John Wesley Powell, the second Director of the U.S. Geological Survey from 1881 to 1894 and explorer of the Colorado River and Grand Canyon, recognized that water availability was a
John Wesley Powell, the second Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from 1881 to 1894 and explorer of the Colorado River and Grand Canyon, recognized that water availability was a significant challenge in the western United States. During Powell’s USGS tenure, systematic inventorying of streams and their flows in the USA began in earnest.
This month saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and the NASDAQ Composite post their worst weekly losses since 2020 — when the pandemic began. This has many Americans
Colin Powell, who was the first Black U.S. secretary of state and led in several Republican administrations, passed away at 84 from COVID-19 complications.