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News Releases from 2008

1. New study estimates 765 grizzly bears reside in northwest Montana
   Released: 9/16/2008 8:21:58 PM (Share)
   
2. USGS to Host Congressional Briefing on Climate Change and Invasive Species
   Released: 9/15/2008 11:21:33 AM (Share)
   
3. Before the Dams Come Out: Scientists Measure Elwha River Conditions Now to Help Measure Dam Removal Success Tomorrow
   Released: 9/15/2008 8:49:37 AM (Share)
   
4. Beach Sand Often More Contaminated than Water
   Released: 9/12/2008 1:50:30 PM (Share)
   
5. Hurricane Ike: Maps Showing Potential Coastal Change Available Online
   Released: 9/12/2008 11:34:05 AM (Share)
   
6. Silent Streams? Escalating Endangerment for North American Freshwater Fish: Nearly 40 Percent Now At-Risk
   Released: 9/9/2008 1:46:24 PM (Share)
   
7. Science that Weathers the Storm...USGS Scientists in the Field Preparing for Hurricane Ike
   Released: 9/5/2008 2:37:42 PM (Share)
   
8. Science that Weathers the Storm...Track Flooding During Tropical Storm Hanna in Real-Time
   Released: 9/5/2008 6:40:49 AM (Share)
   
9. Study: Undiscovered Minerals in the Andes
   Released: 9/3/2008 12:02:55 PM (Share)
   
10. Unexplored Arctic Region to be Mapped
    Released: 9/2/2008 7:40:37 PM (Share)
    
11. Fish Pesticide May Control Unwanted Round Goby
    Released: 9/2/2008 7:38:26 PM (Share)
    
12. Hurricane Gustav: USGS Maps Potential for Coastal Change
    Released: 8/31/2008 1:51:46 PM (Share)
    
13. Science that Weathers the Storm: Track Flooding During Tropical Storm Gustav in Real-Time
    Released: 8/29/2008 1:19:38 PM (Share)
    
14. Fay's Heavy Rains Bring Record Flooding to Parts of Drought Stricken North Carolina
    Released: 8/29/2008 6:23:25 AM (Share)
    
15. Science that Weathers the Storm: USGS Scientists in the Field Preparing for Gustav
    Released: 8/28/2008 3:34:47 PM (Share)
    
16. Ancient Bacteria Uses Arsenic to Grow
    Released: 8/15/2008 5:15:43 PM (Share)
    
17. Strategy to Assess the Nation's Ground-Water Availability
    Released: 8/14/2008 1:54:31 PM (Share)
    
18. Don't be Left Out! Three Months to ShakeOut
    Released: 8/13/2008 7:12:38 AM (Share)
    
19. Drought Conditions in Western North Carolina Even Worse Than Last Year
    Released: 8/11/2008 1:41:35 PM (Share)
    
20. Third Aleutian Volcano Erupts Explosively
    Released: 8/8/2008 5:36:14 PM (Share)
    
21. Southern Californians Urged to Join Largest Earthquake Drill in U.S. History
    Released: 7/30/2008 5:33:46 PM (Share)
    
22. Magnitude-5.4 Earthquake Rattles Los Angeles Area
    Released: 7/29/2008 7:04:49 PM (Share)
    
23. 90 Billion Barrels of Oil and 1,670 Trillion Cubic Feet of Natural Gas Assessed in the Arctic
    Released: 7/23/2008 1:00:00 PM (Share)
    
24. USGS Science at Ecological Society of America
    Released: 7/23/2008 12:59:06 PM (Share)
    
25. "Carbon farm" project will study ways to capture atmospheric CO2
    Released: 7/23/2008 12:55:00 PM (Share)
    
26. Beyond Books: Thomas Lahr Named Federal Librarian of the Year
    Released: 7/22/2008 11:24:14 AM (Share)
    
27. USGS Tracks Explosive Eruption of Okmok Volcano in Alaska
    Released: 7/18/2008 5:58:27 PM (Share)
    
28. Ouch! Taking a Shot at Plague: Vaccine Offers Hope for Endangered Ferrets in Plague Outbreak
    Released: 7/16/2008 10:57:19 AM (Share)
    
