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Award Recognizes Animas Watershed Improvements
Released:4/21/2008 2:59:27 PM
The Animas River Stakeholders Group was recognized with the Department of the Interior's Cooperative Conservation Award today for significant improvements to water quality and aquatic habitat in Colorado's Animas River watershed.

No joke—freezing record of climate change to land in Denver this week
Released:4/1/2008 2:15:36 PM

New findings on abandoned mines in southwest Colorado reveal what methods of investigation are most fruitful for watersheds
Released:3/25/2008 2:40:37 PM
Researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have evaluated what different geologic, hydrologic, and biologic studies are most effective in cleaning up the watersheds affected by mining in southwest Colorado

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Secretary Kempthorne Announces Decision to Protect Polar Bears under Endangered Species Act
Released:5/14/2008 3:09:27 PM
Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne today announced that he is accepting the recommendation of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dale Hall to list the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

May Science Picks—Leads, Feeds, and Story Seeds
Released:5/12/2008
In this edition of Science Picks, find out how much technically recoverable oil was recently assessed in North Dakota and Montana's Bakken Formation, discover new data that will help Afghanistan's reconstruction efforts, and view new maps that show how the nation shakes with earthquakes.

Notice of Product Availability: Mount St. Helens Action Footage Available
Released:5/10/2008 2:53:38 PM
B-roll footage documenting the continuous eruption of Mount St. Helens from September 2006 through February 2008 is now available from the U.S. Geological Survey.

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