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Keep up-to-date with the latest news from the USGS as research funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law gets underway.

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Media Alert: Low-Level Helicopter Flights to Image Geology Over Parts of Idaho and Montana

 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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Biden-Harris Administration & New York State Geological Survey invest $500,000 to map geology in northwestern New York

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey will invest $500,000 to map geology and critical mineral resources in New York in partnership with the New...

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Media Alert: Low-Level Flights to Image Geology Over Parts of Northwestern New York

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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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Support Critical Minerals, Hurricane Resiliency Through New Federal-State Mapping Efforts in Alabama and Florida

RESTON, Va. — The USGS will invest more than $5 million to map both critical minerals and mineral resources important to hurricane resiliency in...

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Media Alert: Low-Level Helicopter Flights to Image Geology Over Parts of Southwestern Colorado

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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Plugging the Gaps: How the USGS is working to fill in data gaps for Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells

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...

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Helps Map Critical Mineral Resources in Montana

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey will invest more than $1.9 million to map critical mineral resources in Montana in partnership with the Monta...

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USGS seeks geologic data preservation proposals from state geological surveys as part of President’s Investing in America agenda

RESTON, VA — The U.S. Geological Survey is currently soliciting project proposals for Fiscal Year 2024 grants for geologic data preservation and is...

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Media Alert: The Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology and U.S. Geological Survey announce low-level helicopter flights in Southwest Montana

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

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Media Alert: Low-level helicopter flights along Colorado-Wyoming border will study mineral potential

Editor: In the public interest and in accordance with the Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the CGS, the WSGS and the USGS are announcing...

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USGS Invests Millions in Critical-Minerals Mapping in Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska. — The U.S. Geological Survey will invest more than $5.8 million to map critical-mineral resources in Alaska in partnership with the...

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Media Alert: The Wyoming State Geological Survey and U.S. Geological Survey announce low-level helicopter flights in Central Wyoming

The new airborne geophysical survey data will be collected using a helicopter and will fly over parts of central Wyoming, weather permitting. The...

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