29. The First Step Home? Study Suggests Upper Klamath Lake is able to Support Juvenile Salmon
    Released: 7/15/2008 11:43:14 AM (Share)
    
30. Lead Shot and Sinkers: Weighty Implications for Fish and Wildlife Health
    Released: 7/11/2008 11:29:09 AM (Share)
    
31. Spring Nutrient Delivery to the Gulf Estimated Among Highest in Three Decades
    Released: 7/11/2008 10:38:59 AM (Share)
    
32. Mount St. Helens Officially Slumbers— Alert Level Goes Back to Normal —
    Released: 7/10/2008 3:38:40 PM (Share)
    
33. The Good, the Bad, and the Smelly: USGS at the 2008 Coral Reef Symposium
    Released: 7/7/2008 12:43:56 PM (Share)
    
34. Coast Salish and USGS Commit to Restoring Salish Sea Water Quality
    Released: 7/2/2008 2:51:15 PM (Share)
    
35. USGS Accelerates Access to Satellite Data
    Released: 7/1/2008 2:48:18 PM (Share)
    
36. USGS to Help Chile Develop Volcano Early Warning System
    Released: 6/25/2008 1:59:38 PM (Share)
    
37. Larsen Named USGS Associate Director for Water
    Released: 6/25/2008 9:53:45 AM (Share)
    
38. California Sea Otters: Population Recovery Continues at Slower Rate
    Released: 6/24/2008 5:11:30 PM (Share)
    
39. Two 500-Year Floods Within 15 Years: What are the Odds?
    Released: 6/20/2008 5:28:31 PM (Share)
    
40. The Buzz on Pollinators: Podcasts Hover Around National Pollinator Week
    Released: 6/20/2008 5:00:42 PM (Share)
    
41. USGS Model Helps Explain Trends in Greater Sage-Grouse Range Reduction
    Released: 6/17/2008 1:00:00 PM (Share)
    
42. National Treasure Expands: National Archives to Include Earth Imagery
    Released: 6/13/2008 9:43:00 AM (Share)
    
43. Media Advisory:USGS Crews to Install New Streamgage in Cedar Rapids
    Released: 6/12/2008 1:45:07 PM (Share)
    
44. UPDATE: USGS Crews Measure Severe Flooding in the Midwest
    Released: 6/10/2008 3:17:19 PM (Share)
    
45. USGS Better Prepared to Help Emergency Officials Protect the Public this Hurricane Season
    Released: 6/2/2008 5:00:31 PM (Share)
    
46. What Makes an Old Geyser Faithful?
    Released: 5/30/2008 11:21:51 AM (Share)
    
47. USGS to Host Congressional Briefing on Climate Change Impacts on the Colorado River
    Released: 5/29/2008 6:42:07 AM (Share)
    
48. USGS and Environment Canada Will Share Science Across Borders
    Released: 5/23/2008 5:05:20 PM (Share)
    
49. How Much Water is Lost in the Great Lakes Basin?
    Released: 5/23/2008 1:38:42 PM (Share)
    
50. USGS Scientists Present at 2008 International Meeting of the Society of Wetland Scientists: May 26 - 30
    Released: 5/23/2008 6:47:00 AM (Share)
    
