Day: September 23, 2021

Adopt a Highway: Volunteers collect tons of trash from Arizona highways

Having trouble viewing this email? https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/AZDOT/bulletins/2f43e0c Adopt a Highway: Volunteers collect tons of trash from Arizona highwaysStrong effort from Arizonans statewide on National Cleanup Day Arizona Department of Transportation volunteers answered the call to participate on National CleanUp Day, Sept. 18, by removing more than 150 bags, or 2,053 pounds of trash from alongside Arizona’s highways.  …

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USGS – A Century of Watching the Colorado River

https://www.usgs.gov/news/a-century-watching-colorado-river Release Date: SEPTEMBER 22, 2021 Right where the Colorado River flows into the mouth of the Grand Canyon, an inconspicuous 20-foot-high concrete tower rises from the riverbank.   Inside the tower is a U.S. Geological Survey streamgage that will mark its centennial year of monitoring the river on October 1, 2021. At a time when the Roaring Twenties were in full swing, the streamgage began collecting information about the water’s level and flow. USGS scientists chose …

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