[Assignment: 48-DPA-1-14-08_SOI_K_CA_USGS] Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Malibu area of southern California [for tours, meetings focusing on landslide research, field instruments, webcams, and other tools being used by the] U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) [to predict dangerous mudslides.] [48-DPA-1-14-08_SOI_K_CA_USGS_IOD_9512.JPG]

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Subject: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Malibu area of southern California [for tours, meetings focusing on landslide research, field instruments, webcams, and other tools being used by the] U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) [to predict dangerous mudslides. Joining the Secretary on visits to Winter Canyon and Malibu Creek--landslide and flood danger areas in the wake of southern California's 2007 fires--were USGS Regional Director Anne Kinsinger, USGS Multi-Hazards Demonstration Program Director Lucy Jones, National Weather Service Deputy Assistant Administrator Vickie Nadolski, and other USGS and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration experts.]

Photographer: Tami Heilemann--Interior Staff
[Assignment: 48-DPA-1-14-08_SOI_K_CA_USGS] Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Malibu area of southern California [for tours, meetings focusing on landslide research, field instruments, webcams, and other tools being used by the] U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) [to predict dangerous mudslides.]