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Soil & Groundwater Newsletter February 17, 2011 |
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Latest Edition of the National Land Cover Database Hits the Streets
This massive database updates our knowledge of the Nation’s land cover and documents precisely where land cover change has occurred between 2001 and 2006. NLCD is used for thousands of applications in such diverse investigations as ecosystem status and health, spatial patterns of biodiversity, indications of climate change, and best practices in land management. “Periodic updating of the NLCD can be compared to taking a new census of the state of our land cover,” said U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Director Marcia McNutt. “Just as repeating the census reveals ... |
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1.1 billion budget for the U.S. Geological Survey
The US President’s proposed USD 1.1 billion budget for the U.S. Geological Survey in 2012 emphasizes cost-containment and program savings while investing in research and development programs to restore and protect the nation’s lands and waters for future generations. To address the President’s priority on fiscal responsibility, the USGS 2012 budget makes vital investments in research and development and ecosystem restoration. The budget also finds difficult reductions within programs such as regional assessments of groundwater quantity and quality, toxic substances research ... |
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