DATE PAPER TITLE URL AUTHOR HEADLINE YEAR 10s 255s 255s 255s 255s 255s 5n July 6, 2004 Spokane Spokesman-Review Collection of hair from bears goes well http://www.spokesmanreview.com/idaho/story.asp?ID=14222 Associated Press GREAT FALLS - A federal grizzly bear study that has research teams plucking bear hair from barbed wire is advancing smoothly in its second year, the U.S. Geological Survey says. 2004 July 7, 2004 Portland Oregonian Small earthquakes, 50 recently, persist near Lakeview http://www.oregonlive.com/science/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/science/108920277146160.xml RICHARD L. HILL Earthquakes are continuing to rumble beneath the Lakeview area in south-central Oregon near the California border. A magnitude 3.2 quake occurred at 9:42 p.m. Sunday, and a magnitude 2.6 quake at 2:01 a.m. Tuesday. 2004 July 12, 2004 Corvallis Gazette-Times Earthquakes rattle western Oregon http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2004/07/12/news/top_story/top_story.txt By THERESA HOGUE Two earthquakes centered about 30 miles off the Oregon Coast near Yachats were felt in Philomath and Corvallis this morning. The first was a magnitude 2.7 at 9:41 a.m., followed by a 4.9 earthquake at 9:45 a.m. 2004 July 13, 2004 Portland Oregonian Offshore earthquakes rattle coast http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/front_page/1089719826144960.xml RICHARD L. HILL Beachgoers received a short, scary surprise Monday morning when two offshore earthquakes rattled the central Oregon coast. 2004 July 13, 2004 Tri-City Herald Digging for answers about burrowing owls http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/5295102p-5232514c.html By Anna King Mark Southern often lies down on his stomach in the dirt alongside roads. 2004 July 14, 2004 Corvallis Gazette-Times Agency Web site busied with coastal quake reports http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2004/07/14/news/community/wedloc03.txt By EMILY STUTZMAN The U.S. Geological Survey Web site registered more than 560 reports from people throughout Western Oregon who reported feeling Monday's offshore earthquakes. 2004 July 15, 2004 Seattle Times Quake risk ignored, say critics of Brightwater plan http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001979985_brightwater15m.html By Christopher Schwarzen A former geology professor and earthquake expert says King County failed to determine the danger of a potential fault before choosing a Snohomish County site for a planned sewage-treatment plant. 2004 July 18, 2004 Bend (Oreg.) Bulletin Oregon water district buys forest land to expand http://www.bendbulletin.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=13958 By Lily Raff The Oregon Water Wonderland Unit II sanitary district took a major step toward realizing plans for a $7 million expansion when it recently finalized the purchase of 480 acres of U.S. Forest Service land. 2004 July 21, 2004 Seattle Times Vashon Island scientist's lifelong love affair with glaciers http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001984553_post21m.html By Nancy Bartley VASHON ISLAND - Austin Post first felt the pull of glaciers as a young boy thinning apples beneath the blazing sun on his father's orchard at Lake Chelan. 2004 July 25, 2004 Seattle Times Survey assesses elusive Olympic Mountain goats http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001988032_goats25m.html By Jim Downing OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK - It was the 1920s when a few pairs of snow-white mountain goats were brought to the Olympic Peninsula for the pleasure of hunters. 2004 July 26, 2004 Corvallis Gazette-Times Scientists dig for answers about owls http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2004/07/26/news/the_west/wst02.txt By ANNA KING KENNEWICK, Wash. -- Mark Southern often lies down on his stomach in the dirt alongside roads. 2004 July 27, 2004 Spokane Spokesman-Review State restricts water from Little Spokane River http://www.spokesmanreview.com/local/story.asp?ID=17738 Karen Dorn Steele Surging growth in Spokane's northern suburbs and the hot July weather have once again forced state regulators to send registered letters to 136 property owners about dwindling water in the scenic Little Spokane River watershed. 2004 July 28, 2004 Skagit Valley Herald Searching for the Skagit River's 'n' http://www.skagitvalleyherald.com/articles/2004/07/28/news/news01.txt By JAMES GELUSO CONCRETE - A peculiar blend of treasure hunt and math problem has had government crews searching this week for clues along the banks of the Skagit River, even rappelling down a rocky cliff face. 2004 July 29, 2004 Seattle Post-Intelligencer Eruption possible as Alaska volcano stirs http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/184051_volcano29.html THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Mount Spurr is showing some life these days, 12 years after the volcano last erupted. 2004 August 3, 2004 Seattle Post-Intelligencer Open house will let the public see what fishery researchers do http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/184586_dbriefs03.html Staff The U.S. Geological Survey's Western Fisheries Research Center in Seattle will be open to the public Saturday, Aug. 14, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. 2004 August 3, 2004 Seattle Times Sea otters' revival in state waters brings new concerns http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001995325_otters03m.html y Sandi Doughton CAPE ALAVA, Clallam County - It's a three-mile hike to this rugged headland on the Washington coast, and Mark Stafford starts scanning for sea otters as soon as he emerges from the rainforest to an ocean overlook. 2004 August 4, 2004 Seattle Post-Intelligencer High mercury risk in fish raises alarm http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/184782_fish04.html By LISA STIFFLER Mercury is turning up in fish in Washington state's remote lakes and reservoirs at levels that could be harmful to women and children, and more than half the fish tested nationwide also are contaminated, according to a study by an environmental coalition. 2004 August 5, 2004 Corvallis Gazette-Times Alaska volcano stirs after 12 years of quiet http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2004/08/05/news/the_west/thuwst03.txt By MATT VOLZ, Associated Press writer ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The last time Mount Spurr erupted, it covered Anchorage in a cloud of ash that drove residents indoors, shut down the airports and left the city with volcanic soot a quarter of an inch thick. The ash spewed 50,000 feet in the air and drifted on air currents as far away as Greenland. 2004 August 5, 2004 Portland Oregonian Complexity 'humbles' environmental chiefs http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/109170693847151.xml RICHARD L. HILL Top federal officials in Portland Wednesday said science is playing an increasingly key role in decisions about the management of about forests, oceans, watersheds and other vital ecosystems -- but that science alone can not provide foolproof solutions to complex environmental problems. 2004 August 6, 2004 Seattle Times Elwha dam removal gets final go-ahead http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001998230_elwha06m.html By Jim Downing PORT ANGELES - After years of negotiations, the biggest dam-removal project in history is about to begin, promising to restore one of Washington's legendary salmon rivers. 2004 August 9, 2004 Seattle Times Mount St. Helens is an active laboratory for scientists http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002000275_volcanoscience09.html By BRIAN MITTGE and JENNIFER LATSON, The (Centralia) Chronicle WINDY RIDGE, Skamania County - The pumice-strewn crater of an active volcano is the last place one might expect to see a toad, but one hopped into scientific view on a research excursion at Mount St. Helens. 2004 August 11, 2004 Seattle Times Agency helping fight invaders from the sea http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002002195_usgs11m.html By Ian Ith With a push of a laboratory button, Rusty Rodriguez sets in motion a shiny robotic arm, which silently dabs samples from a dish onto a microscope slide, possibly the world's most complicated and expensive eyedropper. 2004