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The Traffic Volume Trends montly report is a natinal data report that provides quality controlled vehicle miles traveled data for each State for all roadways

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To accomplish eradication of introduced arctic fox on Kiska, the FWS is testing and evaluating the toxicant sodium monofluoroacetate Compound 1080. Incumbent upon the FWS during fox eradication is the need to : 1 evaluate the effect of the treatment on arctic fox, the target species; 2 monitor the impact of the eradication program on nontarget wildlife, in particular, raptors and avian scavengers; and 3 evaluate and document the recolonization and population trends of other avian species whose populations have been suppressed by arctic fox.

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Website and public API containing the daily Federal Register.

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The Marine Protected Areas Inventory (MPA Inventory) is a comprehensive geospatial database designed to catalog and classify marine protected areas within U.S. waters. The Inventory contains information on over 1,700 sites and is the only such comprehensive dataset in the nation. The MPA Inventory was developed with extensive input from state and federal MPA programs and drawn from other publically available data.

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These data represent Seasonal Mangagement Area locations where regulations implement speed restrictions in shipping areas at certain times of the year along the coast of the U.S. Atlantic seaboard. The purpose of the regulations is to reduce the likelihood of deaths and serious injuries to endangered North Atlantic right whales that result from collisions with ships as designated by 73 FR 60173, October 10, 2008, Rules and Regulations. Sunset clause removed 78 FR 73726, December 9, 2013

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Airline Financial Review Report presents both by quarter and on a rolling 12-month bases selected financial and traffic statistics for the largest U.S. passenger group, major group passenger and all-cargo airlines. Also shown are graphs and a breakdown between domestic and internationa operations for each group as a whole. The sources for the report is DOT's Form 41 financial data and T-100 traffic data

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The Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map (DFIRM) Database depicts flood risk information and supporting data used to develop the risk data. The primary risk classifications used are the 1-percent-annual-chance flood event, the 0.2-percent-annual- chance flood event, and areas of minimal flood risk. The DFIRM Database is derived from Flood Insurance Studies (FISs), previously published Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), flood hazard analyses performed in support of the FISs and FIRMs, and new mapping data, where available. The FISs and FIRMs are published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). In addition to the preceding, required text, the Abstract should also describe the projection and coordinate system as well as a general statement about horizontal accuracy.

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National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics aggregates a list of VA Facilities by State, Congressional District, and Congressional District Representatives

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This memorandum of understanding is entered into between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Desert Trail Association for the purpose of outlining the specific responsibilities of the Desert Trail Association and the Service in the establishment and maintenance of a hiking trail corridor across the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

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To provide the user with a general idea of areas where final critical habitat for New Mexican ridge-nosed rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi obscurus) occur based on the description provided in the Federal Register. The geographic extent includes Hidalgo County, New Mexico.

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The Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) program of the Department of Interior is focused to identify and understand effects of contaminant stressors on biological resources under their stewardship. In accordance with the desire of many to continuously monitor the environmental health of our estuaries, much can be learned by summarizing existing temporal, geographic, and phylogenetic contaminant information. To this end, retrospective contamiant exposure and effects data for amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals residing within 30 km. of the Atlantic, Gulf, Pacific, Alaskan, and Hawaiian coastal estuaries are being assembled through searches of published literature (e.g., Fish and Wildlife Review; BIOSIS) and databases (e.g., US EPA Ecological Incident Information System; USGS Diagnostic and Epizootic Databases), and compilation of summary data from unpublished reports of government natural resource agencies, private conservation groups, and universities. These contaminant vertebrates (CEE-TV) are being summarized using ACCESS in a 120 field format including species, collection time and site coordinates, sample matrix, contaminant concentration, biomarker and bioindicator responses, and source of information. This CEE-TV database (>11,000 records) has been imported into the ARC/INFO geographic information system (GIS), for purposes of examining geographic coverage and trends, and to identify critical data gaps. A preliminary risk assessment has been conducted to identify and characterize contaminants and other stressors potentially affecting terrestrial vertebrates that reside, migrate through or reproduce in these estuaries.

