Government Information

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db146.pdf

Presents estimates of the four most commonly used complementary health approaches among adults aged 18 + in 9 geographic regions.  Finds the leading non-conventional health approach in the U.S. was the use of nonvitamin, nonmineral dietary supplements with such use highest in the Mountain, Pacific and West North Central regions.  From the National Center for Health Statistics

http://www.eia.gov/naturalgas/crudeoilreserves/pdf/uscrudeoil.pdf

Latest update on U.S. energy reserves in text and tables.  Reports an increase of proved reserves of 15.4% in 2012 from 2011 figures.  From the Energy Information Administration

http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2013/5131/pdf/sir2013-5131.pdf

Provides information about the thickness and composition of the Marcellus Shale layer in Virginia and West Virginia.  From the U.S. Geological Survey

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1065/pdf/ofr2014-1065.pdf

Presents a 2013 interpretation of the topography of the area where the tragic March2014 mudslide occurred.  From the U.S. Geological Survey

http://www.deq.virginia.gov/Portals/0/DEQ/Air/SARATitle3/2012_TRI_Report.pdf

Provides information about release or other management of chemicals and chemical categories by Virginia industries and government facilities.  In 2012 Virginia sites released, transferred or reported on-site management of 872 million pounds of TRI chemicals, a 1.48% increase from the previous year.  Also provides details on chemicals released to land, air, and water.  From the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

http://www.glcn.org/databases/lc_glcshare_en.jsp

Brings together land cover data for the entire world into one centralized database.  From the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

http://nationalatlas.gov/transitionfaq.html

Explains which elements are being eliminated and which are being transferred to the National Map site, and the reasons for the change—mostly budgetary.  From the U.S. Geological Survey

http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3814#.UxYIPpzYPQM

Press release announcing the consolidation of mapping functions from the National Atlas of the United States and the National Map into a single source for geospatial and cartographic information.  Development of the National Atlas ends in September 2014.  From the U.S. Geological Survey