Highlights for September 6, 2001

I. Key Department/Bureau News

• USGS Scientist to Speak at Colorado State University. USGS Scientist Tom Owens has been invited to make a presentation at Colorado State University's Forest Science Seminar on September 13 in Fort Collins, Colorado. The Seminar is a weekly event targeted to graduate students and faculty in the Department of Forest Sciences at Colorado State. Owens will speak on the USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program. (Tom Owens, Denver, 303-202-4259)

II. Agency Work on Presidential Initiatives
Nothing to report this week.

III. Notable Congressional Activity
Nothing to report this week.

IV. Press/Media Inquiries
Nothing to report this week.

V. Key FOIA Requests
Nothing to report this week.