51. Tracing the Hayward Fault: Online and On the Ground
    Released: 5/22/2008 12:30:00 PM (Share)
    
52. Disaster Earthquake Scenario Unveiled for Southern California
    Released: 5/22/2008 10:00:00 AM (Share)
    
53. Real-Time Water Quality Information Available Across the Nation
    Released: 5/22/2008 9:44:58 AM (Share)
    
54. Mineral Production Data Reflect Economic Slowdown
    Released: 5/20/2008 11:51:24 AM (Share)
    
55. Coeur d'Alene River Flooding Worst Since 1996
    Released: 5/19/2008 5:30:00 PM (Share)
    
56. Media Advisory: Tracing the Hayward Fault —Online and On the Ground
    Released: 5/19/2008 1:52:38 PM (Share)
    
57. To Swim or Not to Swim?
    Released: 5/19/2008 11:55:04 AM (Share)
    
58. Notice of Product Availability: Mount St. Helens Action Footage Available
    Released: 5/10/2008 2:53:38 PM (Share)
    
59. Water Demand Likely to Increase Substantially in New Hampshire's Seacoast Region by 2025
    Released: 5/9/2008 1:08:58 PM (Share)
    
60. Dying Bats in the Northeast Remain a Mystery
    Released: 5/9/2008 7:35:32 AM (Share)
    
61. George Gryc —USGS Geologist, Leader, and Alaska Expert, 1919 - 2008
    Released: 5/8/2008 8:45:22 AM (Share)
    
62. Boldly Going Where No Man (or Woman) Goes: USGS Unmanned Aircraft
    Released: 5/8/2008 8:09:48 AM (Share)
    
63. Landsat Satellite Imagery Used to Assess the Impact of Myanmar's Cyclone Nargis
    Released: 5/8/2008 8:09:00 AM (Share)
    
64. Earthquake Shakes Northern Virginia
    Released: 5/6/2008 3:50:31 PM (Share)
    
65. USGS Awards Satellite Imagery Contracts: Enhancing Access to Users
    Released: 5/2/2008 4:21:57 PM (Share)
    
66. Web Tool Puts Wildlife Disease News on the Map
    Released: 5/2/2008 3:46:13 PM (Share)
    
67. Highest Flood Recorded on Lower Mississippi River Since 1973
    Released: 5/1/2008 2:09:19 PM (Share)
    
68. Scientists Collect Data to Aid Afghanistan Reconstruction
    Released: 4/30/2008 1:48:21 PM (Share)
    
69. Media Advisory: New Data to Help with Afghanistan's Natural Resources and Hazards Assessments
    Released: 4/22/2008 1:57:14 PM (Share)
    
70. Earthquake Hazard Maps Show How the Nation Shakes with Quakes
    Released: 4/21/2008 3:20:24 PM (Share)
    
71. Upper San Pedro Partnership Wins Cooperative Conservation Award
    Released: 4/21/2008 3:06:30 PM (Share)
    
72. Award Recognizes Animas Watershed Improvements
    Released: 4/21/2008 2:59:27 PM (Share)
    
73. Sparta Aquifer Recovery Partnership Wins Cooperative Conservation Award
    Released: 4/21/2008 2:54:08 PM (Share)
    
74. Illinois Earthquake is a Wake-Up Call
    Released: 4/18/2008 2:07:11 PM (Share)
    
75. USGS to Host Congressional Briefing on Climate Change Impacts on Coastal Communities
    Released: 4/18/2008 11:53:38 AM (Share)
    
76. Earthquake, Tsunami Experts Gather in Seattle
    Released: 4/16/2008 7:08:18 AM (Share)
    
77. Kimball Named Associate Director for Geology
    Released: 4/15/2008 5:24:22 PM (Share)
    
78. Climate Change May Create Water Supply Shortages in the Colorado River Basin
    Released: 4/15/2008 5:18:10 PM (Share)
    
79. New Study Shows Odds High for Big California Quakes
    Released: 4/14/2008 12:02:15 PM (Share)
    
80. USGS Maps Integrated Science at World's Largest Geography Conference
    Released: 4/14/2008 11:10:20 AM (Share)
    
81. Media Advisory: New Study Shows Odds High for Big California Quakes
    Released: 4/11/2008 8:59:54 PM (Share)
    
82. 3 to 4.3 Billion Barrels of Technically Recoverable Oil Assessed in North Dakota and Montana's Bakken Formation—25 Times More Than 1995 Estimate—
    Released: 4/10/2008 2:25:36 PM (Share)
    
