Canada geese contribute fecal contamination to waterbodies
Canada geese contribute fecal contamination to waterbodiesCanada geese in large numbers can contribute fecal contamination to waterbodies.
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Canada geese in large numbers can contribute fecal contamination to waterbodies.
Canada geese in large numbers can contribute fecal contamination to waterbodies.
Wisconsin has more than 15,000 lakes. It also has 7,446 streams and rivers, which if placed end to end would stretch nearly 27,000 miles–more than enough to circle the globe at the equator.
Capital Madison
Image Source Landsat 8
Population 5,893,718
Wisconsin has more than 15,000 lakes. It also has 7,446 streams and rivers, which if placed end to end would stretch nearly 27,000 miles–more than enough to circle the globe at the equator.
Capital Madison
Image Source Landsat 8
Population 5,893,718
In this photo, USGS scientists Megan Haserodt (Hydrologist) and Jenelle Wempner (Student Intern) install a double ring infiltrometer along a recreated floodplain of Underwood Creek, a tributary to the Milwaukee River and Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
In this photo, USGS scientists Megan Haserodt (Hydrologist) and Jenelle Wempner (Student Intern) install a double ring infiltrometer along a recreated floodplain of Underwood Creek, a tributary to the Milwaukee River and Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
USGS Mercury research team collecting fish in Everglades National Park, Florida.
USGS Mercury research team collecting fish in Everglades National Park, Florida.
Scientists filtering water in the field at Everglades National Park, Florida.
Scientists filtering water in the field at Everglades National Park, Florida.
A photo of two wild turkeys walking against a wooded background with a dusting of snow in Wisconsin.
A photo of two wild turkeys walking against a wooded background with a dusting of snow in Wisconsin.
One wild turkey in Wisconsin
Internal look at the MC-ICP-MS flight tube when magnet is removed.
Internal look at the MC-ICP-MS flight tube when magnet is removed.
The first USGS groundwater level measurement recorded in this well is from 1874! The well was originally a flowing artesian well that was used as an active water supply. Routine monitoring began in 1946.
The first USGS groundwater level measurement recorded in this well is from 1874! The well was originally a flowing artesian well that was used as an active water supply. Routine monitoring began in 1946.
Puffin flying at Izembek National Wildlife Refuge Alaska with Frosty Peak in background.
Puffin flying at Izembek National Wildlife Refuge Alaska with Frosty Peak in background.
Harbor seals poking their heads above water near shore in Russell Creek, Cold Bay, Alaska.
Harbor seals poking their heads above water near shore in Russell Creek, Cold Bay, Alaska.
Row of lab bubblers sample purging prior to analysis at the Mercury Research Laboratory in Middleton, WI.
Row of lab bubblers sample purging prior to analysis at the Mercury Research Laboratory in Middleton, WI.
West-facing view of the Milwaukee, Wisconsin skyline from the Milwaukee Breakwater.
West-facing view of the Milwaukee, Wisconsin skyline from the Milwaukee Breakwater.
Methylmercury photodecomposition experiment on the roof of USGS building in Middleton, WI.
Methylmercury photodecomposition experiment on the roof of USGS building in Middleton, WI.
View of the Milwaukee, Wisconsin skyline from Lake Michigan looking northwest on a late summer afternoon.
View of the Milwaukee, Wisconsin skyline from Lake Michigan looking northwest on a late summer afternoon.
View of downtown Milwaukee with single crew row boat on river.
View of downtown Milwaukee with single crew row boat on river.
View of Lake Michigan from beach.
View of Lake Michigan from beach.
Custom-designed, automated, large-volume virus water sample filtration and collection system schematic.
Custom-designed, automated, large-volume virus water sample filtration and collection system schematic.
USGS scientist extruding Lake Mendota, WI sediment while carefully removing sediment that was in contact with the polycarbonate tube to eliminate “edge effects” and smearing of upper sediment into lower portions of the core, UW-Madison Science Hall Lab.
USGS scientist extruding Lake Mendota, WI sediment while carefully removing sediment that was in contact with the polycarbonate tube to eliminate “edge effects” and smearing of upper sediment into lower portions of the core, UW-Madison Science Hall Lab.
A newt seen during fieldwork in Wisconsin sampling newts for Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) an emerging fungal pathogen.
A newt seen during fieldwork in Wisconsin sampling newts for Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) an emerging fungal pathogen.
Scientist in field assessing soil sampling locations at the Badger Army Ammunition Plant site in Sauk County, WI.
Scientist in field assessing soil sampling locations at the Badger Army Ammunition Plant site in Sauk County, WI.