Fall 2023 USGS Upper Midwest Water Science Center Great Waters Newsletter

Welcoming new Upper Midwest Water Science Center Director, Steve Peterson

A warm welcome to new Upper Midwest Water Science Center Director, Steve Peterson.

Upper Midwest Water Science Center hosted center-wide face-to-face meeting at end of September

At the end of September, the employees at the Upper Midwest Water Science Center met in Madison for the first Center-wide face to face meeting since merging in 2017.

USGS Director David Applegate visits the Upper Midwest Water Science Center offices in Minnesota and Wisconsin

Director Dave Applegate visited the Upper Midwest Water Science Center October 10-12, 2023.

2023 Quarter 4 USGS Stream Discharge and National Snow and Ice Data Center Data

Spring flooding can be a concern across much of the upper Midwest. The USGS excels at measuring stream discharge, or the volume of water moving through a stream per unit of time, which helps us monitor flooding in real-time.

Staff Feature - Margaret Zimmer recently awarded GSA 2023 Kohout Early Career Award

Supervisory Hydrologist Margaret Zimmer started at UMid in August 2023 and was recently awarded the 2023 Kohout Early Career Award from the Hydrogeology Section of the Geological Society of America.

New publication highlight - Environmental surveillance and detection of viable highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in Iowa wetland

New publication alert!

Environmental surveillance and detection of viable highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in Iowa wetland.

Collaborative USGS study informs the development of water recreation sites by providing water quality data and health risk research - Iowa Public Radio feature

Scientists at Laboratory for Infectious Disease and the Environment are collaborating with Polk County Conservation in central Iowa to estimate the health risk posed to recreators in the Des Moines River and tributaries.

Upper Midwest Water Science Center employees present at Great Lakes Area of Concern Conference in Green Bay

Upper Midwest Water Science Center employees attended the Great Lakes Area of Concern Conference in Green Bay, Wisconsin September 13-14, 2023.

Tailored sediment sampling can lead to more effective management

We use multiple methods to collect suspended sediment data, depending on the needs of the project.

Upper Midwest Water Science Center Products Published Fall 2023

Below are all products released by the Upper Midwest Water Science Center in fall 2023 (September 1, 2023 - November 30, 2023).