Images

Streamgage 05049700 Lake Traverse at Reservation Dam near Wheaton, Minnesota in winter, surrounded by windswept snow, with a pink-hued snow-covered lake and open water in the background.

An orange acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) floats in the middle of the Flambeau River near Bruce, Wisconsin near USGS streamgage 05360500 on an overcast winter day. 

A wintery landscape of snow-covered grass and trees on a late morning in November in Kewaunee County in northeast Wisconsin.

Kewaunee Wisconsin well water advisory forecast study door hanger left after sample collection.

Laboratory for Infectious Disease and the Environment team member Joel Stokdyk collects residential private well water sample for the well water advisory forecast study in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.

Team members from the USGS Laboratory for Infectious Disease and the Environment (LIDE) collecting private well water samples on a chilly November day in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin. Pictured from left to right Joel Stokdyk (USGS), Rachel Cook (USDA), Aaron Firnstahl (USGS). 

Joel Stokdyk (USGS) and Rachel Cook (USDA) from the USGS Laboratory for Infectious Disease and the Environment (LIDE) standing in front of field vehicle en route to collecting private well water samples on a chilly November day in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.

Streamgage 05429369 Swan Creek at Lalor Road near Fitchburg, Wisconsin with snow covered brushy vegetation on the shore of stream on overcast day.

USGS, ANA and SBG-CPRM staff reviewing streamflow measurements on board an ANA/SBG-CPRM research vessel in the Amazon River basin in Manacapuru, Brazil. USGS staff in middle wearing orange shirt and yellow PFD, ANA and SGB-CPRM staff in navy blue attire discuss measurements and look over data.

SGB-CPRM (Geological Survey of Brazil)

USGS, ANA and Geological Survey of Brazil (SGB-CPRM) staff standing in front of an ANA/SBG-CPRM research vessel in the Amazon River basin in Manacapuru, Brazil to measure measure streamflow and sample suspended sediment.

SGB-CPRM (Geological Survey of Brazil)

ANA (Agencia Nacional De Aguas E Saneamento Basico)

Yellow sediment sampler suspended off side of boat in Manacapuru, Amazon River Basin, Brazil, during a field trip with USGS and National Agency for Water and Basic Sanitation (ANA) scientists (Brazil) and Geological Survey of Brazil (SGB-CPRM).

ANA (Agencia Nacional De Aguas E Saneamento Basico)

SGB-CPRM (Geological Survey of Brazil)

USGS meeting with National Agency for Water and Basic Sanitation (ANA) scientists in Brazil.

Top (L – R) ANA Scientists Vitor Saback, Brian McCallum, Mauricio Abijaodi

Bottom (L-R) USGS Hydrologists Travis Knight, Joel Groten, Filipe Sampaio

ANA (Agencia Nacional De Aguas E Saneamento Basico)

USGS meeting with National Agency for Water and Basic Sanitation (ANA) scientists in Brazil, standing in front of three flags (L-R) American flag, Brazilian Flag, ANA logo flag.

(L-R) Mauricio Abijaodi, Brian McCallum, Filipe Sampaio, Joel Groten, Travis Knight, and Vitor Saback.

ANA (Agencia Nacional De Aguas E Saneamento Basico)

Milwaukee River at Cherry Street Bridge looking downstream into downtown Milwaukee. https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/040870115

Multi-parameter meter installed at Milwaukee River Cherry Street streamgage location. https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/040870115

Large-volume microplastics sampler with pump and flow meter next to field vehicle.

Looking downstream at Underwood Creek at Juneau Boulevard at Elm Grove, Wisconsin in early Autumn. https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/040870855

USGS research hydrologist Laura Hubbard and Memorial University of Newfoundland's Jordan Wight wade with an orange inflatable boat in shallow wetland as they filter for infectious avian influenza in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.

USGS Upper Midwest Water Science Center hydrologist Laura Hubbard (right, in yellow coat and PFD) and Jordan Wight (left, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada) walk between hundreds of spawning sockeye salmon in shallow lake at Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska as they filter water for avian influenza virus.

Upper Midwest Water Science Center Hydrologist Laura Hubbard filters wetland water to sample for infectious avian influenza in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.

Scientists scout for brown bears before starting infectious avian influenza water sampling in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.