The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is requesting information from the land imaging community for user requirements for future Landsat systems. To respond to the RFI, go to www.fedconnect.net, click on "Search Public Opportunities Only", then choose search by "Reference Number" which is G17PS00634. Click on right side of the screen to view RFI document.

Twenty-three science organizations, including AGI and 16 Member Societies, have signed a letter urging Congress to provide continued funding to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Library, "one of the world’s largest and most important Earth and natural resources libraries." Read the full letter here.

The USGS published a study that investigates the occurrence of methane and benzene in drinking water near unconventional oil and gas sites in the Eagle Ford, Fayetteville, and Haynesville shale formations in Texas, Arakansas and Louisana.

The metadata for the USGS Water Boundary Datasets (WBD) and the National Hydrography Datasets (NHD) have been updated.

It's Groundwater Awareness Week 2017 (#GWAwarenessWeek if you're on twitter)! Today's Critical Issues Map of the Day from the USGS and shows the cumulative depletion of groundwater for 40 aquifer systems across the U.S (excluding Alaska). The map depicts depletion over the time period of 1900 to 2008 and is measured in cubic kilometers. 

The USGS is joining the National Ground Water Association in celebrating National Groundwater Awareness Week from March 5-11.

The USGS posted a link to their "Career Cards" that talk about different jobs within the survey. The cards cover the Biologist, Biological Science Technician, Cartographer, Chemist, Ecologist, Geographer, Geologist, Hydrologist, Hydrologic Technician and Physical Scientist. 

The USGS tweeted a reminder that it hosts a page that is a collection of selected videotaped lectures given at USGS facilities, that are suitable for viewing by the public and upper-level students (grade 8 through university).