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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
September 9, 2011--Too wacky? Moving water from flood to drought (Wall Street Journal)
As the soggy East tries to dry out from flooding and Texas prays for rain that doesn't come, you might ask: Isn't there some way to ship all that water from here to there? It's an idea that has tempted some, but reality gets in the way.
July 22, 2011--Southern Colorado drought hurting farmers, ranchers (Denver Post)
Farmers in southern Colorado are bracing for a diminished winter-wheat harvest this month as a nearly year-long drought squeezes the region.
June 13, 2011--Obama administration promotes aquaculture in U.S. waters (Environmental News Service)
The United States needs to stop buying so much farm-raised fish from other countries and start producing its own, the Obama administration officials said Friday, releasing the first set of national sustainable marine aquaculture policies.
May 4, 2010--Experts predict ‘mediocre' runoff for Colorado (Aspen Times)
The spring runoff season is an exciting time for hydrologists. “This is our favorite time of year,” said Bryon Lawrence, a hydrologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration office in Grand Junction.
March 19, 2010--Weather anomalies of winter 2010 (Environmental News Network)
To the average person, the weather this winter, especially in February, has certainly been a departure from those winters of the past few years. There has been record snowfall in the mid-Atlantic region, bitter cold in the Deep South, and remarkably mild weather for the Pacific Northwest and New England.
March 16, 2010--'Historic flooding' a risk this spring (USA Today)
More than a third of the contiguous USA has a higher-than-average risk of flooding in the coming months, and residents in the Midwest are likely to see the worst of it, government forecasters warned Tuesday.
December 30, 2009--Scientists begin testing mussels for pollutants (Denver Post)
Regulators are concerned about an array of chemicals and pharmaceuticals—synthetic estrogen used in birth control pills, anti-bacterial agents in hand sanitizers and a flame retardant used on computers, furniture and cars—that can accumulate in the tissue of animals and people.
December 17, 2009--Helping Mother Nature (Durango Herald)
A Durango consultant who takes action on a subject most people only talk about - the weather - is one of the protagonists in a film shown Sunday at the global-warming conference in Copenhagen.
November 22, 2009--Colorado River drops to a record-low flow (Summit Daily News)
The latest predictions for a mid-winter dry spell may cause some headaches for Colorado water managers as they try to juggle supplies to maintain stream flows and fill reservoirs.
September 18, 2009--Obama seeks national oversight of waters (New York Times)
The Obama administration called Thursday for a comprehensive national system for regulating the use of federal waters along the nation’s marine and Great Lakes shores, now administered by a hodgepodge of federal, state or other agencies with often-conflicting goals.
