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Hydrologic Technicians Paul Solis, Brittney Izbicki and Nigel Pepin of the New England WSC CT office point to where they have just moored an acoustic doppler velocity meter (ADVM) in the channel of the Southport, CT river estuary.

Winter 2023 Photo Contest Winner: Donald Jeandervin, Honorable Mention category

A collage of relevant keywords and photographs about stream crossing projects. Important components of stream crossing projects include flood flows, aquatic organism passage, stream crossing standards, and the hydraulic modeling tool. The photograph on the left shows a drop at the outflow of a culvert that would impede aquatic organism passage.

U.S. Geological Survey Mill River at Northampton, Massachusetts streamgage (01171500) on October 11, 2022 looking downstream. The low-flow was about 12 cubic feet per second (cfs) for a 56.2-square-mile drainage area.

A downstream view of the Green River near Colrain, Massachusetts close to the USGS streamgage (01170100). The low-flow was about 7.7 cubic feet per second (cfs) for a 41.4-square-mile drainage area.

Pearl Hill Brook at Mill Creek Drive in Ashby, Massachusetts on October 1, 2021. The drop at the outflow of the culvert would impede aquatic organism passage.

Unnamed tributary to Trapfall Brook at Harris Road in Ashby, Massachusetts, on October 1, 2021. The shallowness of water in the culvert could impede aquatic organism passage.

A railroad crossing over the East Branch Penobscot River located at a streamgage 01029500 in Grindstone, Maine

USGS monitors groundwater levels at sites around the Nation. The location and frequency of water-level measurements depends on the objectives of the project or program for which the data are being collected.

Non-motorized watercraft training practical exercises (canoe rescues) in Buffumville Lake, Oxford, MA

Summer 2022 Photo Contest Winner: Andrew Massey, Honorable Mention category

A low streamflow of 0.07 cubic feet/second (cfs) was measured at the U.S. Geological Survey Ipswich River streamgage (01102000) near Ipswich, MA on August 24, 2022. The concrete weir near the site is visible due to the low flows. The drainage area is 125 square miles. 

U.S. Geological Survey Segreganset River streamgage (01109070) near North Dighton, MA shows zero streamflow on August 21, 2022. This image is looking downstream from the streamgage. The drainage area is 10.6 square miles.

Hydrologic technicians took a low flow measurement of the Byram River at Pemberwick, Connecticut (streamgage 01212500), when water levels ran low during the 2022 drought.

A USGS hydrologist takes a low streamflow measurement using a Parshall flume at the Pendleton Hill Brook near Clark Falls, Connecticut (station 01118300). 

The Salmon River near East Hampton, Connecticut, (streamgage 01193500) had low water levels during the height of the summer 2022 drought in New England.

Gay Head Lighthouse and Aquinnah Cliffs, Aquinnah, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.

Edgartown Lighthouse looking northwest toward Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.

American beachgrass planted near South Beach in Edgartown, MA (looking east) during sunrise.

South Beach looking west at sunset in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.

Deer grazing in a hayfield during the evening on farmland in Chilmark, Massachusetts.

Hydrologic technician is taking streamflow measurements in Acadia National Park. A small creek is surrounded by grass and green foliage.

Aunt Betty Pond Inlet, Acadia National Park, Maine. Photo taken in the mid of summer.