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New guidelines for successful oil and gas reclamation

New guidelines for successful oil and gas reclamation

The report provides specific and comprehensive reclamation guidance for surface oil and gas exploration and development. 

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Pesticides are likely impacting invertebrate life essential to our nation’s streams

Pesticides are likely impacting invertebrate life essential to our nation’s streams

A new nationwide study by USGS scientists provides additional scientific evidence that pesticides are likely negatively impacting aquatic invertebrate...

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Assessing landslide risks in Prince William Sound 

Assessing landslide risks in Prince William Sound 

Anchorage, AK- A recent effort by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has identified 43 different landslides in the Prince Williams Sound that showed...

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USGS expands National Map digital offerings, putting mountain-scale topography at user’s fingertips

USGS expands National Map digital offerings, putting mountain-scale topography at user’s fingertips

New 1:100,000-scale OnDemand Topo maps now available in topoBuilder application.

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New USGS map shows where damaging earthquakes are most likely to occur in US

New USGS map shows where damaging earthquakes are most likely to occur in US

USGS scientists and our partners recently revealed the latest National Seismic Hazard Model, showing that nearly 75% of the United States could...

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Thirty years after the Northridge earthquake, new tools inform safety.

Thirty years after the Northridge earthquake, new tools inform safety.

Did you feel the 1994 Northridge earthquake?

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USGS seeking Northridge felt reports from 30-year-old earthquake

USGS seeking Northridge felt reports from 30-year-old earthquake

‘Did you feel it’ reporting available in multiple languages

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From sagebrush to trout, USGS bolsters conservation efforts through data, collaboration

From sagebrush to trout, USGS bolsters conservation efforts through data, collaboration

USGS scientists, working with scientists and resource managers from multiple U.S. Department of Interior Bureaus and other government agencies, have...

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USGS partners with Nevada to map critical mineral potential with cutting-edge data in Nevada

USGS partners with Nevada to map critical mineral potential with cutting-edge data in Nevada

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will invest more than $1 million in a new airborne geophysical survey to map critical mineral...

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Low-Level Flights to Image Geology over parts of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia

Low-Level Flights to Image Geology over parts of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia

Editor: In the public interest and in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the USGS is announcing this low-level airborne...

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New Year’s Day M7.5 Earthquake Shakes Japan’s West Coast

New Year’s Day M7.5 Earthquake Shakes Japan’s West Coast

At 4:10 p.m. local time on January 1, 2024, the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Earthquake Information Center detected a magnitude 7.5 earthquake at...

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Interior Department Announces Landsat 2030 International Partnership Initiative

Interior Department Announces Landsat 2030 International Partnership Initiative

This release was originally shared by the Department of the Interior. 

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