Water Quality Testing and Research

Images of environmental scientists conducting water quality tests in lakes, showcasing monitoring equipment and research activities.

Canada: British Columbia, near Nelson, Salmo River, fishing float, release of salmon juvenile just caughtMPR (Editorial Usage Only)

Pollution - 26-HK-219-88. Hurricane Katrina

Catching trout broodstock for reproduction

Releasing the fry of lake trout Vaud Switzerland

Cape Romain NWR biologist Sarah Dawsey relocating a loggerhead sea turtle nest; Cape Island, S.C. Subjects: Reptiles; Employees (USFWS); Uniforms; Service patch; Work of the Service. Location: South Carolina. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: CAPE ROMAIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. . 1998 - 2011.

Jon Moentmann, 618th Air Communications Squadron project manager, assists in cleaning Joachim Creek, Larry G. Crites Memorial Park, Missouri, August 3, 2022. Covering a 5-mile stretch, members from Scott assisted in removing trash and over 80 tires from the creek.

Digging out terrapin hatchlings.

DR-1708.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Genoa Fish Hatchery personnel of Genoa, Wis., stock rainbow trout in Stillwell Lake on April 29, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. In late April 2022, hatchery personnel planted more than 16,000 rainbow trout in Fort McCoy waterways in preparation for the 2022 fishing season.

Office of Research and Development - Gulf Breeze GED , Environmental Protection Agency

USA, Colorado, Scientist doing research on Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus)

Office of Water - Lake Manassas , Environmental Protection Agency

The Fish and Wildlife Service is a member of Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council (SFBPC). The purpose of the SFBPC is to: "conserve, restore, and enhance the quality, function, sustainable productivity, and distribution of aquatic resourc. Subjects: Boating; Fishing;Recreation. Location: Georgia. Collection: Recreation.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Earth Day Anacostia , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Water - Lake Manassas , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Grand Isle (BP Oil Spill) - Marking sample location with GPA at Grand Isle State Park , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Oil washes ashore at Grand Isle State Park, Grand Isle, LA. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Water - Lake Manassas , Environmental Protection Agency

Louisiana Wetlands

Kenya, No Water No Life Mara River Expedition, scientist Amanda Subalusky measuring low flow levels of the Mara River (MR)

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, Minnesota, for tours and participation in Kids Fishing Day events

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne touring with Fish and Wildlife Service staff duiring Minnesota visit

France, Brittany, Saint-Meloir-des-Ondes on 2022-06-15. Report on the Boutrais family, oyster farming company, breeding oysters in the Mont Saint-Michel Bay. It is a local short circuit where the oysters are produced as close as possible to the warehouse. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Saint-Meloir-des-Ondes le 2022-06-15. Reportage sur La Famille Boutrais, entreprise ostreiculteur, pratiquant l'elevage de l' huitre de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel. Il s'agit d'un circuit court local où les huitres sont produites au plus près de l'entrepot. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Office of the Administrator - Annapolis Area - EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Research and Development - Gulf Breeze GED , Environmental Protection Agency

Archaeologist Bill Thompson with the Colorado State Universitys (CSU) Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands who works in partnership with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch (NRB) looks over artifacts found during an archaeological survey July 14, 2022, on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. For several weeks in July, Fort McCoy archaeological team members with NRB and CSU held a special archaeological survey and dig on South Post. The team did their survey in the South Post Housing Area, which also happens to be the oldest areas of the installations origins where Camp Robinson and Camp Emery-Upton once were located. In the actual location of the survey, however, the team was looking at areas around old concrete tent pads that were once part of Camp Robinson.

Students attending the FIS3200 Stream Habitat Measurement Techniques course at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's

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Creator: Ramirez JR, Pedro. Subjects: environmental issues;Employees (USFWS). . 1998 - 2011.

Fish and Wildlife Service employees at gravel island in the Ohio River studying samples of freshwater mussel shells. Motorboat transportation beached in background. Subjects: Environmental Sciences; Aquatic animals; Aquatic environments; Boats; Employees (USFWS); Endangered species; Environmental quality; Indigenous populations; Islands; Mollusks; Riverbeds; Rivers and streams; Wildlife refuges. Location: West Virginia. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: OHIO RIVER ISLANDS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. Collection: Environmental Sciences.. 1998 - 2011.

