A crew member explains water sampling equipment aboard the Environmental Protection Agency OSV Bold in New York at Riverbank State Park on Saturday, July 31, 2010. The ship is the EPA' s only coastal and ocean monitoring vessel. Equipped with state-of-the-art technology the crew samples, monitors, maps and analyzes the impact of human activities, such as discharge, shoreline development and pollution, on oceans and coastal waters. (&copy; Richard B. Levine)