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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds geologic mapping in South Carolina

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds geologic mapping in South Carolina

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and South Carolina Department of Natural Resources-Geological Survey are investing about $300,000, to...

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds geologic mapping in Michigan

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds geologic mapping in Michigan

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Michigan Geological Survey are investing $300,000 in mapping the Upper Peninsula of Michigan...

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds geologic mapping in Maine

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds geologic mapping in Maine

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Maine Geological survey are investing about $300,000 to conduct detailed 1:24,000-scale...

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds geologic mapping in Kentucky

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds geologic mapping in Kentucky

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the Kentucky Geological Survey and the Tennessee Geological survey are investing abut $374,000 to map...

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds geologic mapping in Illinois

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds geologic mapping in Illinois

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Illinois State Geological Survey are investing about $525,000 to  map the Illinois-Kentucky...

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds geologic mapping in Colorado

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds geologic mapping in Colorado

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Colorado Geological Survey are investing $300,000 to  map four 7.5-minute quadrangles (Rampant...

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Media Alert: The USGS Announces Low-Level Helicopter Flights in Nevada

Media Alert: The USGS Announces Low-Level Helicopter Flights in Nevada

Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey and the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology are partnering to image geology using airborne geophysical...

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Climate change and pesticides imperil a once common pollinator

Climate change and pesticides imperil a once common pollinator

BOZEMAN, Mont. — The western bumble bee was once common in western North America, but increasing temperatures, drought, and pesticide use have...

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OnDemand Topo Maps Officially Join USGS National Map Offerings

OnDemand Topo Maps Officially Join USGS National Map Offerings

The people have spoken! OnDemand Topo maps and topoBuilder were so popular that we're ending the pilot phase of the project and making topoBuilder a...

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Media Alert: Low-flying helicopter will survey Illinois River Basin for geologic, water studies

Media Alert: Low-flying helicopter will survey Illinois River Basin for geologic, water studies

Note to Editors: In the public interest and in accordance with FAA regulations, the USGS is announcing this low-level airborne project. Your...

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law helps USGS Pilot New Search Tool for Subsurface Data & Samples Across the Country

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law helps USGS Pilot New Search Tool for Subsurface Data & Samples Across the Country

Reston, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey is testing a new way of accessing borehole data and samples from across the entire country, made possible in...

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ShakeAlert goes galactic!

ShakeAlert goes galactic!

Even space travelers need earthquake early warning

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