Vegetation Drought
The Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI) incorporates satellite observations of vegetation to monitor at a finer spatial detail than other commonly used drought indicators....
Location: USA

USGS Hires Students to Help Improve Earthquake Monitoring
A USGS student employee and sophomore at the Colorado School of Mines, was among the first hired by USGS using Recovery Act funding to upgrade the seismic stations of the Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Backbone. The USGS is using Recovery Act funding to upgrade its earthquake monitoring net...
Location: CO, USA

USGS Employee At Work
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources employees measure current velocity and dissolved oxygen as part of a Long Term Resource Monitoring Program (LTRMP) partnership with the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (UMESC), Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS) Pool 8...
Location: USA

Routine Maintenance on a Ground-Water Monitoring Well.
Routine maintenance on a ground-water monitoring well, Perry Park, Brunswick, Glynn County, Georgia. At one time this well was used by the City of Brunswick for drinking water. Saltwater intrusion forced the city to abandon the well, so the USGS started monitoring it for water levels and specific ...
Location: Brunswick, GA, USA

Test Well, East River
USGS test well 10 34h363 in the East River, Brunswick, Ga. The U.S. Geological Survey drilled this test well in the early 1970's and at the time it was on the edge of the marsh at Andrews Island. It is now only accessible by boat or canoe at high tide. Despite being surrounded by saltwater the artes...
Location: Brunswick, GA, USA

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Coast Salish press conference and partnership celebration....
Location: La Conner, WA, USA

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Coast Salish press conference and partnership celebration....
Location: La Conner, WA, USA

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Coast Salish press conference and partnership celebration....
Location: La Conner, WA, USA

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Coast Salish press conference and partnership celebration....
Location: La Conner, WA, USA

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Coast Salish press conference and partnership celebration....
Location: La Conner, WA, USA

River Monitoring, Cedar Rapids, IA
USGS personnel monitoring river in Cedar Rapids, IA. The day after this picture was taken, the railroad bridge and train in the background were washed away by the floodwater...
Location: Cedar Rapids, IA, USA

River Monitoring, Cedar Rapids, IA
USGS personnel monitoring river in Cedar Rapids, IA. The day after this picture was taken, the railroad bridge and train in the background were washed away by the floodwater...
Location: Cedar Rapids, IA, USA

Flood Monitoring, Waverly, IA
USGS personnel monitoring river...
Location: Waverly, IA, USA

River Monitoring
USGS personnel monitoring river...
Location: Finchfield, IA, USA

Flood Monitoring, Waverly, IA
USGS personnel monitoring river...
Location: Waverly, IA, USA