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	Western United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The states shown in dark red are usually included, while all or portions of the striped states may or may not be considered part of present-day western United States.
		Mount Whitney, at 4,421 metres (14,505 feet) the tallest peak in the contiguous 48 states, is in the Sierra Nevada.
		Statistics from the 2000 United States Census, adjusted to include the second tier of States west of the Mississippi, show that, under that definition, the West would have a population of 91,457,662, including 1,611,447 Indians, or 1.8% of the total, and 22,377,288 Hispanics (the majority Mexican), or 24.5% of the total.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Western_United_States (3909 words)

	Irrigation, Water Conservation, and Farm Size in the Western United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Irrigation is particularly important for agriculture in the 17 Western States—even though only 30 percent of the harvested cropland on all farms in the West is irrigated.
		A new ERS database on irrigation systems and the characteristics of irrigated farms in the 17 Western States is a first step in understanding the impact of cost-share programs.
		Western irrigated agriculture, a database summarizing the farm-size characteristics of irrigated farms in the Western United States.
	www.ers.usda.gov /AmberWaves/June04/Findings/IrrigationWestern.htm (427 words)

	EPA - Monitoring Stream Condition in the Western United States
		States included in the survey are Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
		The primary goal of the EMAP Western Pilot Study is to generate state and regional scale assessments of the condition of ecological resources in the western United States, and to identify stressors associated with the degradation of these resources.
		A key goal of the EMAP Western Pilot is to develop local experience with a broad range of ecological indicators (fish, macroinvertebrate and periphyton assemblages; riparian and in-stream physical habitat; water chemistry).
	www.epa.gov /nerlesd1/land-sci/water/streams.htm (2180 words)

	EPA - Western United States Landscape Characterization
		The Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) is proposing an ambitious agenda to assess the status of aquatic resources in a 12-State area of the western United States by 2003.
		Five research and development activities are critical to the completion of this unprecedented landscape assessment: (1) acquisition and assembly of landscape databases, (2) developing new remote sensing approaches to detect watershed-scale stressors, (3) identifying and developing landscape indicators, (4) quantifying relationships between aquatic resource conditions and landscape indicators, and (5) developing and implementing assessment methodologies.
		Initial landscape assessment efforts for the U.S. EPA Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program’s Western Pilot focused on improving and testing landscape indicators previously developed for the mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
	www.epa.gov /nerlesd1/land-sci/western-us.htm (429 words)

	Western United States Earthquake Insurance Summit Speaker Biographies
		Walter Hays is the United States Geological Survey’s point of contact with the Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) in a long-term joint effort to increase understanding nationwide of the earthquake threat and ways to cope with it effectively.
		This is the official national association of state insurance commissioners which coordinates the regulation of insurance in the United States.
		Ryland was Executive Director of the Central United States Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC), whose mission is earthquake mitigation and preparedness in the new Madrid Seismic Zone.
	www.wsspc.org /Events/1998_Summit/summitbios.html (6831 words)

	Western United States Earthquake Insurance Summit Vendor List
		It allies with the Western States Senate Coalition to address regional issues to achieve consensus on western positions.
		CSG-WEST is the western region of The Council of State Governments (CSG), a national organization serving multiple branches of state government officials and staff, primarily the legislative and executive branches.
		The mission of the WSSPC is to provide a forum to advance earthquake hazard reduction programs throughout the Western Region and to develop, recommend and present seismic policies and programs through information exchange, research and education.
	www.wsspc.org /Events/1998_Summit/vendorlist.html (872 words)

	History of Women and the Western United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		This guide is meant to assist you in beginning your research on women in the Western United States during the 19th century.
		You may want to look under the name of a particular state or individual, or under subjects such as Western states, women, women- history, land settlement, and frontier and pioneer life.
		Contact the United States History Librarian of the Women's Studies Librarian for assistance or to arrange in individual research consultation.
	www.pages.drexel.edu /~ljm26 (2368 words)

	Development of New Crops in the Western United States
		There are 5.4 million ha of wheat grown in the western states each year, indicating that nearly one of four cultivated ha is dedicated to the production of an agricultural commodity that is in surplus and supported by federal programs.
		A telephone survey was conducted in June and July of 1991 to profile 22 new crops research programs in the western states (Table 3).
		When asked to define those factors which most directly limited the development of new crops in the western states, several were identified (Table 4).
	www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/proceedings1993/V2-095.html (1499 words)

