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Media Alert: Low-level flights to image geology over parts of New England

USGS low-level airplane surveys starting late Spring 2025 to map hazards, minerals in national effort

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WSGS and USGS collaborate on new airborne mineral survey in southeastern Wyoming

Data will improve understanding of geology and mineral potential in the Shirley Mountains and Hartville Uplift areas, part of a national effort

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USGS deploys equipment to measure waves in Upper Mississippi River’s Pool 13

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Media Alert: Low-level flights to image geology over parts of south-central New Mexico

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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Media Alert: Low-level airplane flights to image geology over parts of Nebraska, Kansas, and Iowa

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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Media Alert: Low-level helicopter flights to image geology over Wyoming’s Laramie Mountains

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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The scoop on what USGS hopes to find in a Summit County trench

RSVP requested to Heidi Koehler by 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, hkoehler@usgs.gov, 720-320-1246  

 

If you’d like to speak with a USGS scientist before...

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A new study predicts grizzly bear habitat use in the Bitterroot Ecosystem of Montana and Idaho

RESTON, Va. — A new study co-authored by scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey and Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks helps to identify where in the...

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to fund critical mineral mapping across Montana, Idaho borderlands

RESTON, Va. – The U.S. Geological Survey has announced it will invest approximately $4.2 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to collect...

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Critical mineral mapping across regions of Nebraska, Kansas underway thanks to Bipartisan Infrastructure Law investments in Earth MRI

RESTON, Va. – The U.S. Geological Survey recently announced it will invest about $1.3 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to collect high...

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Erosion following wildfire has increased in California since 1984

In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists compiled one year’s worth of soil and sediment erosion quantities occurring after large California wildfires...

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USGS Earth MRI invests in Colorado critical mineral mapping

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey announced it will invest approximately $1.6 million to collect high-resolution geophysical data focused on...

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U.S. Geological Survey scientists measure what often remains invisible – groundwater in the southeast Puget Sound region

Scientists investigate a resource critical to millions of people in Washington state that often remains invisible to the public eye.

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Low-flying airplane mapping parts of northwestern California

Editor: In the public interest and in accordance with FAA regulations, the USGS is announcing this low-level airborne project. Your assistance in...

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Media Alert: Low-level fixed-wing, helicopter flights to image geology over parts of Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina

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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