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Hoosick River near Williamstown, MA sculpture
Hoosick River near Williamstown, MA sculpture
Hoosick River near Williamstown, MA sculpture
Hoosick River near Williamstown, MA sculpture

Photo Contest Winner | August 2021 | Where We Work
Hoosick River near Williamstown, MA sculpture

Photo Contest Winner | August 2021 | Where We Work
Hoosick River near Williamstown, MA sculpture

Field sampling crew with favorite equipment
Field sampling crew with favorite equipment
Field sampling crew with favorite equipment
Field sampling crew with favorite equipment

Photo Contest Winner | August 2021 | People
Field sampling crew with favorite equipment

Photo Contest Winner | August 2021 | People
Field sampling crew with favorite equipment

Impounded wetland eddy flux tower install
Impounded wetland eddy flux tower install
Impounded wetland eddy flux tower install
Impounded wetland eddy flux tower install

Photo Contest Winner | August 2021 | USGS at Work
Impounded wetland eddy flux tower install

Photo Contest Winner | August 2021 | USGS at Work
Impounded wetland eddy flux tower install

Chany Huddleston and Ross Clyma prepare QBoat at Schoharie Creek
Chany Huddleston and Ross Clyma prepare QBoat at Schoharie Creek
Chany Huddleston and Ross Clyma prepare QBoat at Schoharie Creek
Chany Huddleston and Ross Clyma prepare QBoat at Schoharie Creek

Photo Contest Winner | September 2021 | Where We Work

Chany Huddleston and Ross Clyma prepare QBoat at Schoharie Creek

Photo Contest Winner | September 2021 | Where We Work

Chany Huddleston and Ross Clyma prepare QBoat at Schoharie Creek

Nick Grim and Cameron Ensor rescuing a goose that got stuck in fishing line on the Delaware River
Nick Grim and Cameron Ensor rescuing a goose
Nick Grim and Cameron Ensor rescuing a goose
Nick Grim and Cameron Ensor rescuing a goose

Photo Contest Winner | August 2021 | Honorable Mention 2
Nick Grim and Cameron Ensor rescuing a goose that got stuck in fishing line on the Delaware River

Photo Contest Winner | August 2021 | Honorable Mention 2
Nick Grim and Cameron Ensor rescuing a goose that got stuck in fishing line on the Delaware River

Photograph of USGS personnel standing next to SEABoss on the fantail of the R/V Auk
5000th Sample Collected on Stellwagen Bank
5000th Sample Collected on Stellwagen Bank
5000th Sample Collected on Stellwagen Bank

Page Valentine, USGS Research Geologist, collects his 5000th sample on Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.  Page has been mapping the geologic substrates of Stellwagen

Photograph of scientists standing next to SEABoss on the R/V Auk fantail
Celebrating 50000 samples collected on Stellwagen Bank
Celebrating 50000 samples collected on Stellwagen Bank
Celebrating 50000 samples collected on Stellwagen Bank

Celebrating Page Valentine's 5000th sample collected on Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. Page Valentine, USGS Research Geologist, collects his 5000th sample on Stellwagen Ba

Celebrating Page Valentine's 5000th sample collected on Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. Page Valentine, USGS Research Geologist, collects his 5000th sample on Stellwagen Ba

man on ladder against rock face
Sampling the Paleocene Aquia Formation, Prince George’s County, Maryland
Sampling the Paleocene Aquia Formation, Prince George’s County, Maryland
Sampling the Paleocene Aquia Formation, Prince George’s County, Maryland

USGS Scientist Emeritus David Govoni sampling the Paleocene Aquia Formation, Prince George’s County, Maryland

geologist standing on rock outcrop near water
Indurated bed of the Paleocene Aquia Formation, Prince George’s County, Maryland
Indurated bed of the Paleocene Aquia Formation, Prince George’s County, Maryland
Indurated bed of the Paleocene Aquia Formation, Prince George’s County, Maryland

USGS Scientist Laurel Bybell standing on an indurated bed of the Paleocene Aquia Formation with a thick layer of highly fossilferous Aquia sediment above, Prince George’s County, Maryland

USGS Scientist Laurel Bybell standing on an indurated bed of the Paleocene Aquia Formation with a thick layer of highly fossilferous Aquia sediment above, Prince George’s County, Maryland

two people measuring a rock outcrop, one is on a ladder
Geologists measuring and sampling the Paleocene Aquia Formation, Prince George’s County, Maryland
Geologists measuring and sampling the Paleocene Aquia Formation, Prince George’s County, Maryland
Geologists measuring and sampling the Paleocene Aquia Formation, Prince George’s County, Maryland

USGS geologists Jean Self-Trail and Mercer Parker measuring and sampling the Paleocene Aquia Formation, Prince George’s County, Maryland

pick lying on a coarsening upward, fossil-rich outcrop
Aquia Formation (Paleocene) shell hash, Prince George’s County, Maryland
Aquia Formation (Paleocene) shell hash, Prince George’s County, Maryland
Aquia Formation (Paleocene) shell hash, Prince George’s County, Maryland