83. Glen Canyon Dam High Flow Experiment Time Lapse Videos Available
    Released: 4/7/2008 (Share)
    
84. Track Flooding with the New USGS Flood Map
    Released: 4/4/2008 9:29:57 AM (Share)
    
85. Feature: The Alaska Volcano Observatory—20 Years of Partnership in Support of Public Safety and Volcano Science
    Released: 4/3/2008 1:15:39 PM (Share)
    
86. New Model Simulates Ground Water and Surface Water Interactions
    Released: 4/2/2008 1:15:48 PM (Share)
    
87. No joke—freezing record of climate change to land in Denver this week
    Released: 4/1/2008 2:15:36 PM (Share)
    
88. Dramatic Developments at Kilauea Volcano: Scientists Work to Keep Public Safe and Informed
    Released: 3/27/2008 1:58:19 PM (Share)
    
89. USGS and the Idaho Department of Water Resources to Measure Water Levels in 1,300 Southern Idaho Wells
    Released: 3/26/2008 4:47:08 PM (Share)
    
90. New findings on abandoned mines in southwest Colorado reveal what methods of investigation are most fruitful for watersheds
    Released: 3/25/2008 2:40:37 PM (Share)
    
91. Camellias, Rhododendrons Grace Government Offices
    Released: 3/25/2008 2:37:01 PM (Share)
    
92. The Hayward Fault: America's Most Dangerous?
    Released: 3/20/2008 1:00:00 PM (Share)
    
93. Media Advisory: Learn How Volcano Science Helps Build Safer Communities—Alaska Volcano Observatory Turns 20—
    Released: 3/19/2008 2:44:51 PM (Share)
    
94. Media Advisory: USGS to Host Congressional Briefing on Climate Change Impacts on Coastal Communities
    Released: 3/19/2008 11:41:49 AM (Share)
    
95. Media Advisory: Water Availability: A Matter of Quantity, Quality and Use
    Released: 3/18/2008 8:49:19 AM (Share)
    
96. USGS Study Finds Pesticides in the Lower Clackamas River Mainstem and Tributaries, and in Samples of Drinking Water
    Released: 3/18/2008 6:21:38 AM (Share)
    
97. USGS to Offer $3.4 Million in Earthquake Research Grants —Online-Only Applications Due May 15, 2008—
    Released: 3/17/2008 3:23:02 PM (Share)
    
98. United States and Indonesia to Establish Regional Volcano Observatory in North Sulawesi
    Released: 3/14/2008 4:43:10 PM (Share)
    
99. USGS Report Identifies Natural Occurrences of Asbestos in the Southwestern U.S.
    Released: 3/13/2008 4:45:55 PM (Share)
    
100. USGS and USAID Announce U.S.-Panamanian Action in Response to a Joint Study of Panama's Baru Volcano
     Released: 3/4/2008 2:11:01 PM (Share)
     
101. New Method to Estimate Sea Ice Thickness
     Released: 3/4/2008 11:28:56 AM (Share)
     
102. New Web Site Helps Wisconsin Plan for Safe Drinking Water
     Released: 3/4/2008 11:16:46 AM (Share)
     
103. Reclamation Releases Final EA and FONSI Authorizing High-Flow and Steady Flow Experiments on the Colorado River
     Released: 2/29/2008 9:32:33 PM (Share)
     
104. Landsat 5 Satellite Back in Action
     Released: 2/29/2008 11:24:15 AM (Share)
     
105. Media Advisory: Opening of Glen Canyon Dam's Jet Tubes for High-Flow Experiment
     Released: 2/25/2008 3:38:31 PM (Share)
     
106. Media Advisory: Investment and Development Potential for Afghanistan's Resources
     Released: 2/25/2008 9:46:42 AM (Share)
     
107. White Pine County, Nevada, is a Critical Water Source for large areas of Nevada and Utah
     Released: 2/22/2008 5:59:52 AM (Share)
     
