Images

View of downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, taken from the Discovery World museum during a summer morning.

A restored section of the Kinnickinnic River near 6th Street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in summer.

View of the Menomonee River near 70th Street in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin in summer.

Menomonee River and streamgage house (in foreground) near 70th Street in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/04087120/

USGS meeting with National Weather Service at Gladstone, Michigan office garage, July 14, 2022. (From left to right: Matt Chilson, Doug Bonno, Dean Burdett, Evan Kutta, Jim Salzwedel, Jordan Wendt, Greg Sova, Chris Hoard, Matt Holmio, Ralph Haefner).

Habitat sampling at a restored reach at Underwood Creek at Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/04087088/

Hydrologic Technician Dean Burdett prepares to board a floatplane with water samples taken from streamgage 04040000 Washington Creek near Windigo, MI, Isle Royale National Park, May 24, 2022. https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/04001000/

Water-quality sonde to be deployed from May through October in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to collect 15-minute measurements of dissolved oxygen, conductance, water temperature, turbidity, fluorescent dissolved organic matter (fDOM), and tryptophan-like fluorescence. This end-on view of the water-quality sonde shows each of the individual sensors.

USGS scientist collecting a baseflow sample to test for organic contaminants (pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and organic waste compounds), with crest stage gage in the foreground at Root River near Franklin, Wisconsin. https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/04087220/

Close up view of a Turner C3 submersible fluorometer sensors. Multi-parameter meter with FDOM, Tryptophan, Turbidity, and Temperature sensors and central wiper.

Map showing locations of test and control watersheds for the determination of watershed response to green infrastructure in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Justin Hegarty (Reflo Sustainable Water Solutions) and Dr. Tony Parolari (Marquette University) discussing the design of a bioswale at the Green Tech Station on Milwaukee’s north side.

This rat snake is a preserved museum specimen with snake fungal disease that was collected in Tennessee in 1973. The photo was taken at the USGS National Wildlife Health Center in 2017 as part of a study.

View of the Upper Midwest Water Science Center St. Paul office, co-located with the U.S. Forest Service on the University of Minnesota - St. Paul Campus

Entrance to the USDA Forest Products Laboratory building in Madison, Wisconsin, home of the Upper Midwest Water Science Center Wisconsin office and the Mercury Research Laboratory.

A restored section of Underwood Creek at Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/04087088/

USGS scientists electrofishing with a backpack shocker at Underwood Creek at Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/04087088/.

USGS scientist holding a white sucker fish caught in Underwood Creek at Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/04087088/

USGS scientist holding a milting rainbow trout caught as part of an assessment of fish passage in Underwood Creek at Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, just downstream of I-41/US 45. https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/04087088/

Rainbow trout caught in net in Underwood Creek at Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/04087088/

USGS scientist holding a male central stoneroller caught in Underwood Creek at Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/04087088/. This fish is native to Wisconsin; the tubercles (bumps) on its head indicate that it is spawning.