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USGS | 2014
Anthropogenic and natural disturbance have caused habitat loss and fragmentation, leading to population declines of greater sage-grouse. USGS ecologist Steve Knick is leading a new study using GPS…
USGS | 2014
National Geographic released a story about tracking animal migrations on its education Web site (http://education.nationalgeographic.com/media/richmedia/0/196/project/geo-story-animal-migrations.html…
USGS | 2014
USGS scientists participated in a meeting of the Cooperative Monitoring, Evaluation and Research (CMER) committee on November 19, 2013, in Tumwater, Washington. CMER is responsible for conducting…
USGS | 2014
In July 2014, USGS collected 2,000 line km of hyperspectral data in the Arctic and Nabesna areas of Alaska. The project, supported by the USGS Mineral Resources Program, will locate and…
USGS | 2014
As part of an effort to fulfill the requirements of section 712 of the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007, the USGS is conducting a comprehensive national assessment of…
USGS | 2014
This is an interdisciplinary effort to assess ecosystem carbon sequestration capacity for all domestic ecosystems as a function of climate, land use, land management and disturbances. The integrated…
USGS | 2014
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently issued its first permit to allow take (a set number of inadvertent deaths) of golden eagles at a wind power facility. Fatality monitoring will be…
USGS | 2014
Prediction of the impacts of potential earthquakes is enhanced by detailed and accurate data on fault structures. From 2013–2014, the USGS and Utah State partners acquired 3,682 km2 of 8 points/m (…
USGS | 2014
Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) systems use earthquake science and monitoring technology to alert people when shaking waves generated by an earthquake are expected to arrive at their location. The…
USGS | 2014
The hazard posed by earthquakes is strongly related to the geologic slip rate of active faults. To determine slip rates, geologists use high-resolution digital elevation maps (DEMs) to…
USGS | 2014
In 2001, a nearly 5-month-long sequence of shallow, mostly small magnitude earthquakes occurred beneath Spokane, Washington (population 200,000). During most of the sequence, the locations of the…
USGS | 2014
The New Madrid seismic zone (NMSZ) in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas has been responsible for producing some of the largest intraplate earthquakes on record. The USGS Earthquake…