Crayfisherman, near Lafayette, Louisiana, USA

Hurricane Katrina

A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee prepares to monitor water quality. Subjects: Employees (USFWS); Monitoring; history; uniforms; service patch. . 1998 - 2011.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Cocodrie, Louisiana and Water Sampling (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Acting Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett and aides to Lorimer Park, near Norristown, Pennsylvania, for Earth Day event in conjunction with representatives of the coldwater fisheries conservation, protection, restoration organization, Trout Unlimited

woman's gloved hands removing oysters from oyster cage

Young biologist takes water samples Young biologist in protective suit takes water samples in river Copyright: xZoonar.com/SergeyxMironov/xSergeymironov.comx 10953496

Bayou Sauvage Refuge officers working with Louisiana Wildlife officers on patrol, protecting the waters. Subjects: Aquatic environments; Adults; Boating; Boats; Coastal environments; Coastal zone management; Emblems; Environments (Natural); Game wardens; Law enforcement; Management; Marine environments; Partnerships; Public access; Recreation; Recreation sites; Recrea. Location: Louisiana. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: BAYOU SAUVAGE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Drew Wirwa, USFWS employee makes his way across a lagoon to inspect the status of 1,300 nesting brown pelicans at North Island, Breton National Wildlife Refuge, along with volunteer Kelby Ouchly (L), and Jack Bohannan, Refuge Manager for Breton, Delta & B. Subjects: Birds; Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill; Shorebirds; Wildlife refuges; Employees (USFWS); Volunteers. Location: Louisiana. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: BRETON NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Office of External Affairs and Environmental Education - River Cleanup , Environmental Protection Agency

In a series of three workshops in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee, the Asheville Field Office got area teachers into the field to explore water quality and stream monitoring. During each of the one-day workshops the teachers tested water chem. Descriptive Note: Images taken at Deep Creek Campground, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Swain County, North Carolina. Subjects: Water management; Sampling; Education outreach; Partnerships; Water conservation. Location: North Carolina.

Procedure of pike fishing in special trap. Illegal fishing

Louisiana Wetlands

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service examines fish closely. Subjects: Aquaculture; Aquatic environments; Banks; Biologists (USFWS); Coastal zone management; Emblems; Employees (USFWS); Equipment; Fishes; Fishing; Fisheries management; Freshwater fishes; Marine environments; Marine ecology; Personnel; Plants; Research; Sampl. Location: Texas. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: ARANSAS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Jason Meyer, an angler, fishes at the outflow area downstream from Youghiogheny River Lake in Confluence, Pennsylvania, July 15, 2022. Youghiogheny River Lake is operated as a reservoir by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District. The reservoir offers flood risk reduction to the Youghiogheny and lower Monongahela River valleys and the upper Ohio River. Youghiogheny River Lake provides camping, water sports, biking trails, and fishing opportunities to residents and visitors.

Earth Day - Earth Day Events , Environmental Protection Agency

Electronic; Rappahannock River; WOE123. Descriptive Note: Photo courtesy of Virginia Game and Inland Fisheries ELECTRONIC IMAGE ONLY! (No Slide or Print Available). Subjects: Fishing; Fisheries management; Wildlife management; ; Fisheries management. Location: Virginia. . 1998 - 2011.

USA, WA, Whidbey Island, Coupeville. Extreme low tide affords excellent clamming opportunity (MR)

Archaeologist Bill Thompson with the Colorado State Universitys (CSU) Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands who works in partnership with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch (NRB) looks over artifacts found during an archaeological survey July 14, 2022, on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. For several weeks in July, Fort McCoy archaeological team members with NRB and CSU held a special archaeological survey and dig on South Post. The team did their survey in the South Post Housing Area, which also happens to be the oldest areas of the installations origins where Camp Robinson and Camp Emery-Upton once were located. In the actual location of the survey, however, the team was looking at areas around old concrete tent pads that were once part of Camp Robinson.

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Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Grand Isle (BP Oil Spill) - Testing turbidity of sample, Grand Isle, LA, USEPA phot by Eric Vance. , Environmental Protection Agency

Children enjoy environmental education activities at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge. Subjects: Wildlife refuges; Environmental education; Children. Location: North Carolina. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: PEA ISLAND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. . 1998 - 2011.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Genoa Fish Hatchery personnel of Genoa, Wis., stock rainbow trout in Stillwell Lake on April 29, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. In late April 2022, hatchery personnel planted more than 16,000 rainbow trout in Fort McCoy waterways in preparation for the 2022 fishing season.

Jack Bohannan points to a lagoon to inspect the status of 1,300 nesting brown pelicans at North Island, Breton National Wildlife Refuge, along with volunteer Kelby Ouchly (middle), and USFWS Assistant Manager Drew Wirwa. Subjects: Birds; Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill; Shorebirds; Wildlife refuges; Employees (USFWS); Volunteers. Location: Louisiana. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: BRETON NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Texas - Edwards Aquifer

A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee monitors the water depth. Subjects: Monitoring; Employees (USFWS); History; service patch; uniforms. . 1998 - 2011.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Oil washes ashore at Grand Isle State Park, Grand Isle, LA. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Systematic recording of beach litter on an uninhabited island in the North Sea, beach litter, Minsener Oog, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Biologists tag steelhead in Eagle Creek. Biologists use this tracking information to see if the hatchery fish that are spawning here are affecting the survival and productivity of the wild fish. Subjects: Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Biologists (USFWS); Employees (USFWS); Work of the Service; Tagging; Threatened species; Monitoring; uniforms; service patch. Location: Oregon. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: EAGLE CREEK NATIONAL FISH HATCHERY.

