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Ben Siebers presents his Art of Science illustration series at the Upper Midwest Water Science Center face-to-face meeting.

The Cherry Street Bridge crosses the Milwaukee River in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The Cherry Street Bridge crosses the Milwaukee River in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Milwaukee River downstream of the Cherry Street streamgage in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Upper Midwest Water Science Center employees who attended the Great Lakes Area of Concern Conference 2023 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

(L to R): Hayley Olds, Grace Armstrong, Sarah Janssen, Leon Katona, Lisa Fogarty, Jeannette Cruz, Kayla Lockmiller, Tori Byers, Alexei Rose, Isaac Mevis

Sarah Janssen presents at Great Lakes Areas of Concern Conference 2023 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Tori Byers (left) and Hayden Lockmiller (right) present a poster at the Great Lakes Areas of Concern (AOC) Conference 2023 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

USGS scientists (GLSC; Ann Arbor, Michigna) prepare to launch an autonomous underwater vehicle from the GLSC’s R/V Dragonfly in Porte des Morts within the Lake Michigan waters of Wisconsin. Photo credit: Alden Tilley, USGS.

A Hydrologic Imagery Visualization and Information System (HIVIS) camera in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, at Grand Avenue overlooking the Chippewa River.

Illustration (ink) depicting Delavan Lake and its dynamic water quality response to watershed changes, along with the associated monitoring efforts.

Streamgage 04060993 overlooks the Brule River at highway 2 near Florence, Wisconsin on an overcast day in June.

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Streamgage 04060993 overlooks the Brule River at highway 2 near Florence, Wisconsin on an overcast day in June.

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Constructed stormwater wetland upland native vegetation surrounding a USGS self-contained, solar-powered, monitoring station outfitted to collect samples, weather data, water quality data, and flow data at one of three inlets.

First year plantings of native wetland species surround main wetland pond. Elevated outlet and outlet monitoring station on right. The USGS self-contained, solar-powered, monitoring station is outfitted to collect samples, weather data, water quality data, and flow data at one of three inlets.

USGS scientist Tylor Rosera training a student from University of California-Davis on mercury sample processing, while on a field trip in Marquette, Michigan.

USGS scientist demonstrating how samples are prepared and identified in the USGS M3 Research Laboratory​.

Two sample bottles at the Mercury Research Laboratory. Prepped bottle (empty) on right and bottle filled with sample on left from Red Lake, Minnesota.

Mercury Research Laboratory team at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin

USGS Upper Midwest Water Science Center and USDA Forest Products Laboratory Northern Research Station sign. Offices are co-located in Madison, Wisconsin.

Horiba XploRA Raman spectrometer used for the characterization of microplastics in environmental samples​.

Five purge bubblers at the Mercury Research Laboratory. Preparing purge bubblers for sample analysis. Purging inorganic mercury on to a gold-coated bead trap. Chemically treat (reduce) the sample, purge it from the sample solution, capture onto gold coated bead trap, desorb the analyte on the instrument which has AFS detection.