Walters, Kenneth Lyle Table of data on water quality of Baker Lake near Mount Baker, Washington
Bortleson, Gilbert Carl; Wilson, Reed T.
Water-quality effects on Baker Lake of recent volcanic activity at Mount Baker, Washington
Increased volcanic activity on Mount Baker, which began in March 1975, represents the greatest known activity of a Cascade Range volcano since eruptions at Lassen Peak, Calif. during 1914-17. Emissions of dust and increased emanations of steam, other gases, and heat from the Sherman Crater area of the mountain focused attention on the possibility...
Bortleson, Gilbert Carl; Wilson, Reed T.; Foxworthy, B.L. Flood hazards in the Seattle-Tacoma urban complex and adjacent areas, Washington
Floods are natural hazards that have complicated man's land-use planning for as long as we have had a history. Although flood hzards are a continuing danger, the year-to-year threat cannot be accurately predicted. Also, on any one stream, the time since the last destructive flood might be so long that most people now living near the stream have...
Foxworthy, B.L.; Nassar, E.G.
Digital-simulation and projection of water-level declines in basalt aquifers of the Odessa-Lind area, east-central Washington
A digital computer program using finite-difference techniques simulates an intensively pumped, multilayered basalt-aquifer system near Odessa. The aquifers now developed are in the upper 1,000 feet of a regionally extensive series of southwesterly dipping basalt flows of the Columbia River Group. Most of the aquifers are confined. Those in the...
Luzier, J.E.; Skrivan, James A.
Mount St. Helens uplift with new growth and new avalanche fan, as s...
Mount St. Helens uplift with new growth and new avalanche fan, as seen from high angle on the north.
Mount St. Helens uplifted area with new growth
Mount St. Helens uplifted area with new growth, as seen from the southeast.
Mount St. Helens dome and uplift with new growth, as seen from SW. ...
Mount St. Helens dome and uplift with new growth, as seen from the southwest. The tip of Spirit Lake can be seen in the upper middle of the image. October 2005
Mount St. Helens dome and uplift with new spine, Oct. 2005
Mount St. Helens dome and uplift with new spine, as seen from the southeast. October 2005
Almost vertical look at Mount St. Helens dome, old and new. The "ol...
Almost vertical look at Mount St. Helens dome, old and new. The "old dome" (1980-86) is in the lower half of the image and the new uplift and growth is in the upper half of the image.
Mount St. Helens crater dome and uplift with new growth. Oct. 2005
Mount St. Helens crater dome and uplift with new growth, as seen from the west. October 2005
Mount St. Helens dome as seen from Sugar Bowl, on NE flank. Oct. 2005
Mount St. Helens dome as seen from Sugar Bowl, on the northeast flank. October 2005
Mount St. Helens crater and steaming dome as seen from SE. Oct. 2005
Mount St. Helens crater and steaming dome as seen from the southeast. October 2005
Mount St. Helens dome and uplift from the west. Oct. 2005
Mount St. Helens dome and uplift from the west. October 2005
Mount St. Helens crater, dome, and uplift from NE. Oct. 2005
Mount St. Helens crater, dome, and uplift from the northeast. October 2005
Mount St. Helens crater, dome, and plume, as seen from Johnston Rid...
Mount St. Helens crater, dome, and plume, as seen from Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO). October 2005
Mount St. Helens crater, Pumice Plain in the foreground. Oct. 2005
Mount St. Helens crater, with the Pumice Plain in the foreground. October 2005
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Washington Water Science Center
Phone: (253) 552-1600
Fax: (253) 552-1581
Western Fisheries Research Center (WFRC)
Phone: (206) 526-6282
Fax: (206) 526-6654
USGS Volcano Science Center
Phone: 360-993-8900
Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center
USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO)
vhpweb@usgs.gov
Phone: 360-993-8900
Fax: 360-993-8980
Columbia River Research Laboratory
Phone: (509) 538-2299
Fax: (509) 538-2843
WFRC - Fish Health Program
Phone: 206-526-6282
Fax: 206-526-6654
Marrowstone Marine Field Station
Phone: (360) 385-1007
Fax: (360) 385-7207
Northwest Washington Field Office
Phone: (360) 312-8155 x2001
Fax: (360) 312-8565
Mid-Columbia Field Office
Phone: (509) 735-3739
Fax: (509) 735-3723
Upper Columbia Field Office
Phone: (509) 353-2649
Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC) Olympic Field Station
fresc_outreach@usgs.gov
Phone: 360-565-3041
Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC) Cascadia Field Station
fresc_outreach@usgs.gov
Phone: 206-616-1874
Fax: 206-685-0790
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Western Fisheries Research Center
Research at the WFRC focuses on the environmental factors responsible for the creation, maintenance, and regulation of fish populations including their interactions in aquatic communities and ecosystems.
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The Water Science Center's mission is to collect, analyze and disseminate the impartial hydrologic data and information needed to wisely manage water resources for the people of the United States and the State of Washington.
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