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Water-quality, bed-sediment, and biological data (October 2003 through September 2004) and statistical summaries of data for streams in the Upper Clark Fork basin, Montana
Water, bed sediment, and biota were sampled in streams from Butte to below Missoula as part of a program, conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, to characterize aquatic resources in the upper Clark Fork basin of western Montana. Sampling sites were located on the Clark Fork, five major tributaries, and three smaller tributaries. Water-quality samples were collected
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Kent A. Dodge, Michelle I. Hornberger, Jessica Dyke
Pesticides in ground water - Natrona County, Wyoming, 2001-02
No abstract available.
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Cheryl A. Eddy-Miller, Kendra J. Remley
Water-quality assessment of the central Nebraska basins — Entering a new decade
No abstract available.
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Ronald B. Zelt, Jill D. Frankforter
Explosive-residue compounds resulting from snow avalanche control in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah
A snow avalanche is a powerful force of nature that can play a significant role in developing mountain landscapes (Perla and Martinelli, 1975). More importantly, loss of life can occur when people are caught in the path of snow avalanches (Grossman, 1999). Increasing winter recreation, including skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, and climbing in mountainous areas, has increased the l
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David L. Naftz, Leslie K. Kanagy, David D. Susong, Duane S. Wydoski, Christopher J. Kanagy
Selenium contamination and remediation at Stewart Lake Waterfowl Management Area and Ashley Creek, middle Green River basin, Utah
Selenium is an element required in trace amounts for human and animal health, but it can cause health problems for livestock, wildlife, and humans when ingested in higher-than-required concentrations. Incidences of mortality, birth defects, and reproductive failure in waterfowl were discovered at Kesterson National Wildlife Refuge, San Joaquin Valley, California, by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv
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Ryan C. Rowland, Doyle W. Stephens, Bruce Waddell, David L. Naftz
Pesticides in Ground Water - Platte County, Wyoming, 2000-01
No abstract available.
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Cheryl A. Eddy-Miller, Laura Gianakos
The High Plains Aquifer, USA: Groundwater development and sustainability
The High Plains Aquifer, located in the United States, is one of the largest freshwater aquifers in the world and is threatened by continued decline in water levels and deteriorating water quality. Understanding the physical and cultural features of this area is essential to assessing the factors that affect this groundwater resource. About 27% of the irrigated land in the United States overlies t
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K. F. Dennehy, D. W. Litke, P. B. McMahon
The effects of atmospheric nitrogen deposition in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and southern Wyoming— A synthesis and critical assessment of published results
The Rocky Mountain region of Colorado and southern Wyoming receives as much as 7 kilograms per hectare per year ((kg/ha)/yr) of atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition, an amount that may have caused changes in aquatic and terrestrial life in otherwise pristine ecosystems. The Rocky Mountain National Park, in its role of protecting air-quality related values under provisions of the Clean Air Act Amend
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Douglas A. Burns
Water-quality, biology, and streambed sediment data and preliminary geochemical interpretations for streams in the upper Prickly Pear Creek watershed, Montana, 2000
No abstract available.
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Terry L. Klein, Joanna N. Thamke, Aïda M. Farag
Environmental characteristics and water quality of hydrologic benchmark network stations in the west-central United States, 1963-95
This report describes the environmental characteristics and water-quality characteristics of 14 benchmark basins in the west-central United States. The information was compiled to aide in the interpretation and application of historical water-quality data collected through the Hydrologic Benchmark Network Program.
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Melanie L. Clark, C. A. Eddy-Miller, M. Alisa Mast
Reconstructing historical changes in the environmental health of watersheds by using sediment cores from lakes and reservoirs in Salt Lake Valley, Utah
The Great Salt Lake Basins study area of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program, which began in 1997, is increasing the scientific understanding of factors that affect surface-water quality within the study-area boundaries (fig. 1). One way to improve the understanding of these factors is to look at historical trends in existing water-quality data. Unfortunately, short record length
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David L. Naftz, Doyle W. Stephens, Edward Callender, Peter C. Van Metre
Hydrology of the Helena area bedrock, west-central Montana, 1993-98
The Generalized Bedrock Geologic Map of the Helena Area, West-Central Montana (plate 1 in the report) provides an intermediate-scale overview of bedrock in the Helena area. The geologic map has been compiled at a scale of 1:100,000 from the most widely available sources of geologic map information (see index to geologic mapping on pl. 1). That information has been updated by M.W. Reynolds for this
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Joanna N. Thamke, Mitchell W. Reynolds