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  <dc:creator>Russell K. Livingston</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1995</dc:date>
  <dc:description>The report provides an overview of the USGS in New Mexico, &#13;
including activities of the Water Resources, Geologic, and National Mapping &#13;
Divisions. Some USGS projects address hydrologic and geologic hazards, &#13;
such as flood discharges, landslides, and land subsidence. Recent &#13;
environmental assessments include participation in the Kirtland Air Force &#13;
Base Installation Restoration Program, erosion on the Zuni Reservation, &#13;
and ground-water contamination in eastern Bernalillo County. Water &#13;
availability studies have focused on ground-water depletion in the &#13;
Albuquerque Basin, recharge in the Roswell Basin, and the water &#13;
resources of Taos County. Irrigation drainage in the San Juan River area &#13;
and trace metals in a reach of the Rio Grande have been investigated. &#13;
The National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program has two study &#13;
units partly located in New Mexico. Energy and mineral resource assess-&#13;
ments include gas resources in the San Juan Basin and environmental &#13;
impacts of mining in the Mimbres Resource Area. The USGS is studying the &#13;
extent of suitable habitat for Mexican Spotted Owls. Also discussed are &#13;
cartographic/thematic products and Geographical Information Systems; &#13;
surface-water, ground-water, and water-quality data-collection net-&#13;
works; and reports published from 1993 to 1995.</dc:description>
  <dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format>
  <dc:identifier>10.3133/ofr95314</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>U.S. Geological Survey ;&#13;
U.S.G.S. Earth Science Information Center, Open-File Reports Section [distributor],</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>U.S. Geological Survey activities in New Mexico 1995</dc:title>
  <dc:type>reports</dc:type>
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