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The Measurement and Instrumentation Data Center (MIDC) provides Irradiance and Meteorological Data from these stations: NREL Solar Radiation Research Lab, BSRN Prototype Station, Atmospheric Optical Calibration System, TSR-1, RSR Version 2, RSR Version 1, National Wind Technology Center, Ascension Technology Inc., Southern Great Plains Central Facility, Nevada Power, University of Nevada, Lamar Low-Level Jet Project, South Park Mountain Data, San Clemente Island, Bluefield West Virginia, Elizabeth City North Carolina, Xcel Energy Comanche Station, ORNL Rotating Shadowband Radiometer, Lowry Range Solar Station, San Luis Valley Colorado, Humbolt State University, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, La Ola Lanai Hawaii, Kalaeloa Oahu Hawaii, Loyola Mary Monument University, Cedar City Utah, Milford Utah, Phoenix Arizona, Swink Colorado, Prewitt New Mexico, Tucson Arizona, Aurora Colorado, Edinburg Texas

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This file contains reported cases of impacts between on-track equipment and any user of a public or private highway-rail intersection. National files from 1975 through the current year are available for download. In addition, individual files by State are available for the years 1991 through the current year.

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The Floodplain Mapping/Redelineation study deliverables depict and quantify the flood risks for the study area. The primary risk classifications used are the 1-percent-annual-chance flood event, the 0.2-percent-annual- chance flood event, and areas of minimal flood risk. The Floodplain Mapping/Redelineation flood risk boundaries are derived from the engineering information Flood Insurance Studies (FISs), previously published Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), flood hazard analyses performed in support of the FISs and FIRMs, and new mapping data, where available. The FISs and FIRMs are published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

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Rendezvous and Docking Sensor Suite Project

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During the Phase I effort, OPTRA developed object detection, tracking, and identification algorithms and successfully tested these algorithms on computer-generated objects of various shapes and sizes and on sample real-world image sequences of a DeltaII booster separation. The algorithms currently identify six basic shapes (sphere, disk, cone, thin rectangle, tube, and cube) with better than 90% accuracy and estimate their size in three dimensions. Object shape and three dimensional size information can be determine using images from a single digital camera while two cameras are needed to provide three-dimensional trajectory and ground impact position information. While the Phase I showed the feasibility of the approach, work still needs to be done during the Phase II effort refining and expanding the detection, tracking, and identification algorithms to take into account the effect of noise, obscuration (smoke, clouds, etc), and viewing angle. Also during the Phase II, we plan develop a robust optical system using all commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment and then test the system with several live outdoor tests.

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NASA is committed to measuring precipitation on a global scale. In 1997, NASA launched the Tropical Rain Measuring Mission which carried the first spaceborne precipitation radar (PR). Operating at 13.8 GHz, the PR demonstrated the potential of spaceborne radars to map global precipitation. To improve rainfall estimates, the next generation system being proposed for the NASA Global Precipitation Mission is a dual-wavelength (Ku/Ka-band) precipitation radar (DPR). Operating at Ku and Ka-band, it will yield additional information on the drop size distribution (DSD). Advanced ground-based Ku/Ka-band DPR systems are needed to develop and validate the retrieval algorithms that will be used by GPM. This proposed Phase I effort will investigate the required innovations to design and construct a novel, low-cost, scanning, dual-polarized DPR senor and sensor network. The focus will be on developing a low-cost ruggedized compact antenna, transceiver, power amplifier and real-time processing and communication subsystems. This advanced DPR sensor network will provide unprecedented spatial/temporal sampling and coverage and multiple methods to determine DSD: polarization, differential extinction, multi-look radar measurements of extinction. As a sensor network, limitations due to earth curvature, topography and ground clutter that affect the existing weather radar infrastructure can be overcome.

