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2012 New Resources and Information

December 19, 2012

New Online Report

Galloway, J.M., Vecchia, A.V., Vining, K.C., Densmore, B.K., and Lundgren, R.F., 2012, Evaluation of water-quality characteristics and sampling design for streams in North Dakota, 1970–2008: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2012–5216, 304 p.
URL -- http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5216/

August 9, 2012

New Online Report

Galloway, J.M., and Nustad, R.A., 2012, Sediment loads in the Red River of the North and selected tributaries near Fargo, North Dakota, 2010—2011: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2012–5111, 46 p.
URL -- http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5111/

July 31, 2012

New Online Report

Nustad, R.A., Galloway, J.M., 2012, Assessment of nutrients and suspended sediment conditions in and near the Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge, Northwest Minnesota, 2008–2010: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2012–5112, 45 p.
URL -- http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5112/

July 18, 2012

New Online Resource

A comprehensive grouping of all USGS webcams in North Dakota is now available on the Webcams in North Dakota web page
URL -- http://nd.water.usgs.gov/webcams/

April 23, 2012

New Online Report

Hanson, B.R., and Galloway, J.M., 2012, Sediment characteristics of the Yellowstone River in the vicinity of a proposed bypass chute near Glendive, Montana, 2011: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1042, 19 p.
URL -- http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1042/

April 23, 2012

New Online Report

Lundgren, R.F., Macek-Rowland, K.M., and Lindsay, M.J., 2012, Physical habitat, water quality, and riverine biological assemblages of selected reaches of the Sheyenne River, North Dakota, 2010: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011–5178, 57 p.
URL -- http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5178/

January 9, 2012

New Online Report

Galloway, J.M., Blanchard, R.A., and Ellison, C.A., 2011, Sediment concentrations, loads, and particle-size distributions in the Red River of the North and selected tributaries near Fargo, North Dakota, during the 2011 spring high-flow event: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011–5134, 30 p.
URL -- http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5134/

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