Images

A group of 5th graders from a New York City school in the Bronx learn about how contaminants spilled on the ground travel through a sandy aquifer and can impact nearby waterways from USGS hydrologist Shawn Fisher as part of the Urban Waters Initiative community outreach at Roberto Clemente State Park during the week-long Harlem River Festival.

Northeast Region Photo Contest Winner | November 2018 | Where We Work
R. Behrens on bridge protection pier, Rockaway Inlet station, NY

Water Tower - Long Island

305(b) groundwater quality sampling 

Core samples from Herricks Lane North test boring showing contact between the upper glacial (Pleistocene) and Magothy (Cretaceous) aquifers

Wild Esopus Creek Rainbow Trout

Servicing Water Level sensor at Fire Island Breach. Long Island

Sensor housing mid-bay-deployment screw-anchor

Groundwater Sampling on Long Island

Collecting data on coastal wetland on Long Island, NY

New York Riparian Wetlands

New York City Reservoirs - Ashokan Reservoir

ADCP Stream measurement Connetquot Brook in Suffolk County, Long Island, NY

USGS - flowtracker measurement

USGS hydrologist Tristen Tagliaferri collecting pre-sampling measurements in a coastal wetland after an aerial application of the mosquito insecticide methoprene

New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) and USGS personnel examine a walleye captured during boat electrofishing on the Barge Canal, near Utica, NY

Mature pumpkinseed captured during 2014 surveys in New York.

Groundwater Pump Test on Long Island

Groundwater sampling for 305(b)

Exposure of the Marcellus shale in central New York showing the Cherry Valley limestone (grey-colored rock) between the Union Springs and Oatka Creek shales of the Marcellus.