by Asmawisham | Aug 22, 2017 | Academic, Media
Release Date: August 22, 2017 Call for elevation project funding proposals and requests issued. On August 16, 2017, the USGS issued the FY17/FY18 Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for 3D Elevation Program (3DEP). The BAA provides detailed information on how to partner...
by Asmawisham | Aug 21, 2017 | Academic, Media
Release Date: August 21, 2017 A carbonatite here, a glacial moraine there, a zig-zagging fault or two, even a behemoth of a batholith. The geology of the 50 States is an enormous patchwork of varied forms, beautiful in their variance but challenging to present as a...
by Asmawisham | Aug 16, 2017 | Academic, Media
Release Date: August 16, 2017 To illustrate the USGS and FEMA working together in the 2016 Louisiana flood response, the agency has been released an interactive Story Map. In August of 2016, Louisiana, as well as some nearby states, was hit with a historic rainfall...
by Asmawisham | Aug 16, 2017 | Academic, Media
Release Date: August 16, 2017 Managers have reduced Lake Michigan stocking levels of Chinook salmon at least three times over the past decades in response to declining prey fish and the natural reproduction of Chinook salmon. (Credit: Michael Humling, U.S. Fish and...
by Asmawisham | Aug 14, 2017 | Academic, Media
Release Date: August 14, 2017 The U.S. Geological Survey awarded approximately $4.9 million this week to six universities and a university-governed non-profit, to support transitioning the west coast “ShakeAlert” earthquake early warning system into a production...
by Asmawisham | Aug 11, 2017 | Academic, Media
Release Date: August 11, 2017 Editor: In the public interest and in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the USGS is announcing this low-level airborne project. Your assistance in informing the local communities is appreciated. Scientists...