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• Tampa Bay, Florida to Florida Keys: Assessed impacts of Hurricane Irma on marsh and mangrove field sites, October 19–24 and October 6. Details:
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-362-FA
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-350-FA

• Long Island, New York: Measured sediment transport of wetland complexes in Cape Cod NS, Fire Island NS, Gateway NRA, and Assateague Island NS, October 16–21 and August 14–19. Details:
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-055-FA
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-045-FA

• Fire Island, New York: Surveyed beach profiles, continuous alongshore topography, and Wilderness Breach shoreline position, October 16–19. Details:
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-348-FA

• Big Sur coast, California: Used drone for structure-from-motion topographic survey of Mud Creek landslide on Highway 1, October 11–12. Details:
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-687-FA

• Grand Bay, Mississippi: Collected sediment tracers and traps at erosion monitoring sites in marshes, and removed boardwalks, September 30–October 6. Details:
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-346-FA

• Panama: Measured coral abundance, coral calcification, and bioerosion in the Gulf of Chiriqui and Gulf of Panama, September 9–October 5. Details:
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-343-FA

• Western Canada to Southeast Alaska: Investigated the offshore Queen Charlotte-Fairweather fault system, September 9–October 3. Details:
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-652-FA

• North Carolina: Measured bathymetry and sediment thickness, mapped outcrops for deep coral, canyon, and seep communities, September 1–13. Details:
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-004-FA

• Santa Cruz, California: Collected suspended-sediment samples from the San Lorenzo River opposite the downtown Trader Joe’s, January 7–September 30. Details:
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-606-FA

• Maui, Hawai‘i: Collected tide, wave, and set-up data over coral reefs for numerical model validation, September 25–29. Details:
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-662-FA

• Floras Lake, Oregon: Collected cores and determined tsunami and earthquake history, September 10–20. Details:
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-670-FA

• Fire Island, New York: Surveyed nearshore bathymetry and topography in and around the Wilderness Breach, September 5–15. Details:
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-344-FA

• Nooksack River, Washington: Determined the geochemical composition of river sediment, September 11–15. Details:
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-663-FA

• Santa Barbara, California: Monitored changes in sand distribution and movement between Goleta and Mugu submarine canyon, September 4–10. Details:
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-674-FA

• Outer Banks, North Carolina: Collected samples for seafloor habitat research, August 28–September 8. Details:
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-048-FA

• North Carolina to New Jersey: Performed water-column imaging, seafloor imaging, and CTD surveys to measure the impact of methane seepage, August 13–31. Details:
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-002-FA

• Gorda Ridge, Eastern Pacific Ocean: Studied hydrothermal vent fields and associated biology, August 13–27. Details:
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-665-FA

• Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida: Collected coral reef framework cores on Pulaski Shoal, August 13–25. Details:
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-331-FA

• South Carolina: Performed sub-bottom acoustic profiling and sampling to provide age constraints on iceberg scours, August 15–22. Details:
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-671-FA

• Carmel River, California: Measured topographic profiles of the river channel after dam removal and storms, April 11–August 18. Details:
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-635-FA

For a complete list of USGS Coastal and Marine Geology program fieldwork, see: http://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data_search.php.

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