Media Alert: The Wyoming State Geological Survey and U.S. Geological Survey...
The new airborne geophysical survey data will be collected using a helicopter and will fly over parts of central Wyoming, weather permitting. The survey will begin in mid-May and be completed in about...
View ArticleNew Online Maps for Exploring Groundwater Levels in Arizona
“Groundwater is a critical water resource in Arizona, and mostly invisible” said Fred Tillman, USGS research hydrologist and lead author of the study. “The AGEx maps allow people to visually explore...
View ArticleYurok Tribe collects 500 square miles of lidar data in Yurok Territory
USGS-backed project strengthens Tribe’s sovereignty, natural resources management capacity
View ArticleElevated Arsenic in Grand Canyon Region Groundwater Sites Likely from Natural...
About 12% of 230 groundwater sites sampled in the Grand Canyon region over 45 years show arsenic concentrations greater than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Maximum Contaminant Level for...
View ArticleMedia Alert: Low-level helicopter flights along Colorado-Wyoming border will...
Editor: In the public interest and in accordance with the Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the CGS, the WSGS and the USGS are announcing this low-level airborne project. Your assistance in...
View ArticleMedia Alert: The Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology and U.S. Geological...
Editor: In the public interest and in accordance with the Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the MBMG and USGS are announcing this low-level airborne project. Your assistance in informing the...
View ArticleNew tool helps identify stormwater drainage, estimate pollutant inputs in...
NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. - A new tool developed by the U.S. Geological Survey to help visualize stormwater drainage and estimate pollutant inputs in Massachusetts’s highly urbanized Mystic River watershed...
View ArticleUSGS Crews in Vermont are documenting the extent of flooding from the recent...
Reporters: Do you want to accompany a U.S. Geological Survey crew as they document how high the flood waters reached around Montpelier, Vermont?If so, please contact Pam Lombard at 207-626-6630 or...
View ArticleUSGS and partners deploy autonomous vehicles on Lake Erie to improve fishery...
Sailing drone will circumnavigate the lake mid-July through September
View ArticleMedia Alert: The USGS is calling all dead butterflies and moths in six states
LAWRENCE, Kan. — You read that right.
View ArticleUSGS and partners deploy autonomous vehicles on lakes Michigan and Huron to...
Sailing drone will traverse the lakes late-July through September
View ArticleBiofuel crop expansion contributes to loss of grassland birds in North...
Recent shifts from small grain agriculture to biofuel feedstocks affected grassland birds more negatively than did oil and gas development
View ArticleMEDIA ALERT: One of Colorado’s deadliest natural disasters on record began 47...
In the early evening of July 31, 1976, the day prior to Colorado’s centennial, a year’s worth of rain fell in 70 minutes over the headwaters of the Big Thompson River. The subsequent flooding of Big...
View ArticleUSGS hydrologic study to use non-toxic green dye in Lake Fork Creek
LEADVILLE, Colo.--The U.S. Geological Survey will be conducting a dye-tracing study in Lake Fork Creek, west of Leadville, Colorado, and just downstream from the Sugarloaf Dam between August 14 - 18,...
View ArticleMedia Alert: The WSGS and USGS announce low-level helicopter flights near...
Scientists with the Wyoming State Geological Survey and the U.S. Geological Survey are partnering to image geology using airborne geophysical technology.
View ArticlePFAS chemicals detected in many rivers and streams across Pennsylvania
Water samples from 161 Pennsylvania rivers and streams were tested for 33 different per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and 76% of the studied streams contained at least one of these chemicals, also...
View ArticleMedia Alert: Low-Level Helicopter Flights to Image Geology Over Parts of...
Editor: In the public interest and in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the USGS is announcing this low-level airborne project. Your assistance in informing the local...
View ArticleMedia Alert: Low-Level Flights to Image Geology Over Parts of Northwestern...
Editor: In the public interest and in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the USGS is announcing this low-level airborne project. Your assistance in informing the local...
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