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Reef fish populations are a conspicuous and essential component of USVI coral reef ecosystems. Yet despite their importance, striking population and community level changes have occurred in the recent past due to fishing pressure and habitat degradation. The monitoring methodologies described in this document are necessary for understanding how natural and anthropogenic stressors are changing reef fish populations and communities and will be critical for their sustainable management. A collaborative research effort between the NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment's Biogeography Branch (BB) and the National Park Service (NPS) has been used to inventory and assess reef fish populations in reef and reef-associated habitats in the northeast region of St. Croix from 2001-2011. The survey method previously used has been refined to enable broader region-wide coverage at the scale of the USVI yet maintains high precision at the Marine Protected Area (MPA) spatial level. Region-wide population metric estimates are required to effectively manage reef fisheries but are also imperative for spatial management and understanding ecosystem-level processes. For example, the ability to place protected fish resources in the context of the greater region not only allows for the evaluation of management actions but it also provides the ability to determine the ecological role of an MPA in the greater ecosystem. The monitoring method previously used by the Biogeography Branch and other partners in St. Croix and other regions within the USVI and Puerto Rico will be used to characterize and establish baseline data for future monitoring. St. Croix was chosen to serve as the first area to implement the protocol and to evaluate the logistics necessary to implement a long term monitoring program in the USVI as part of the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP). Characterization and monitoring of fish communities requires a quantitative measure of the spatial distribution and variation of those communities. These measures will enable managers to make targeted management decisions (e.g. where to allow mooring or where to allow recreational activities such as snorkeling and SCUBA diving). Additionally, the spatial setting, both within and outside protected regions allows managers to assess the impact, if any, of a change in regulation such as the prohibition of fishing. It also enables analysis of any differential effect (i.e. the effect may be the same throughout the region or it may be more effective toward an edge or center of a management area). To quantify patterns of spatial distribution and make meaningful interpretations, we must first have knowledge of the underlying variables determining species distribution. The basis for this work therefore, is the nearshore benthic habitats maps (less than 100 ft depth) created by NOAA's Biogeography Program in 2001 and NOS' bathymetry models. The sampling domain includes all hardbottom habitats around St. Croix at depths less than 30m. The benthic habitat map and a habitat classification scheme were used to create a sample frame constructed with 50 x 50 m grids. Grids were stratified based on three variables: Hardbottom habitat type, depth zone, and region/management area. Habitat within these grids was stratified into 5 habitat categories (scattered coral/ rock, pavement, bedrock, patch reef and linear reef) each with two depth classifications (shallow (0-11.9 m) and deep (12- 30m)). Further stratification was assigned based on management zones and region of the island. There are three managed areas in St. Croix. Two federal marine protected areas are managed by the Department of Interior's National Park Service: Buck Island Reef National Monument and Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Reserve. The St. Croix East End Marine Park is a territorial marine protected area managed by the USVI Department of Planning and Natural Resources. Other strata include specific regions of St. Croix: North, East, West, and South shores. Overall there were 70 possible strata: 5 habitat types, 2 depth zones and 8 management areas/regions. The monitoring objectives of this protocol are to determine status, trends, and variability in exploited reef fish species and communities within the USVI region and inside vs. outside different management zones, using measures such as relative abundance (density), spatial distribution, size structure and diversity. The survey design is optimized for nine economically and ecologically important species in the USVI: blue tang (Acanthurus coeruleus). queen triggerfish (Balistes vetula), coney (Cephalopholis fulva), red hind (Epinephelus guttatus), foureye butterflyfish (Chaetodon capistratus), French grunt (Haemulon flavolineatum), yellowtail snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus), stoplight parrotfish (Sparisoma viride) and threespot damselfish (Stegastes planifrons). These species were chosen to include a broad range of life history traits as well as a variety of habitat utilization patterns. The sample design is optimized with the respect to these species, but because all fish species are recorded, monitoring efforts also obtain important information about many non-targeted species, the overall trophic structure, and form the scientific basis for effective management actions. As such, the sample allocation for this mission is based upon the existing community metrics and the above species specific distribution from the northeast region of St. Croix. It was determined that 250 samples among the various strata would be sufficient to characterize hard bottom habitats around the island and have comparable coefficient of variation (CV) to values observed in the northeast region of St. Croix. The goal was to survey as many of the 250 sites as possible in a two week time period. We organized a strong science field team and completed 286 fish and benthic surveys around the island.