This image taken on Thompson Brook in Alstead, New Hampshire. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and New Hampshire Fish and Game Department are sampling the stream using electroshocking equipment to assess status of wild brook trout and Atlantic salmon. Thi. WOE241; John Organ. Descriptive Note: This image taken on Thompson Brook in Alstead, New Hampshire. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and New Hampshire Fish and Game Department are sampling the stream using electroshocking equipment to assess status of wild brook trout and Atlantic salmon. Thi. Subjects: Partnerships; Monitoring; Sampling; Fisheries management. Location: New Hampshire. . 1998 - 2011.

FWS employee takes part in Adopt-a-Salmon release program coordinated with Nashua Fish Hatchery. Children from Florence Rideout Elementary School in Wilton, New Hampshire release Atlantic Salmon fry that they raised in their classroom. May, 20. Subjects: Fishes; Children; connecting people with nature; education outreach. Location: New Hampshire. . 1998 - 2011.

clear fresh mountain water falling on hands outdoor in nature

USGS hydrologist collecting a water quality sample from a NY stream ca. June 2010.

Captain Kevin Bell with MV Tiglax in background. Subjects: Coastal environments; Islands; Work of the Service; Transportation; Ships; Employees (USFWS); Boats; Research. Location: Alaska. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: ALASKA MARITIME NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. . 1998 - 2011.

Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus) biologists, Ben Pearl and Karine Tokatlian, spreading oystershells in salt pond, which snowy plovers can use for camouflage, Eden Landing Ecological Reserve, Union City, Bay Area, California

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Administrator Jackson listening to environmental scientists at LSU. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Cocodrie, Louisiana and Oil Disaster Meeting in Dulac, Louisiana (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Anglers fish at the outflow area downstream from Youghiogheny River Lake in Confluence, Pennsylvania, July 15, 2022. Youghiogheny River Lake is operated as a reservoir by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District. The reservoir offers flood risk reduction to the Youghiogheny and lower Monongahela River valleys and the upper Ohio River. Youghiogheny River Lake provides camping, water sports, biking trails, and fishing opportunities to residents and visitors.

Visit of Acting Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett and aides to Lorimer Park, near Norristown, Pennsylvania, for Earth Day event in conjunction with representatives of the coldwater fisheries conservation, protection, restoration organization, Trout Unlimited

Whitefish Lake, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, This image was taken in 2001. Subjects: Fisheries management; Field Offices; Kenai Fishes and Wildlife Field Office; Kenai FO Gallery. . 1998 - 2011.

Office of Water - Lake Manassas , Environmental Protection Agency

Electronic Image Only (no slide/print available); WOE206; Avian Influenza; Birds Flu; H5N1; Virus; Flu; Pandemic flu; Biologist; Tyrone Donnelly. Descriptive Note: The Interagency Strategic Plan for monitoring of wild birds, which expands and intensifies their program in 2006, focuses on this Alaska area because it is a flyway crossroads for migratory birds that annually return from their winter migration in Asia, a. Subjects: Sampling; Monitoring; Wildlife management; Birds. Location: Alaska. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: IZEMBEK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. . 1998 - 2011.

Louisiana Wetlands

Archaeologist Bill Thompson with the Colorado State Universitys (CSU) Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands who works in partnership with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch (NRB) looks over artifacts found during an archaeological survey July 14, 2022, on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. For several weeks in July, Fort McCoy archaeological team members with NRB and CSU held a special archaeological survey and dig on South Post. The team did their survey in the South Post Housing Area, which also happens to be the oldest areas of the installations origins where Camp Robinson and Camp Emery-Upton once were located. In the actual location of the survey, however, the team was looking at areas around old concrete tent pads that were once part of Camp Robinson.

Office of Research and Development - Gulf Breeze GED , Environmental Protection Agency

Self-sufficient community in Central Brittany. Plelauff, July 2020.Communaute autosuffisante en Centre Bretagne. Plelauff, Juillet 2020.

Pollution - 26-HK-219-80. Hurricane Katrina

Office of Research and Development - Gulf Breeze GED , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Acting Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett and aides to Lorimer Park, near Norristown, Pennsylvania, for Earth Day event in conjunction with representatives of the coldwater fisheries conservation, protection, restoration organization, Trout Unlimited

Port St. Joe, FL: Each crate is carefully labeled. Subjects: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill; Relocation; Reptiles; Volunteers. Location: Florida.

