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August 2007

• USGS Scientists Help Document Land Cover Change in the North Cascades: USGS scientists Tamara Wilson, Christopher Soulard, and Steve Kambly visited the North Cascades ecoregion, August 20-24, to document land cover change. This data will help identify the forces behind land cover change, understand the ecoregion’s characteristics, and interpret satellite imagery and aerial photography to determine land cover change from 1973 to 2000. For further information, please visit: http://erg.usgs.gov/currentscienceprojects.html#egsctrend (Contact: Thomas Moreland tmorelan@usgs.gov or call 703-648-5736).
• USGS scientist, Peter Claggett, recently met with Hedrick Smith Productions, Inc., for a PBS documentary on the Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound restoration efforts. Mr. Claggett provided an overview of urban development trends in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and discussed the relationships between forest and farmland loss, impervious surfaces and erosion to water quality in the Bay. The PBS documentary provides an opportunity to highlight the contribution of USGS research towards improving the quality of life of residents in the Mid-Atlantic region. (Contact: Peter Claggett pclaggett@usgs.gov or call 410-267-5771).

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