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Ponderosa Pines Affected by Drought in New Mexico

Alder Fire in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

News items described and linked on this webpage are highlights of selected studies conducted and publications produced by USGS Science Center staff members in Region 7:  Upper Colorado Basin. Left click on news item titles or "Read Article" links to view the original news items.

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USGS Announces Largest Continuous Oil Assessment in Texas and New Mexico

USGS Announces Largest Continuous Oil Assessment in Texas and New Mexico

Estimates Include 46.3 Billion Barrels of Oil, 281 Trillion Cubic feet of Natural Gas, and 20 Billion Barrels of Natural Gas Liquids in Texas and New...

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View Sediment Core Collection on Lake Powell

View Sediment Core Collection on Lake Powell

Reporters: RSVP to Visit Coring Site on Lake Powell

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U.S. Geological Survey and Colorado School of Mines announce long-term partnership

U.S. Geological Survey and Colorado School of Mines announce long-term partnership

CSM to be new home of USGS labs, 150 government scientists

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Big Thompson Floods of 1976 and 2013 - A Visual Comparison

Big Thompson Floods of 1976 and 2013 - A Visual Comparison

The Big Thompson Floods of 1976 and 2013 shown visually. The inundation images reflect the location and peak streamflows at certain points between...

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USGS Scientist Dr. Craig D. Allen Named Ecological Society of America Fellow

USGS Scientist Dr. Craig D. Allen Named Ecological Society of America Fellow

The U.S. Geological Survey is celebrating the achievements of Dr. Craig D. Allen, who was recently named an Ecological Society of America (ESA) fellow...

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Follow National Wildfire Information in the Palm of Your Hand: GeoMAC Goes Mobile

Follow National Wildfire Information in the Palm of Your Hand: GeoMAC Goes Mobile

The public can now access information about active wildfires across the country using a smartphone.

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Media Advisory: Witness Groundbreaking River Measurements Collected from the Sky

Media Advisory: Witness Groundbreaking River Measurements Collected from the Sky

This Thursday, scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey and NASA will test new technologies near Parkdale, Colorado, located west of Cañon City, to...

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U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Department of Energy Release Online Public Dataset and Viewer of U.S. Wind Turbine Locations and Characteristics

U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Department of Energy Release Online Public Dataset and Viewer of U.S. Wind Turbine Locations and Characteristics

Today, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in partnership with DOE’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and...

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Bear Lake to Receive Water Quality and Weather Monitoring Equipment

Bear Lake to Receive Water Quality and Weather Monitoring Equipment

Bear Lake will house water quality and weather monitoring equipment that will provide near real-time information to the public and water managers...

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Salinity Decreased throughout Upper Colorado River Basin Over Time

Salinity Decreased throughout Upper Colorado River Basin Over Time

Salinity loads that originate from groundwater within the Upper Colorado River Basin have decreased from 1986-2011, according to a new U.S. Geological...

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Taking the Bait: Majority of Prairie Dogs Are Consuming Plague Vaccine

Taking the Bait: Majority of Prairie Dogs Are Consuming Plague Vaccine

About 70 percent of wild prairie dogs successfully ingested baits containing an oral sylvatic plague vaccine, or SPV, that were distributed throughout...

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Groundwater Quality in the Southwest: The Rio Grande Aquifer System

Groundwater Quality in the Southwest: The Rio Grande Aquifer System

A regional assessment of untreated groundwater in the Rio Grande aquifer system, which includes parts of Colorado, New Mexico and Texas, is now...

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