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Weekly Highlights for 04-02-2009

I. Departmental/Bureau News

A. Upcoming Events

USGS Genetics Research Featured on Discovery Channel:
USGS scientists with the Alaska Science Center (ASC) will be featured in a program appearing on the Discovery Channel titled "Bear Attack!" premiering Friday, April 17. The program describes a series of bear maulings that occurred in the Anchorage, Alaska area in the summer of 2008. Molecular ecologists at ASC, in collaboration with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, conducted DNA analyses on samples collected from the victims' effects in order to identify the bear or bears responsible for the attacks. This program is part of Discovery Channel's Alaska Week (http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/alaska/alaska-week.html).
Contact: Sandra Talbot Anchorage, AK, (907) 786-7188

B. Current

Redoubt Volcano Update
USGS Alaska Science Center staff at the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) continue to respond to the current eruption of Redoubt Volcano. The Aviation Color Code remains at RED and the Alert Level at Warning. On March 26 and 30 gas and observation flights were conducted. Fieldwork in the vicinity of the volcano occurred on March 26 and 31. Data from real-time seismic networks, web cameras, ground-based radar, GPS stations, an infrasound instrument, and near-real imagery from satellites are monitored by AVO staff 24/7. AVO continues to post daily updates of Redoubts condition on the AVO website (http://www.avo.alaska.edu/activity/Redoubt.php). AVO is a partnership among the USGS, the State of Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, and The University of Alaska Geophysical Institute.
Contact: Thomas Murray Anchorage, AK, (907) 786-7042

II. Press Inquiries/Media

USGS scientists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory continued answering media inquiries, March 26 - April 1, about the current period of unrest at Redoubt Volcano, including the Anchorage Daily News, the Peninsula Clarion, and the Associated Press.
Contact: Thomas Murray Anchorage, AK, (907) 786-7042

USGS scientists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory continued answering media inquiries, March 26 - April 1, about the current period of unrest at Redoubt Volcano, including CBS affiliate KTVA-TV (Ch.11, Anchorage, AK), CNN National News, radio KFQD (AM 750, Anchorage, AK), KSRM Radio (AM 920, Kenai, AK), KIRO Radio (Seattle, WA), KOMO Radio (Seattle, WA), CBS News Radio, CNN Radio, and University of Alaska Anchorage Radio.
Contact: Thomas Murray Anchorage, AK, (907) 786-7042

The USGS Alaska Science Center hosted press conferences on the current seismic activity at Redoubt Volcano on March 26, 27, and 29 attended by The Associated Press, Reuters World News, CBS affiliate KTVA-TV (Ch 11), NBC affiliate KTUU-TV (Ch 2), ABC affiliate Alaska Superstation (Ch13), CNN, Alaska Public Radio, Anchorage Daily News, Homer Daily News, Discovery Channel News website.
Contact: Thomas Murray Anchorage, AK, (907) 786-7042

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