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## Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center

### GEMSC conducts comprehensive, interdisciplinary research and surveys of the origin, occurrence, distribution, quantity, and composition of oil, gas, coal, minerals, and associated deposits

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## Florence Bascom Geoscience Center

### Paleoclimate & Paleoecology, Landscape Science, Geologic Mapping, Hazards, and Special Geologic Studies

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## Eastern Ecological Science Center

### Quantitative Methods and Decision Science, Species Population Dynamics and Surveillance, Animal Health Diagnostics and Surveillance, and Ecological Patterns and Processes

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## National Minerals Information Center

### Statistics and information on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of minerals and materials essential to the U.S. economy, the national security, and protection of the environment

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## Science and Decisions Center

### Conducts integrated physical, biological, socioeconomic, and information science, advances decision-analytic methods in the USGS, and investigates innovative data collection and analysis methods

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## Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

### Conduct scientific research throughout the United States to describe and understand the processes shaping coastal and marine ecosystems

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## Water Science Centers

### Maryland-Delaware-D.C., New England, New Jersey, New York, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Virginia and West Virginia

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# Northeast Region

We conduct impartial, multi- and interdisciplinary research and monitoring on a large range of natural-resource issues that impact the quality of life of citizens and wildlife throughout Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington D.C.

### Our Science Centers

There are 13 Science Centers spanning 14 States and Washington, D.C. The Centers conduct interdisciplinary biologic, geologic, hydrologic, and energy monitoring and research addressing natural resource issues facing our nation.

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## News

USGS Attends 2024 Northeast Section Meeting of GSA

April 3, 2024

####   USGS Attends 2024 Northeast Section Meeting of GSA

Popular Social Media Posts - Winter 2024

March 29, 2024

####   Popular Social Media Posts - Winter 2024

Meet our New Staff at the New England WSC - March 2024

March 28, 2024

####   Meet our New Staff at the New England WSC - March 2024

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## Publications

April 3, 2024

####                 Estimation and comparison of 1-percent annual exceedance probability flood flows at Federal Emergency Management Agency flood insurance study flow locations across Pennsylvania              

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

April 3, 2024

####                 Identifying an understudied interface: Preliminary evaluation of the use of retention ponds on commercial poultry farms by wild waterfowl              

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

April 2, 2024

####                 Comparing modern identification methods for wild bees: Metabarcoding and image-based morphological taxonomic assignment              

Water Resources Mission Area, Ecosystems Mission Area, California Water Science Center, Fort Collins Science Center, Central Midwest Water Science Center, New Jersey Water Science Center, Oregon Water Science Center, Upper Midwest Water Science Center

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