Ghost Of Mississippi
Endangered Fish
National Geographic: Eyeless "Ghost Fish" Haunts Ozark Caves October 29, 2003 ... Final Designation of Critical Habitat for the Topeka Shiner (PDF); ... Correction - Final Designation of Critical Habitat (PDF); Federal Register ... [Read More]
Conceptual Model: Groundwater, Surface Water & Sediment Quality - Reports
U.S. Department of the Interior , U.S. Geological Survey , Gulf of Mexico Integrated Science ... [OFR 01-215] Evaluating Basin/Shelf Effects in the Delivery of Sediment-Hosted Contaminants in the Atchafalaya and Mississippi River Deltas - a New U.S. Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Geology Project Peter Swarzenski (USGS) ... USGS Privacy Statement | Disclaimer | Freedom of Information Act | Accessibility ... [Read More]
Ocean Planet: Threats
The Mississippi River drains more than 40 percent of the continentalUnited States, carrying excess nutrients into the Gulf of Mexico.Decay of the resulting algal blooms consumes oxygen, kills shellfishand displaces fish in a 4,000 square mile bottom area off the coastof Louisiana and Texas, called the "dead zone." ... When nitrogen and phosphorus from sources such as fertilizer, sewageand detergents enter coastal waters, oxygen depletion occurs. Onegram of nitrogen can make enough organic material to require 15 gramsof oxygen to decompose. A single gram of phosphorus will deplete onehundred grams of oxygen. ... [Read More]
Featured exhibitions
Through The Rockies features more than one hundred contemporary daguerreotypes of western landscapes by Robert Shlaer. Following the route traveled by explorer John Charles Frémont's expedition 150 years ago, Shlaer—a modern-day practitioner of this early form of photography—has visually reconstructed Frémont's quest for a central transcontinental railroad route. Fire destroyed all but 34 of the daguerreotypes Solomon N. Carvalho made during Frémont's 1853 expedition. Several copies of engravings made from Carvalho's images also are displayed in the exhibition. Sights Once Seen is on loan from the Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe. The exhibition's curator, Charles Bennett, notes that, "If you've never seen daguerreotypes you will be amazed at the simultaneous clarity and ghost-like quality of this earliest form of photography." Shlaer's masterful daguerreotypes interpret his painstaking reconstruction of the historic route of the Frémont ... [Read More]
2005 National Weatherization Training Conference: Activities
The New Orleans Haunted History Ghost Tour explores the grim and ghastly deeds of the old French Quarter. Secret and sinister, most of these events occurred a very long time ago. Escape into the past as your offbeat, theatrical, New Orleans tour guides provide you with an eerie, chilling yet fun-filled adventure! Visit sights of documented hauntings, ghosts, spirits and tour the French Quarter residences in which unbelievable events took place. Tours depart daily at 2:00pm, 4:00pm, 6:00pm, and 8:00pm from Rev. Zombie's Voodoo Shop located at 723 St. Peter. Tour length: 2 hours. Cost: $20 for adults, $17.00 for Students/Seniors. For more information, or to make reservations, visit Haunted History Tours . ... [Read More]
"Old Man River: Life Along the Mississippi River" an exhibit at the Hoover Library-Museum
In 1872, Mardi Gras officials honored the visiting Grand Duke of Russia by adopting his Romanoff family crest colors of purple (justice), green (faith), and gold (power). ... Across the Mississippi and upriver from St. Louis is Alton, Illinois - a small and pleasant village, but one that has held onto elements of a tragic past. During the Civil War, a stone prison was filled with over 11,000 Confederate prisoners who suffered harsh accommodations and inadequate sanitation. Vulnerable to pneumonia, dysentery, and smallpox, nearly 1,600 Confederates died there. ... [Read More]
Checklists of the United States
In addition, almost a hundred other species of fish spend their lives in these waters. Included are such diverse creatures as tiny minnows, important food for larger fish, and paddlefish, with their long paddle-shaped snout, which can reach a weight of 160 pounds and a length of 7 feet. ... The following list contains 118 species of fish known to occur within waters of Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. Please learn more about and enjoy the fishery resources of the refuge. ... [Read More]
ATSDR - Health Consultation - Ray Holtman Farm, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois
The Holtman home and farm buildings are in the northeast corner of the property. The remainderof the site, including the landfilled areas, is cultivated farm and pasture land with some woodedareas [ 1 ]. The landfilled areas are divided by power lines and a private access road that runs from24 th Street on the east side of the property, roughly west across the property. Ghost HollowCreek, an intermittent stream, runs through the east-central part of the property to the northwestpart of the property and discharges to the Mississippi River approximately two miles downstreamof the site. The site is mostly gently rolling terrain; however, the creek has steep banks [ 2 ]. Asecond, unnamed, intermittent stream south of the access road and the landfilled areas dischargesto the wetlands of the Mississippi flood plain approximately one mile downstream of the site [ 1 ]. ... [Read More]
La Niña's Ghost
: Jet streams are rivers of high-speed air that form along the boundaries of global air masses where there is a significant difference in atmospheric temperature. The California Regional Weather Service posts daily maps and forecasts of the jet stream over North America on the internet . ... One source of ambiguity in the winter outlook is a disagreement among scientists about the existence and potential impacts of a "negative phase" of the PDO. ... [Read More]
Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge Complex: Fish and Mussels
There are more than 150 species of fish present in the Mississippi River. Gizzard shad, common carp, and emerald shiner are the three most common species found river-wide; about 50 other species are very common in certain pools or reaches. The Upper Mississippi River still hosts most of the species that were present historically, but the abundance and distribution of some species has declined dramatically in the last 100 years due to loss of habitat. Some of the causes of these changes are dam construction that blocks fish movement up and down river, flood control levees that keep fish out of their historic spawning habitat, and sedimentation that covers gravel bars, fills wetlands and reduces deepwater habitat. ... [Read More]
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