We are excited to introduce you to four new members of our science staff in Boise.
Austin Baldwin comes to us from the USGS Wisconsin Water Science Center. His research there focused on urban contaminants, including microplastics. Austin was a lead researcher on one of the largest studies of water-quality in Great Lakes tributaries. He will lead our studies of mercury in the Hells Canyon Complex and water quality in the Stibnite mining district.
Prior to joining USGS, Stephen Hundt worked as a consultant in the Bay Area developing computer models to support groundwater management. He also has a background in environmental economics. Stephen will be involved in a variety of groundwater and surface-water studies throughout Idaho and other western states.
Mark Morehead is our new surface-water specialist, coming to us from Idaho Power Company. Mark's research focuses on the temporal and spatial variability of sediment and water in river basins of all sizes and from time scales of minutes to thousands of years. Mark will continue to advance our expertise in using acoustics for real-time sediment monitoring.
Lauren Perreault comes to us from HDR, Inc. and will be involved with field-based studies of surface-water quality throughout Idaho. Her primary focus areas include the occurrence and transport of metals, nutrients, and sediment in surface water. She will lead our water-quality studies in the Coeur d'Alene and lower Boise River basins.
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The Camas National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Idaho contains wetlands, ponds, and wet meadows that are essential resting and feeding habitat for migratory birds and nesting habitat for waterfowl. In recent years, climate and land-use changes have altered and reduced natural groundwater and surface water inflow. Understanding the area's hydrogeology will help the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to manage the refuge's critical water resources.
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy, used paleomagnetic data from 18 coreholes to construct three cross sections of subsurface basalt flows in the southern part of the Idaho National Laboratory. These cross sections, containing descriptions of the subsurface horizontal and vertical distribution of basalt flows and sediment layers, will be used in geological studies and to construct numerical models of groundwater flow and contaminant transport.