USGS

The rapid timeline from when the Idaho State Department of Agriculture found invasive quagga mussel larvae in the Snake River in September to when it deployed a chemical treatment two weeks later, was unparalleled in the world of invasive mussel control.

Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey in Idaho are working on research that could make it easier to detect algae blooms. Excess amounts of blue-green…

You may have missed it, but on Black Friday the federal government released a second climate-related report . The United States Geologic Survey (USGS)...

Hydrologists with the U.S. Geological Survey are working with the Idaho Department of Water Resources to track the amount of water under the Wood River…

Lauren Zinsser keeps tabs on the health of the Boise River, from Lucky Peak to Parma."Overall one of the things to keep in mind with the Lower Boise…

Tuesday morning, a Senate committee will hear the nomination of someone who – if approved – would move from his role on an Idaho politician’s staff to a…

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck western Montana a little after midnight Thursday. The early morning quake was felt across hundreds of miles from eastern…

A new report from the U.S. Geological Survey says southeast Idaho is overdue for an earthquake. Sometime within the next 50 years, USGS says the so-called…

The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality is holding its 27th annual water quality workshop at Boise State this week. Dan Wise is with the U.S.…

Mercury contamination is well documented in the eastern United States. But USGS research ecologist Collin Eagles-Smith wanted to know how big of a problem…