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2012 Washington News Releases

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1. 

   Sediment Muddies the Water

   
   
   Released: 10/23/2012 1:00:00 PM
   
2. 

   New Tool Guides Chamokane Water Plans

   
   
   Released: 10/9/2012 12:30:00 PM
   
3. 

   Jill Rolland is Western Fisheries Research Center’s New Leader

   
   
   Released: 9/24/2012 1:30:04 PM
   
4. 

   Sediment in Puget Sound Rivers: The Good, the Bad, and the Uncertain

   
   
   Released: 9/24/2012 12:30:00 PM
   

5. Underwater Ecosystem Inundated by Sediment Plume

   
   
   Released: 7/27/2012 11:30:00 AM
   
6. 

   Media Advisory: Join Scuba Divers Looking for Changes to Elwha River Ecosystem, this Thursday, July 26

   
   
   Released: 7/23/2012 6:45:16 PM
   
7. 

   Scientists to Study Spokane Earthquake Hazards

   
   
   Released: 6/21/2012 6:00:00 PM
   
8. 

   Media Advisory: Seismic Survey in Downtown Spokane

   
   
   Released: 6/21/2012 4:48:25 PM
   
9. 

   Estimates of Low Summer Flows Help Fish, Habitat

   
   
   Released: 6/14/2012 12:00:00 PM
   
10. 

    USGS Beach Study in Kitsap Begins June 9

    
    
    Released: 6/7/2012 11:30:00 AM
    

11. USGS Details Effects of Climate Change on Water Availability in 14 Local Basins Nationwide

    
    
    Released: 5/16/2012 6:00:00 AM
    
12. 

    New Reconnaissance Study Identifies Toxic Compounds in the Columbia River Basin

    
    
    Released: 5/8/2012 11:08:16 AM
    
13. 

    Volcano Awareness Month is a Reminder to Prepare

    
    
    Released: 5/4/2012 3:02:55 PM
    

14. A Big Day for Science: Citizens Have Contributed One Million Observations to Top Nature Database

    
    
    Released: 5/3/2012 9:00:00 AM
    

15. Earbones Accurately Record a Fish’s Life Travels

    
    
    Released: 4/30/2012 9:07:33 AM
    

16. Media Advisory: Insecticides, Mercury, Toxic Cyanobacteria, Nitrate levels in the Pacific Northwest and Nationwide

    
    
    Released: 4/26/2012 6:00:00 AM
    

17. Invasive Barred Owls Interfere with Spotted Owls in Critical Ways

    
    
    Released: 4/12/2012 2:00:00 PM
    
18. 

    Results of 2011 Mountain Goat Census in Olympic Mountains

    
    
    Released: 2/9/2012 2:15:00 PM
    

19. Dramatic Links Found Between Climate Change, Elk, Plants, and Birds

    
    
    Released: 1/9/2012 11:30:00 AM