...magnitude of 2.8, the other a 2.6, were felt within minutes. The USGS is also reporting a 2.7 magnitude earthquake 38 miles East of Whittier...people in Alaska and 16 people in California.http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/
...oil and gas has not been generated, said USGS energy resources program coordinator Brenda...artificially heated, according to the USGS. The study did not specify how much of...is on federal, state or private land. USGS Director Marcia McNutt indicated Alaska...
...National Marine Fisheries Service and the Economic Development Administration. Under Interior: BIA, BLM, BOEMRE, NPS, FWS, USGS, and the Office of Surface Mining. Under Agriculture: Forest Service. These agencies are vital to developing land and water...
...Cleveland were not considered a threat to Nikolski's 16 permanent residents.The observatory is a joint program between the USGS, the University of Alaska Geophysical Institute and the state Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys.The observatory...
...effect on plants and water.Lead author Jennifer Harden, a USGS research soil scientist, said it's too soon to make grand...latter is clear. We need to do a lot more science on it."USGS Director Marcia McNutt said in the study announcement that the...
...said Chad Jay, a U.S. Geological Survey research ecologist who studies patterns of walrus distribution.Since 2008, Jay, USGS researcher Anthony Fischbach and colleagues in Russia have used crossbows to attach temporary radio collars to walrus so their...
...Service (FWS) partnered with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from July 2010 to August 2011 to collect data on visitor experiences on 53 refuges across the National Wildlife Refuge System. USGS's mission is to integrate biological, social, and economic...
...there?' and turns out ... it was their gauging station." After a few phone calls, he said the item was removed by the USGS at no cost to the local program. "That's helping stretch the dollars," Czarnezki said. There are two more projects in...
...pike predation. "The whole purpose of this project was to test this as a tool as a method of pike suppression," he said. USGS also teamed up with the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association to experiment with pike in Derks Lake. Matt Smukall, project technician...
...back to 1923.To learn more about banding and the myth busting information produced as a result, visit http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/. Janet Schmidt is the Supervisory Park Ranger for Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Previous Refuge Notebook articles...
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