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Weekly Highlights for 05-28-2009

I. Departmental/Bureau News

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B. Current

Redoubt Eruption and Monitoring Continues
As the 2009 eruption of Redoubt enters its 10th week, USGS Alaska Science Center staff at the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) and visiting staff from USGS Cascades and Hawaiian Volcano Observatories, University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys continue monitoring the volcano around the clock. The Aviation Color Code remains at ORANGE with the Alert Level at WATCH. A lava dome is actively growing in the summit crater and renewed explosive activity is likely. 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: C. (Tina) Neal Anchorage, AK, (907) 786-7458

II. Press Inquiries/Media

USGS Alaska Science Center biologist Steve Amstrup was contacted May 27 by Science Magazine concerning the Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal (CARA) and how it relates to biological resources.
Contact: Steven Amstrup Anchorage, AK, (907) 786-7111

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