A typical Aquia Formation shell hash consisting mainly of the Paleocene gastropod Kapalmerella mortoni, Prince George’s County, Maryland

A typical Aquia Formation shell hash consisting mainly of the Paleocene gastropod Kapalmerella mortoni, Prince George’s County, Maryland

Photograph of Yaquina Bay seen from the deck of the Research Vessel Marcus G Langseth
Yaquina Bay, Newport, Oregon
Yaquina Bay, Newport, Oregon
Yaquina Bay, Newport, Oregon

Marcus G. Langseth departs Newport, Oregon (Yaquina Bay) for Cascadia Project OBS Deployment Leg

Marcus G. Langseth departs Newport, Oregon (Yaquina Bay) for Cascadia Project OBS Deployment Leg

High flow event at Mount Hope River near Warrenville, Connecticut
High flow event at Mount Hope River near Warrenville, CT
High flow event at Mount Hope River near Warrenville, CT
High flow event at Mount Hope River near Warrenville, CT

High flow event at Mount Hope River near Warrenville, CT (USGS station 01121000).

An acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) on the Natchaug River near Chaplin, Connecticut
An acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP)
An acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP)
An acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP)

An acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) on the Natchaug River near Chaplin, CT (USGS station 01120790).

An acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) on the Natchaug River near Chaplin, CT (USGS station 01120790).

small waterfall over grey and tan rock, surrounded by greenery
Aquia Formation (Paleocene), Prince George’s County, Maryland
Aquia Formation (Paleocene), Prince George’s County, Maryland
Aquia Formation (Paleocene), Prince George’s County, Maryland

General view of an outcrop of the fossiliferous Paleocene Aquia Formation, Prince George’s County, Maryland

Taking a w​​​​​ater sample in Green River
Taking a w​​​​​ater sample in Green River
Taking a w​​​​​ater sample in Green River
Taking a w​​​​​ater sample in Green River

Photo Contest Winner | July 2021 | Honorable Mention 1

Taking a w​​​​​ater sample in Green River

Photo Contest Winner | July 2021 | Honorable Mention 1

Taking a w​​​​​ater sample in Green River

Paper mill reservoir in the Black River Valley
Paper mill reservoir in the Black River Valley
Paper mill reservoir in the Black River Valley
Paper mill reservoir in the Black River Valley

Photo Contest Winner | July 2021 | Where We Work
Paper mill reservoir in the Black River Valley, western Adirondacks, near Lyonsdale, New York

Photo Contest Winner | July 2021 | Where We Work
Paper mill reservoir in the Black River Valley, western Adirondacks, near Lyonsdale, New York

Mark Jones taking a measurement in Danville, Pennsylvania
Mark Jones taking a measurement in Danville, Pennsylvania
Mark Jones taking a measurement in Danville, Pennsylvania
Mark Jones taking a measurement in Danville, Pennsylvania

Photo Contest Winner | July 2021 | Honorable Mention 2

Mark Jones taking a measurement in Danville, Pennsylvania

Photo Contest Winner | July 2021 | Honorable Mention 2

Mark Jones taking a measurement in Danville, Pennsylvania

Jean Self-Trail and Laurel Bybell in Prince Georges County, Maryland
Jean Self-Trail and Laurel Bybell in Prince Georges County, Maryland
Jean Self-Trail and Laurel Bybell in Prince Georges County, Maryland
Jean Self-Trail and Laurel Bybell in Prince Georges County, Maryland

Photo Contest Winner | July 2021 | People
Jean Self-Trail and Laurel Bybell in Prince Georges County, Maryland

Photo Contest Winner | July 2021 | People
Jean Self-Trail and Laurel Bybell in Prince Georges County, Maryland

Cameron Ensor and Nick Grim demolish a broad-crested weir
Cameron Ensor and Nick Grim demolish a broad-crested weir
Cameron Ensor and Nick Grim demolish a broad-crested weir
Cameron Ensor and Nick Grim demolish a broad-crested weir

Photo Contest Winner | July 2021 | USGS at Work
Certified USGS Heavy Equipment Operators Cameron Ensor and Nick Grim demolish a broad-crested weir at USGS Station 01574500 at Cordorus Creek in Spring Grove, PA

Photo Contest Winner | July 2021 | USGS at Work
Certified USGS Heavy Equipment Operators Cameron Ensor and Nick Grim demolish a broad-crested weir at USGS Station 01574500 at Cordorus Creek in Spring Grove, PA

Image: Kennebec River at The Forks
Kennebec River at The Forks
Kennebec River at The Forks
Kennebec River at The Forks

The view from the river of the USGS gaging station on the Kennebec River at The Forks, station 01042500 during summer.