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<p>During 2014, the <em>Extreme Terrain Mobility </em>project element is developing five technologies:</p><ul><li>Exoskeleton Development for ISS Evaluation</li><li>Extreme Terrain Mobility Testbed</li><li>Low Gravity Testbed using Tethered Stewart Platform</li><li>Prototype Crater Access Robot</li><li>Advanced Mobility Navigation Software</li></ul><p><strong>Exoskeleton Development for ISS Evaluation</strong></p><p>During FY12, HRS and GCD developed the X1 exoskeleton with the ultimate intent of augmenting crew endurance/strength in future missions.  Offshoots of the technology involved lightweight exercise devices for ISS and strength measurement by using the torque sensing in the X1’s joints.  The objective for exoskeleton development in FY14 is to build prototype exoskeleton ankles and deliver them to the JSC space and life sciences organization for evaluation as exercise devices and to design a single-joint knee dynamometer, based on X1 technologies, capable of measuring crew strength. </p><p><strong>Extreme Terrain Mobility Testbed</strong></p><p>The objective of FY14 work is to present mature systems that are ready to be carried forward by a Science Mission Directorate Principal Investigator (PI) willing to propose a system with greater mobility than exists on current Mars rovers.  HRS has recently identified a potential national need with the National Science Foundation (NSF) that requires no-emission vehicles, such as NASA rovers, on the Arctic, Antarctic, Alaska and polar coastal areas.  We have an opportunity to deploy NASA Space Technologies to these areas. Minimal success requires disseminating results to potential SMD PIs and potential partners within the NSF polar program.  Early in fiscal year 2014, the HRS extreme terrain mobility group will prepare an Analysis of Alternatives study of a 170 kg rover for the Advance Exploration System (AES) Resource Prospector (RP).</p><p><strong>Low Gravity Testbed using Tethered Stewart Platform</strong></p><p>This task creates a 6-DOF testbed for evaluating microgravity and low-gravity proximity and contact operations, e.g. in the vicinity of a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA). This is accomplished using an "inverted Stewart platform", where the vehicle under test is suspended by six computer-controlled cable winches so that it can be maneuvered in all 6 Degrees-of-Freedom.</p><p><strong>Prototype Crater Access Robot</strong></p><p>This task will develop and demonstrate a “mother-daughter” approach to exploring craters using tethered robots.  The small robots will be tethered to the larger robot with winches on both ends so that the “mother” can recover the “daughter” even in the event of failure of the small robot.  In normal operation, the daughter robot will pay out the tether to move further away, and spool it back in to return.  In FY13, this task demonstrated deployment of the daughter robot with an internal winch on a tether. The daughter robot is designed to move on steep slopes, up to vertical, to carry and point close-up instruments, and to collect samples.  In FY14, this task will design and build a tether that provides power from the mother robot to the daughter robot and provides for communications between them.</p><p><strong>Advanced Mobility Navigation Software</strong></p><p>The Advanced Navigation Software task is developing approaches for dealing with the significant challenges of autonomous planetary surface navigation, including descent on rough and steep terrain, exploring lava tubes, navigating long distances without communications, and localizing without infrastructure.</p><p>In FY14, the team will build on its past Advanced Navigation work, leveraging and extending the development and testing performed previously.  The proof-of-concept algorithms developed during FY13 will be improved, streamlined, and integrated into the rover software stack to run onboard and in real time.  The resulting system will be tested in a live onboard test of the system in a realistic setting.</p>

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An RSS feed with news from the Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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These data were collected under a cooperative agreement between the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC). Initiated in 2003, the primary objective of this program is to develop regional geologic framework information for the management of coastal and marine resources. Accurate data and maps of seafloor geology are important first steps toward protecting fish habitat, delineating marine resources, and assessing environmental changes due to natural or human impacts. The project is focused on the inshore waters of coastal Massachusetts, primarily in water depths of 2-30 meters. Data collected for the mapping cooperative have been released in a series of USGS Open-File Reports (). The data collected in this study area located around the western extent of the Elizabeth Islands includes high resolution bathymetry, acoustic-backscatter intensity, seismic-reflection, and navigation data. These data were collected during a nearshore cruise in September 2010 onboard the R/V Rafael using the following equipment: an SEA Ltd SwathPlus interferometric sonar (234 kHz), Klein 3000 dual frequency sidescan sonar, an Edgetech 424 chirp subbottom profiling system, and 4 GPS antennae. More information about the cruise conducted as part of the project: Geologic Mapping of the Seafloor Offshore of Massachusetts can be found on the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Field Activity webpage:

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These data identify, in general, the areas of PROPOSED critical habitat for Cochliopa texana (Phantom Cave snail).

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The Floodplain Mapping/Redelineation study deliverables depict and quantify the flood risks for the study area. The primary risk classifications used are the 1-percent-annual-chance flood event, the 0.2-percent-annual- chance flood event, and areas of minimal flood risk. The Floodplain Mapping/Redelineation flood risk boundaries are derived from the engineering information Flood Insurance Studies (FISs), previously published Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), flood hazard analyses performed in support of the FISs and FIRMs, and new mapping data, where available. The FISs and FIRMs are published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

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Generalized lithology (rock type) and physiography based on geologic formations were used to characterize hydrgeomorphic regions (HGMR) within the Chesapeake Bay watershed. These HGMRs were used in conjunction with existing data to assess the significance of ground-water discharge as a source of nitrate load to nontidal streams in the Chesapeake Bay watershed (Bachman and others, 1998). This work is part of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Chesapeake Bay initative to develop an understanding and provide scientific information for the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed (Phillips and Caughron, 1997).

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This document provides a brief history and describes physical features of the Gulf Island National Wildlife Refuges. The Gulf Island National Wildlife Refuges consist of a number of islands lying offshore from the states of Louisiana and Mississippi. There are three units in the Refuge, Breton National Wildlife Refuge, Petit Bois National Wildlife Refuge, and Horn Island National Wildlife Refuge.