USGS/NPS Water-Quality Partnership

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Supporting research to address critical water-quality issues in National Parks since 1998.

2024 Projects

2024 Projects

The projects selected for 2024 showcase the flexibility of the UGSS-NPS Partnership, with short-term projects doing rapid water quality analysis to multi-year, multi-park projects looking at water-borne pathogens affecting endangered bird populations.

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  • Cape Cod

    Dead tree trunks and understory vegetation, with some salt-marsh plants growing back.

  • Effigy Mounds

  • Pacific Islands

    Underwater closeup of a single Hawaiian red shrimp

  • Multiple parks

    Researcher standing in hip-deep water, pulling an orange inflatable holding sampling gear

  • Grand Canyon

    Field researcher kneeling in front of an array of water-quality collection and analysis equipment

  • Tuzigoot

    Fence in the foreground left around a charred flat area with clear fire damage

Explore the Partnership

Projects

Ongoing projects currently receiving Partnership funding, and a searchable list of all projects

Publications

Searchable list of all publications from projects funded by the Partnership

About

The history and organization of the USGS/NPS Water-Quality Partnership.