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Recent Landslides || Field Reviews Earth Science Week Activities at the UGS Cancelled This Year The bad news: the Utah Geological Survey (UGS) has had to cancel this year’s Earth Science Week (ESW) activities due to building construction at the Utah Core Research Center. The good news: the UGS will conduct “Rocks of the Mountains” presentations at the Utah State Fair with the hope that schools may attend the fair in place of ESW. The State Fair will be from September 4–14. The UGS will present the “Rocks of the Mountains” on Tuesday (September 9th) and Thursday (September 11th) at 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Presentations will be held on the south side of the Wildlife building in the State Fairpark (155 N. 1000 W., Salt Lake City). New DOE/NETL Grant Awarded to the UGS The Utah Geological Survey has received a three-year, $800,000 grant from DOE/National Energy Technology Laboratory to research water-related issues affecting conventional oil and gas recovery and potential oil shale development in the Uinta Basin, Utah. Three Ogden Schools Awarded $470,000+ For Energy Retrofits Three Ogden schools have become the first to receive awards from the Energy Efficiency Loan Fund, established by the Utah State Legislature in 2007. The Utah Geological Survey's State Energy Program announced the award of $471,000 in interest-free loans to Ogden City School District for the energy retrofit of three schools. 2007 Utah coal report released The Utah Geological Survey (UGS) has released Circular 107, Annual Review and Forecast of Utah Coal: Production and Distribution for 2007. Utah’s coal industry experienced a difficult and tragic year in 2007. The terrible circumstances surrounding the unexpected closure of the Crandall Canyon mine, followed by the idling of the Aberdeen mine, resulted in a 7.1 percent decrease in Utah coal production to a total of 24.3 million short tons. These closures also resulted in a 5.3 percent loss in mine-related employment. Continue reading. New geologic map of the Kanab area The Utah Geological Survey (UGS) has released a new geologic map covering parts of Kane and Washington Counties, Utah, and Coconino and Mohave Counties, Arizona. The map encompasses approximately 1,900 square miles of some of the most spectacular scenery and geology of Utah. Within its boundaries are parts of Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks and about one-third of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Click here for more information. Geologic-hazard information for the Wasatch Front urban areas Areas with the potential for certain earthquake hazards, landslides, debris flows, and alluvial-fan flooding in the urban parts of Davis, Salt Lake, Tooele, Utah, Wasatch, and Weber Counties are now available in one digital database. Geographic Information System Database Showing Geologic-Hazard Special-Study Areas, Wasatch Front, Utah is a new publication in CD format available from the Utah Geological Survey (UGS). August 28, 2008 |