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Measuring and mapping the topography of the Florida Everglades for ecosystem restoration
Gregory B. Desmond
2003, Fact Sheet 021-03
One of the major issues facing ecosystem restoration and management of the Greater Everglades is the availability and distribution of clean, fresh water. The South Florida ecosystem encompasses an area of approximately 28,000 square kilometers and supports a human population that exceeds 5 million and is continuing to grow. The...
Surface-water and ground-water quality in the Powell Creek and Armstrong Creek Watersheds, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, July-September 2001
Daniel G. Galeone, Dennis J. Low
2003, Fact Sheet 052-03
Powell Creek and Armstrong Creek Watersheds are in Dauphin County, north of Harrisburg, Pa. The completion of the Dauphin Bypass Transportation Project in 2001 helped to alleviate traffic congestion from these watersheds to Harrisburg. However, increased development in Powell Creek and Armstrong Creek Watersheds is expected. The purpose of this...
Municipal stormwater sampling program, metropolitan area, Albuquerque, New Mexico—summary of sampling, 1992–2002
Jack E. Veenhuis
2003, Fact Sheet 005-03
Since 1992, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the City of Albuquerque, the Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo and Flood Control Authority (AMAFCA), the New Mexico Highway Department (NMHD), and the University of New Mexico (UNM), has collected stormwater-quality data to meet regulatory requirements for the application phase of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) stormwater permit. The phase I permit...
Drought conditions in Utah during 1999-2002: A historical perspective
Chris D. Wilkowske, David V. Allen, Jeff V. Phillips
2003, Fact Sheet 037-03
Utah’s weather is prone to extremes – from severe flooding to multiyear droughts. Five major floods occurred during 1952, 1965, 1966, 1983, and 1984, and six multiyear droughts occurred during 1896-1905, 1930-36, 1953-65, 1974-78 (U.S. Geological Survey, 1991), and more recently during 1988-93 and 1999-2002. The areal extent of floods...
Bacterial contamination at Huntington Beach, California — Is it from a local offshore wastewater outfall?
Jingping Xu, Marlene Noble, Leslie Rosenfeld, John Largier, Peter Hamilton, Burt Jones, James W. Hendley II, Peter H. Stauffer
2003, Fact Sheet 024-03
During the summers of 1999 and 2000, beaches at Huntington Beach, California, were repeatedly closed to swimming because of high bacteria levels in the surf zone. The city’s beaches are a major recreational and commercial resource, normally attracting millions of visitors each summer. One possible source of the bacterial contamination...
Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of the Appalachian Basin Province, 2002
Robert C. Appalachian Basin Province Assessment Team: Milici, Robert T. Ryder, Christopher S. Swezey, Ronald R. Charpentier, Troy A. Cook, Robert A. Crovelli, Timothy R. Klett, Richard M. Pollastro, Christopher J. Schenk
2003, Fact Sheet 009-03
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated a mean of 70.2 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered natural gas, a mean of 54 million barrels of undiscovered oil, and a mean of 872 million barrels of undiscovered natural gas liquids in the Appalachian Basin Province....
Managed forest reserves: preserving diversity
John Tappeiner, Nathan Poage, Janet L. Erickson
2003, Fact Sheet 034-03
<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Background\n\nAs part of the Northwest Forest Plan, large areas have been designated on many federal forests in western Oregon to provide critical habitat for plants and animals that are associated with old-growth habitat. Some of the structural characteristics often considered typical of old forests include large-diameter overstory trees, large...
Helping to combat chronic wasting disease
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2003, Fact Sheet 2005-3076
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a disease of the nervous system that results in distinctive brain lesions. CWD affects elk, white-tailed deer, and mule deer, but has not been documented in livestock or humans. The origins of the disease, as well as the modes of transmission, remain unknown. Infected deer...