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DNR maps earthquake hazards in every county of Washington State
Areas of greatest susceptibility to ground liquefaction in central Olympia are shown in red, low-to-moderate risk in orange. Click on map to see icons marking where liquefaction, structural damage,...
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Online map shows a year’s worth of illegal dumping sites on Washington State...
Nice forest. Too bad about the trash somebody dumped there. Photo: DNR. Actually, our headline is not quite accurate. Our new google map — Illegal Dumping Sites on Washington State Trust Land — only...
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Going hunting on DNR-managed lands? New map helps you find out where you’ll...
DNR's new hunting map provides latitude and longitude information. Click on map to download larger version. Many of you who like to hunt on state lands have been asking for a better map showing just...
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DNR releases new maps; active faults, other features shown in King &...
The newly released Monroe Quadrangle Map shows the Cherry Valley fault and other features in King and Snohomish counties. Map: Division of Geology and Earth Resources/DNR. A new map released today by...
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Goldmark alarmed by the health of forests; testifies before legislative...
Red shaded areas areas show where the mountain pine beetle is killing trees in Washington forests. Source: US Forest Service. Today, Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark testified before the...
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DNR’s interactive web portal offers Washington tsunami evacuation maps
Tsunami inundation areas of Washington State. Source: DNR With the one-year anniversary of the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan approaching, a visit to the Washington State Geologic...
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Earthquake-caused soil liquefaction risks in Washington State
This map of downtown Olympia shows areas of susceptibility to ground liquefaction (red areas are at highest risk; orange is low-to-moderate riskSmall blue icons show where liquefaction (blue squares),...
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New Zealand quake’s impacts linger long afterwards; Construction on unstable...
IN LIEU OF A LOO: For two long years now—since the devastating earthquake in September 2010—many residents of Christchurch, N.Z., have had to dispose of their waste in curbside bins for regular pick up...
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Top 5 reasons to download the new Capitol State Forest map onto your smartphone
The new Capitol State Forest Map is now geo-referenced, making it ideal to download onto your smartphone. Photo: Diana Lofflin, DNR. Are you ready to take your outdoor recreation adventure into the...
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New Capitol State Forest map gets a tip of the hat from ThurstonTalk
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently updated its Capitol State Forest map. Thurston Talk got their hands on a copy of the new map and wrote an article for their website....
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New geologic maps are free to download
This outcrop on the east shore of Dabob Bay contains faulted and folded sediments thought to be about 100,000 years old, which is considered young in geologic terms. Photo: Trevor Contreras/DNR. This...
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GIS Day: Experts meeting today at State Capitol to show off high-tech mapping
Geospatial information systems (GIS) technologies compile multiple layers of information about a specific area on a map. GIS can be used to map crime, show land use, track wildfires, and more. Image:...
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