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Canada geese in large numbers can contribute fecal contamination to waterbodies
Canada geese contribute fecal contamination to waterbodies
Canada geese contribute fecal contamination to waterbodies
Wisconsin Landsat State Mosaic
Wisconsin Landsat State Mosaic
Wisconsin Landsat State Mosaic
Wisconsin Landsat State Mosaic

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

Photo: USGS scientists install a double ring infiltrometer in a grassy field.
USGS scientists install a double ring infiltrometer
USGS scientists install a double ring infiltrometer
USGS scientists install a double ring infiltrometer

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.

Two wild turkeys in Wisconsin
Two wild turkeys in Wisconsin
Two wild turkeys in Wisconsin
Two wild turkeys in Wisconsin

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.

Two photos of red well piping in basement of building. In one photo, scientist is preparing to to take water-level measurements.
USGS Groundwater Well Dates Back to 1874 (NWIS Site 430429089230301)
USGS Groundwater Well Dates Back to 1874 (NWIS Site 430429089230301)
USGS Groundwater Well Dates Back to 1874 (NWIS Site 430429089230301)

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.

View of Milwaukee, Wisconsin city skyline with water in foreground
Milwaukee, Wisconsin skyline
Milwaukee, Wisconsin skyline
Milwaukee, Wisconsin skyline

West-facing view of the Milwaukee, Wisconsin skyline from the Milwaukee Breakwater.

West-facing view of the Milwaukee, Wisconsin skyline from the Milwaukee Breakwater.

Milwaukee Wisconsin skyline looking north west
Milwaukee skyline late summer afternoon
Milwaukee skyline late summer afternoon
Milwaukee skyline late summer afternoon

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.

Downtown Milwaukee with crew row boat
Downtown Milwaukee with crew row boat
Downtown Milwaukee with crew row boat
Downtown Milwaukee with crew row boat

View of downtown Milwaukee with single crew row boat on river.

Large-volume virus water sample filtration and collection system schematic
Virus water sample filtration and collection system schematic
Virus water sample filtration and collection system schematic
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 sediment from polycarbonate tube
USGS scientist extruding Lake Mendota sediment from polycarbonate tube
USGS scientist extruding Lake Mendota sediment from polycarbonate tube
USGS scientist extruding Lake Mendota sediment from polycarbonate tube

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 brown newt on green moss.
Newt spotted during fieldwork in Wisconsin
Newt spotted during fieldwork in Wisconsin
Newt spotted during fieldwork in Wisconsin

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.

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