	Western United States
		In a 1997 national study of family owned businesses, 1,116 households were asked to take part in a survey From all 50 states and parts of Canada, family households in which one or more members owned or managed a business were selected at random to complete a two-phase telephone interview.
		Eligible business owners or managers (a) had worked in the business at least 6 hours per week year round or a minimum of 312 hours in the previous year, (b) were involved in the day-to-day management of the business, and (c) had been in business for at least one year.
		The Western Region report was was prepared by Cynthia Jasper and Karen Goebel, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
	www.hec.ohio-state.edu /fambus/western.html (693 words)

	EO Natural Hazards: Fires in the Western United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Clear skies over most of the western United States on the afternoon of September 6, 2006, revealed numerous large fires burning in several states.
		Numerous fires were burning in the mountains of north-central Washington, including the Tripod Complex Fire, which had grown to nearly 165,000 acres, according to the September 7 report from the National Interagency Fire Center.
		In the state’s southeastern corner, another large fire, the Columbia Complex, had grown to just over 96,000 acres.
	earthobservatory.nasa.gov /NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13840 (300 words)

	Volcanic Zones of the Western United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The Western Cordilleran rift, Sevier rift, and Rio Grande rift are zones where the crust is undergoing east-west extension.
		Zones trending northeast and northwest are probably related to deeper tectonic control of melting in the mantle and may not be influenced by the upper-crust stress field.
		From Smith, R.L., and Luedke, R.G., 1984, Potentially active volcanic lineaments and loci in western conterminous United States, in Explosive Volcanism: Inception, Evolution, and hazards, National Academy Press, p.
	volcano.und.nodak.edu /vwdocs/vw_hyperexchange/western_us_zones.html (110 words)

	RedOrbit - Images Of The Day - Fires in the Western United States
		The western United States was wilting under widespread hot temperatures in late July 2006.
		In blazing heat, firefighters were working to contain numerous wildfires in several Western states, including Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, and Idaho.
		This image of the area was captured on July 27 by the MODIS on the Aqua satellite.
	www.redorbit.com /images/images-of-the-day/img/12544/fires_in_the_western_united_states/index.html?source=r_earthiod (221 words)

	Bookstores in Western United States
		Last change: 6 Oct 2005 There are separate files for lists for the Southwest, the Los Angeles area, the San Diego area, the San Francisco Bay Area (San Francisco and north), the San Francisco Bay Area (Berkeley, Oakland, and East Bay), the San Francisco Bay Area (Peninsula and south), and the northwestern United States.
		New, used and out-of-print Western Americana, exploration, fur trade, Indians, military, overland travel, mining, ranching, outlaws, railroading, settlers, women, and local and regional histories.
		Western Americana, out-of-print, used and new; Trails: Lewis & Clark, Oregon/California, Bozeman, Santa Fe; Women and the West, Fur Trade, Military, Mormons, Southwest, Indians.
	www.geocities.com /evelynleeper/na-west.htm (1611 words)

	CNN.com - Pacific storm cluster soaks western United States - Nov. 8, 2002
		Pounding surf, rain and snow sock Northern California and Washington state coasts.
		A cluster of Pacific storms caused heavy rainfall across most of the western United States on Friday, knocked out power across wide areas and caused widespread flooding.
		Such storms are not unusual in December, but Korty said this one is "a little early." The storm that began Thursday morning is not related to El Nino -- it was caused by remnants of tropical storm Huko.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WEATHER/11/08/california.storms/index.html (811 words)

	Western United States
		One side shows the western part of the country as far east as Denver, Colorado, while the reverse shows the central US and continues the coverage as far east as Chicago, Illinois, and Mobile, Alabama.
		While you would not want to use this map for extensive exploration of any particular state—it does not have enough detail for that—it is great for more hurried multi-state travels and for general reference.
		On the reverse side is a travel guide with separate charts listing the facilities and activities of the parks, monuments, and recreation areas for each major state shown: Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico, inlcuding a few places not actually on the Plateau.
	www.mindbird.com /western_united_states.htm (942 words)