108. Mount St. Helens Takes a Rest
     Released: 2/21/2008 5:07:47 PM (Share)
     
109. Earthworms Found to Contain Chemicals from Households and Animal Manure
     Released: 2/20/2008 12:00:00 PM (Share)
     
110. USGS Maps Show Potential Non-Native Python Habitat Along Three U.S. Coasts
     Released: 2/20/2008 10:45:00 AM (Share)
     
111. Media Advisory: Recent Virginia Wildfires Captured on Satellite
     Released: 2/15/2008 7:37:09 AM (Share)
     
112. Volunteers across the Nation to Track Climate Clues in Spring Flowers
     Released: 2/14/2008 11:54:08 AM (Share)
     
113. Many Factors Will Challenge the Recovery of the Chesapeake Bay
     Released: 2/11/2008 9:49:28 AM (Share)
     
114. Intersex in Smallmouth Bass Coincident with Population and Agriculture in Potomac Watershed
     Released: 2/7/2008 12:50:58 PM (Share)
     
115. The World's Largest Potential Energy Resource
     Released: 2/7/2008 9:21:21 AM (Share)
     
116. The President's FY 2009 Budget Request for USGS
     Released: 2/4/2008 12:23:14 PM (Share)
     
117. Value of Nation's Mineral Production Rose Again in 2007
     Released: 2/4/2008 10:50:42 AM (Share)
     
118. Report: How the USGS Responded to 2005 Hurricanes and Addresses Storms Today
     Released: 2/1/2008 8:21:13 AM (Share)
     
119. USGS Makes New Information on Arizona's Ground Water Available on the Web
     Released: 1/30/2008 9:53:41 PM (Share)
     
120. Agricultural Practices in 9 States Contribute Majority of Excessive Nutrients to the Northern Gulf of Mexico
     Released: 1/29/2008 12:37:46 PM (Share)
     
121. USGS Earthquake Information Available in Google Earth™
     Released: 1/29/2008 11:56:41 AM (Share)
     
122. Media Advisory: Agriculture Practices in 9 States Contribute Majority of Excessive Nutrients to Northern Gulf of Mexico
     Released: 1/24/2008 12:34:15 PM (Share)
     
123. Media Advisory: USGS To Host Congressional Briefings on How Science is Used to Respond to Hurricanes
     Released: 1/24/2008 12:04:56 PM (Share)
     
124. USGS Announces Minerals Research Grant Recipients
     Released: 1/24/2008 9:37:51 AM (Share)
     
125. USGS Genetics Research Sheds Light on Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus in Great Lakes’ Fish
     Released: 1/23/2008 1:44:50 PM (Share)
     
126. National Research Council Calibrates Research for The National Map
     Released: 1/22/2008 9:33:47 AM (Share)
     
127. USGS Web Site Provides Idaho Ground Water Information
     Released: 1/18/2008 2:50:39 PM (Share)
     
128. High-Flow Experiment Proposed to Improve Grand Canyon Resources
     Released: 1/17/2008 5:25:05 PM (Share)
     
129. Annual Bald Eagle Survey Yields Important Results
     Released: 1/10/2008 6:27:04 PM (Share)
     
130. USGS Scientist Reveals 2007 California Wildfire Impacts on Wildlife
     Released: 1/9/2008 12:26:07 PM (Share)
     
131. Coral Reef Builders Vulnerable to Ocean Acidification
     Released: 1/4/2008 6:39:20 PM (Share)
     
132. Earthquakes claim 709 lives in 2007
     Released: 1/3/2008 4:50:18 PM (Share)
     
133. USGS and NOAA Install High Tech Equipment to Monitor Canyons for Post-Fire Flash Flood and Debris Flow Hazards
     Released: 1/3/2008 10:53:43 AM (Share)
     
134. Gasoline Additive MTBE Widespread in New Hampshire’s Ground Water
     Released: 1/2/2008 1:03:45 PM (Share)