Global Warming

Collection of marble trout as spawner, Avisio torrent in autumn, Casatta, Val di Cembra, Trentino, Italy, Europe

Children enjoy environmental education activities at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge. Subjects: Wildlife refuges; Environmental education; Children. Location: North Carolina. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: PEA ISLAND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. . 1998 - 2011.

Brian Greeves of Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge picking up dead birds that may have gotten cholera during the stress of migration. New Mexico

Although it was established to protect the endangered Florida Panther, many plants and animals inhabit the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge. Protecting the ecosystem that the Florida Panther calls home requires Service employees to understand ho. Subjects: Florida Panther NWR; Florida; Endangered species; Reptiles; FWS Employees (USFWS); Resource management. . 1998 - 2011.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees Jennifer Strickland and James Harris at the Breton National Wildlife Refuge. Subjects: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill; Oil spills; Employees (USFWS); Service patch; Uniforms; Videography. Location: Louisiana. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: BRETON NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Tony Honick, a biologist with the water quality team for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District, poses for a portrait during a survey in a tributary flowing into Crooked Creek Lake located near Ford City, Pennsylvania, March 30, 2022. The water quality team collects samples around the various reservoirs belonging to the Pittsburgh District every spring to determine the water quality in the region.

Office of Water - Lake Manassas , Environmental Protection Agency

Children enjoy environmental education activities at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge. Subjects: Wildlife refuges; Environmental education; Children. Location: North Carolina. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: PEA ISLAND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. . 1998 - 2011.

Creator: Brown, Bobby. Subjects: Habitat restoration; Research; Pollution; Surveys. . 1998 - 2011.

Chesapeake and Ohio (C and O) Canal Pride Days cleanup activities, co-sponsored by the C and O Canal National Historical Park and the C and O Canal Historical Trust, with Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, Take Pride in America Director Katie Loovis, and other Interior staff on hand to join the volunteers working along the C and O towpath and Potomac River in Washington, D.C. and Maryland

This image taken on Thompson Brook in Alstead, New Hampshire. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and New Hampshire Fish and Game Department are sampling the stream using electroshocking equipment to assess status of wild brook trout and Atlantic salmon. Thi. WOE242; John Organ. Descriptive Note: This image taken on Thompson Brook in Alstead, New Hampshire. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and New Hampshire Fish and Game Department are sampling the stream using electroshocking equipment to assess status of wild brook trout and Atlantic salmon. Thi. Subjects: Partnerships; Sampling; Monitoring; Fisheries management. Location: New Hampshire. . 1998 - 2011.

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Biscoe, AR, March 26, 2008 Locals volunteer in an effort to save houses near the Cache River, a tributary of the White River, which has been experiencing high levels due to flooding in States north of Arkansas. Volunteers are creating a wall of sandbags around a house to keep the rising water out. Biscoe, AR-Locals volunteer in an effort to save houses near the Cache River, a tributary of the White River, which has been experiencing high levels due to flooding in States north of Arkansas. Volunteers are creating a wall of sandbags around a house to keep the rising water out.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Deputy Administrator - World Water Monitoring Day. America's Clean Water Foundation, International Water Association. , Environmental Protection Agency

Biologist wears a wet suit and snorkel to look for the federally-endangered Smoky madtom (Noturus baileyi) in Abrams Creek, Tennessee, USA; Tennessee, United States of America

Sturgeon. Descriptive Note: FWS biologist Scott Yess(center from the LaCrosse FRO (WI) poses with Randy Zortman (left) White Earth NRD Department, and Joe Hunter (right) from Rainy River First Nation during an egg collection for lake sturgeon. The lake sturgeon's large size and slo. Subjects: Partnerships; Fisheries management; Fisheries management; Resource management; Fishes. . 1998 - 2011.

Office of Water - Lake Manassas , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Research and Development - Gulf Breeze GED , Environmental Protection Agency

These stations are aarmed with snap traps and rat poison. July 2001. Subjects: ALASKA MARITIME NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; AMNWR; Birds; birding; Marine birds ; rats; habitat; Coastal environments; biology. Rat prevention; Pribilof Islands. . 1998 - 2011.

Christine Hladky, a facilities manager with Installation & Environment Department, picks up trash as part of the annual Spring Cleaning event on Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River in Jacksonville, North Carolina, April 22, 2022. MCAS New River organized and conducted station-wide clean-ups in order to promote the safety, health, wellness, and overall appearance of the New River community in conjunction with Earth Day.

Missouri flooding.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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