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1/30/2009 - White-nose syndrome spreads to two states
From the website: White-nose syndrome, the puzzling disease that has killed hundreds of thousands of hibernating bats in the Northeast over the past two winters -  including in Vermont.  The disease has been documented in Mifflin County, in central Pennsylvania, in a mine occupied by wintering bats, according to representatives at a biodiversity center in Richmond, and recently afflicting hibernating bats in New Jersey.

1/29/2009 - Mount Redoubt Volcano in Alaska Likely to Erupt
The level of seismic activity at Mount Redoubt Volcano, 106 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska, has increased and an eruption is possible within days to weeks.  Scientists from the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) are monitoring events round-the-clock. Redoubt Volcano has been assessed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as one of the nation's highest-threat volcanoes.