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Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Selection of Collaborative Forest Restoration Projects (Aug 13, 2010) U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the selection of Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration projects in nine states that promote healthier, safer…
Invasive Bullfrogs Done in by Flash Floods (Aug 13, 2010) Discovery News. Scientists surveying native tree frogs and invasive bullfrogs in the mountain oases for Mexico's Baja California found evidence that the bullfrogs are blindsided by infrequent, powerful tropical cyclones that can occur.…
Burbot Captured in Green River (Aug 6, 2010) Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. On Jul 28, researchers with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources found a 21-inch burbot in the Green River below Flaming Gorge dam. Burbot are not native to Utah and are a voracious predator, capable of breeding in…
By Larry TellerIt’s fascinating if sometimes confounding to see how people perceive health risks and then act on their beliefs, especially when there’s a big disparity in how rationally they deal with, or manage, varying risks. Take, for example, my experience these past few weeks while on jury…
Such a giant eruption would have regional effects such as falling ash and short-term (years to decades) changes to global climate. The surrounding states of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming would be affected, as well as other places in the United States and the world. Such eruptions usually form…
While conducting mapping surveys west of Key West, Fla. the evening of August 14, the NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson heard a radio report from the U.S. Coast Guard that a small aircraft with one person aboard had crashed in the water about 30 miles away from the vessel. The crew of the Thomas Jefferson…
The U.S. Geological Survey has a toll-free number at 1-800-654-4966, and can be reached by email at NLIC@usgs.gov . The California Geological Survey has many publications and maps of interest on landslides: http://www.consrv.ca.gov/cgs/ , or phone: 916-445-1825. Call your local emergency management…
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Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Selection of Collaborative Forest Restoration Projects (Aug 13, 2010) U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the selection of Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration projects in nine states that promote healthier, safer…
Invasive Bullfrogs Done in by Flash Floods (Aug 13, 2010) Discovery News. Scientists surveying native tree frogs and invasive bullfrogs in the mountain oases for Mexico's Baja California found evidence that the bullfrogs are blindsided by infrequent, powerful tropical cyclones that can occur.…
Burbot Captured in Green River (Aug 6, 2010) Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. On Jul 28, researchers with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources found a 21-inch burbot in the Green River below Flaming Gorge dam. Burbot are not native to Utah and are a voracious predator, capable of breeding in…
By Larry TellerIt’s fascinating if sometimes confounding to see how people perceive health risks and then act on their beliefs, especially when there’s a big disparity in how rationally they deal with, or manage, varying risks. Take, for example, my experience these past few weeks while on jury…
Such a giant eruption would have regional effects such as falling ash and short-term (years to decades) changes to global climate. The surrounding states of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming would be affected, as well as other places in the United States and the world. Such eruptions usually form…
While conducting mapping surveys west of Key West, Fla. the evening of August 14, the NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson heard a radio report from the U.S. Coast Guard that a small aircraft with one person aboard had crashed in the water about 30 miles away from the vessel. The crew of the Thomas Jefferson…
The U.S. Geological Survey has a toll-free number at 1-800-654-4966, and can be reached by email at NLIC@usgs.gov . The California Geological Survey has many publications and maps of interest on landslides: http://www.consrv.ca.gov/cgs/ , or phone: 916-445-1825. Call your local emergency management…
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(PHILADELPHIA - August 13, 2010) EPA today announced draft sediment limits as the next step in establishing the Watershed Implementation Plans (WIPs) for the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)
PHILADELPHIA (August 13, 2010) -- Even with a tight economy parents and students still need the back-to-school shopping trip for clothes, backpacks, computers and school supplies
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold three public hearings on its proposed “transport rule,” which would cut power plant pollution that drifts across the borders of 31 eastern states and the District of Columbia
Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., August 13, 2010) - EPA has approved Kansas’ 2010 list of impaired waters, which removes 264 waters from the previous impaired waters list and adds 468 waters. This brings the total number of impaired waters in the state to 1,387
The combined global land and ocean surface temperature made this July the second warmest on record, behind 1998, and the warmest averaged January-July on record. The global average land surface temperature for July and January–July was warmest on record. The global ocean surface temperature for…
Hi, I’m Flo, and I am the spokesgallon for EPA’s WaterSense program! I just got back from kicking off the We’re for Water campaign by traveling across the country to spread the word about water efficiency. Now that I’m home in D.C., I wanted to take a minute to tell you about why I care…
VHS Test Results In; Fish Disease Has Not Spread Inland (Aug 10, 2010) Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources . State fisheries officials reported that the potentially deadly Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia fish virus did not spread to any inland Wisconsin waters that were tested for the virus in…
MetroInvasive - Globalization, Metropolitan Areas, Invasive Species MetroInvasive. Collaborative project between Federal Agencies and Universities researchers.Provides a perspective that considers urban areas as hubs of human-mediated invasionsin natural and managed ecosystems and provides resources…
Potato Late Blight Confirmed in Wisconsin (Jul 14, 2010) University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension. Late blight , caused by the fungus-like pathogen Phytophthora infestans , has been confirmed in a potato field in Marquette County on Jul 14, 2010. This is the first confirmed report of late…
South Florida Water Management District, U.S. Army Corps to Build "Bug Nursery" to Control Invasive Plants (PDF | 229 KB) (Aug 9, 2010) South Florida Water Management District. The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently signed a…
Vilsack Highlights Report Showing Threats to Private Forested Lands (Aug 11, 2010) U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack held a national conference call to highlighta USDA ForestService report entitled PrivateForests, Public Benefits: Increased Housing Density and Other…
(PHILADELPHIA - August 13, 2010) EPA today announced draft sediment limits as the next step in establishing the Watershed Implementation Plans (WIPs) for the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)
PHILADELPHIA (August 13, 2010) -- Even with a tight economy parents and students still need the back-to-school shopping trip for clothes, backpacks, computers and school supplies
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold three public hearings on its proposed “transport rule,” which would cut power plant pollution that drifts across the borders of 31 eastern states and the District of Columbia
Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., August 13, 2010) - EPA has approved Kansas’ 2010 list of impaired waters, which removes 264 waters from the previous impaired waters list and adds 468 waters. This brings the total number of impaired waters in the state to 1,387
The combined global land and ocean surface temperature made this July the second warmest on record, behind 1998, and the warmest averaged January-July on record. The global average land surface temperature for July and January–July was warmest on record. The global ocean surface temperature for…
Hi, I’m Flo, and I am the spokesgallon for EPA’s WaterSense program! I just got back from kicking off the We’re for Water campaign by traveling across the country to spread the word about water efficiency. Now that I’m home in D.C., I wanted to take a minute to tell you about why I care…
VHS Test Results In; Fish Disease Has Not Spread Inland (Aug 10, 2010) Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources . State fisheries officials reported that the potentially deadly Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia fish virus did not spread to any inland Wisconsin waters that were tested for the virus in…
MetroInvasive - Globalization, Metropolitan Areas, Invasive Species MetroInvasive. Collaborative project between Federal Agencies and Universities researchers.Provides a perspective that considers urban areas as hubs of human-mediated invasionsin natural and managed ecosystems and provides resources…
Potato Late Blight Confirmed in Wisconsin (Jul 14, 2010) University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension. Late blight , caused by the fungus-like pathogen Phytophthora infestans , has been confirmed in a potato field in Marquette County on Jul 14, 2010. This is the first confirmed report of late…
South Florida Water Management District, U.S. Army Corps to Build "Bug Nursery" to Control Invasive Plants (PDF | 229 KB) (Aug 9, 2010) South Florida Water Management District. The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently signed a…
Vilsack Highlights Report Showing Threats to Private Forested Lands (Aug 11, 2010) U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack held a national conference call to highlighta USDA ForestService report entitled PrivateForests, Public Benefits: Increased Housing Density and Other…