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USGS Media Alert: Low-level flights to image 3D geology in northeastern Washington state
Editor: In the public interest and in accordance with the Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the USGS is announcing this low-level airborne...
Warmer water could cool Montana’s trout fishing economy
BOZEMAN, Mont. – Despite decades of resiliency, climate change may put Montana’s popular trout fisheries at risk, according to a study published today...
USGS Initiates Environmental Assessment for Energy and Minerals Research Facility in Colorado
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced today the initiation of an Environmental Assessment (EA) for a proposed research facility on the Colorado...
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law helps map underground geology across Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia
Aerial surveys will aid the protection of life and personal property from earthquakes and benefit the region’s economy through the potential discovery...
Dignitaries, scientists celebrate advanced technologies in Great Lakes research
ASHLAND, Wis. — Reporters are invited to an event Tuesday, August 9, showcasing the use of sailboat-like drones, autonomous underwater vehicles, large...
USGS Study Suggests Atlantic Sturgeon Spawning Population Declined by More Than 99% in the Delaware River Since the Late 1800s
The population of adult Atlantic sturgeon that migrate to the Delaware River each year was once comprised of hundreds of thousands of individual fish...