	Plate Tectonics of the Western United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Plate tectonic map of the Western United States and nearby Pacific Ocean.
		The volcanoes of the western United States are the result of subduction of the Juan de Fuca and Gorga plates beneath the edge of the North American Plate.
		The oceanic plates are made at mid-ocean ridges (spreading centers) and are denser than the North American Plate.
	volcano.und.nodak.edu /vwdocs/volc_images/tectonic_west.html (172 words)

	United States Attorney's Office, Western District of Louisiana
		United States Attorney's Office, Western District of Louisiana
		Welcome to the homepage for the United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Louisiana.
		This website is intended to provide you with a comprehensive overview of the many different facets of the United States Attorney's Office and the role each component plays in ensuring justice in the Western District of Louisiana.
	www.usdoj.gov /usao/law (80 words)

	Images of the Western U.S.
		This image of the western U.S. is a map of visible near-infrared light sources and mainly shows light from cities and towns.
		More images for several states are available from the USGS Flagstaff office.
		Black-and-white shaded relief map (78 kb gif) of the United States, by G.P. Thelin and R.J. Pike (Landforms of the Conterminous United States - A Digital Shaded-Relief Portrayal, U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-2206, 1991).
	wrgis.wr.usgs.gov /wgmt/wrimages.html (434 words)

	Scientists Improve Wildfire Forecasts for Western United States
		Their initial study shows that this year's fire season is likely to be much milder than that of 2000, which was the worst in half a century.
		Borrowing statistical methods long used by climate forecasters, scientists in California have developed a modeling tool to help officials better predict the wildfires that devastate large parts of the western United States every year.
		In an initial study of the application, they produced the first comprehensive forecast for wildfires in the western United States.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2001/07/0718_wildfires.html (853 words)

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		Western Union has gathered information you need to help you stay safe before, during and after the storm.
	www.westernunion.com /index_consumer.asp?origination=GB (229 words)

	Flu Widespread in 7 States
		Seven states -- California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, and Texas -- now show what scientists classify as widespread flu activity.
		The number is up from four states two weeks ago, according to data released by the CDC.
		In all, the agency has received 63,104 reports of persons contracting flu-like illness as of Dec. 31, placing the 2005-2006 flu season at about average for yearly U.S. flu activity.
	www.webmd.com /content/Article/117/112462.htm (387 words)

	Western United States - Uncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Western United States has an interesting story on the origin of its name.
		While early settlers of other regions quickly came up with clever, pithy names, those in the Western United States struggled for years to find their identity.
		But recently, legislation has been passed formally declaring this region, the West.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Western_United_States (133 words)

	Western United States (US) Wall Map by UniversalMAP from Maps.com -- Worldâs Largest Map Store.
		The Western United States Wall Map is produced with durable lamination making it both markable and washable.
		This map measures 3'10"H x 5'6"W, is lithographed in eight (8) colors, and is indexed on its face.This map is ideally suited for the business environment.
		The Western United States Wall Map is just one of the thousands of maps available at Maps.com.
	www.maps.com /map.aspx?nav=MS&pid=11183 (275 words)

	Western United States
		Obviously not being of the eastern states, perhaps I could establish myself as a remote correspondent or agent.
		The Ameriquest Mortgage blimp has been flying over Sacramento the last few days and more notably the State Capitol (Governor Arnold was in town diligently working on the budget.) It was also featured in an article in the Sacramento Bee today (www.sacbee.com).
		Having retired for the evening with a bit of scotch, I turned my eyes to the far western skies, always on the alert, as I am, for infiltration from the skies over the glorious Pacific Ocean.
	www.globe-guardian.com /wus.htm (6640 words)

	Western United States Slicker : American Map: The Premier Group of Map, Travel and Language Brands
		Western United States Slicker : American Map: The Premier Group of Map, Travel and Language Brands
		The Western United States Slicker contains detailed inset maps of Alaska highways, the San Francisco area, and the Los Angeles area.
		This map indicates national monuments, national parks and forests, metropolitan areas, rest stops, time zones and points of interest.
	www.americanmap.com /catalog/product_info.php?products_id=2062 (101 words)

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