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LEADVILLE, Colo.--The U.S. Geological Survey will be conducting a dye-tracing study in Lake Fork Creek, west of Leadville, Colorado, and just...

Every day, millions of cars, and trucks drive along our nation’s roadways, many crossing streams and rivers as they go. Those driving may not consider...

For the next five-years, USGS will partner with an expanded group of universities, Tribal colleges, and Tribal organizations to provide science that...

BOISE, IDAHO - A study examining protected birds found dead along power lines on public lands in the western U.S. shows that gunshot deaths were three...

In the early evening of July 31, 1976, the day prior to Colorado’s centennial, a year’s worth of rain fell in 70 minutes over the headwaters of the...

As much of the world grapples with historic heat waves exacerbated by climate change and the ongoing El Nino event, ocean temperatures are also on the...

Ever wonder what happens to an oil and gas well when it runs dry? Believe it or not, that is a multi-billion-dollar question that occupies the...

Recent shifts from small grain agriculture to biofuel feedstocks affected grassland birds more negatively than did oil and gas development

Climate change is messing with nature’s alarm clock. For animals that use seasonal signs from nature to start important activities like migration...

Sailing drone will traverse the lakes late-July through September