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Research Hydrologist Emeritus Denis LeBlanc teaches the Gulf of Maine Council about Cape Cod hydrology in front of Ashumet Pond in Falmouth, Massachusetts. 

Research Hydrologist Emeritus Denis LeBlanc speaks to visitors about the groundwater and surface water interactions on Cape Cod.

USGS Hydrologist Paul Barlow, who served as the Chief of the Hydrologic Interpretive Branch of the New England Water Science Center, retired at the end of May 2024. Director John Bumgarner presented Paul with a plaque at his retirement gathering at the center.

Hydrologic Technician Kim Campo deploys a buoy at Fresh Pond in Cambridge, MA with sensors to monitor water temperature, wind speed/direction, and blue-green algae. Nearby continuous water quality monitoring station is 422302071083801.

Spring 2024 Photo Contest Winner: Meghan Santos, Where We Work category

Elizabeth Mine was added to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund Program’s National Priority List in 2001. Since then, EPA and USGS have cooperated to investigate the nature and extent of contamination from weathering of waste rock rich in metals and sulfides.

Elizabeth Mine was a copper mine in Strafford, Vermont, that was abandoned in 1957. It was added to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund Program’s National Priority List in 2001. Since then, EPA and USGS have cooperated to investigate the nature and extent of contamination from weathering of waste rock rich in metals and sulfides. 

Hydrologic technicians Joel Kneisley and Alexander Kind installed a streamgage and precipitation gage at Elizabeth Mine in Strafford, Vermont. This copper mine was abandoned in 1957 and added to the EPA Superfund Program’s National Priority List in 2001.

The streamgage at East Branch Penobscot River below Grand Lake Matagamon in Patton, Maine, is operated in cooperation with the Penobscot Nation. This river is part of the eastern border for the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument.

An upstream view of the East Branch Penobscot River near the streamgage below Grand Lake Matagamon.

Skilak Lake, Alaska. A team of USGS scientists, in collaboration with partners from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Ocean Bottom Seismic Instrument Center, are aiming to create a record of past earthquakes from Skilak Lake on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska.

Hydrologist Janet Barclay held a poster presentation at the 2024 Northeast Section of the Geological Society of America in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Research Hydrologist Richard Moore presents work at a technical session on groundwater and surface water characterization at the 2024 Northeast Section Meeting of the Geological Society of America.

The poster sessions at the 2024 Northeast Section Meeting of the Geological Society of America in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Hydrologist Maxwell Meadows speaks about a New Hampshire PFAS study at a technical session at the 2024 Northeast Section Meeting of the Geological Society of America.

A view of the Neponset River flowing under Greenlodge Street bridge near Canton, Massachusetts, at a USGS 01105554 streamgage.

USGS scientists mapping vegetation and land use in Los Planes watershed, Baja California Sur, Mexico, as part of a joint project to understand the impacts of installing natural infrastructure in dryland streams (NIDS), structures made from rock, sandbags and wood, meant

USGS and Alumbra Innovations scientists monitoring a shallow groundwater well in Los Planes watershed, Baja California Sur, Mexico. (Laura Norman, USGS)

A view of the West Branch Little River in Stowe, Vermont, near streamgage 04288250.

Two scientists taking a critical ADCP measurement at Shetucket River in Taftville, CT. This measurement was the highest flow measured at this site at 11,400 cfs. Due to high velocities the measurement required two people manning the cableway to maintain a smooth and consistent track across the river.

Hydrologic Technician Allison Carter taking a water level measurement with a calibrated electric tape at the real-time groundwater well station located in Orange, Massachusetts. (Station ID#: 423441072170701 MA-ORW 63)

Winter 2024 Photo Contest Winner: Sam Banas, Where We Work category

A hydrologic technician measures a high-water mark near the Androscoggin River in Topsham, Maine days after a significant flood event in late December 2023. A combination of heavy rainfall and snowmelt prompted the flooding.