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4 Appropriate Partnerships
4 Appropriate Partnerships
Pages 37-40
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However, the committee does have a number of comments that may be useful to the program planners as EarthScope planning evolves. Most of the earthquakes within the United States occur in the western part of the country, including the Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico and Texas; the Yellowstone region of Wyoming and neighboring Montana and Idaho; the Basin and Range Province in Utah, Nevada, Idaho, and Arizona; and in the states along the Pacific Coast—Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California.
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The identification of at least some of the special targets for the USArray flexible deployment program will depend on such partnerships. Landslides are the most damaging geological hazard in the United States, affecting every state of the nation and its island territories.2 There is a complete continuum from small slumps to large landslides to extensive fault structures.
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Educators will also need the training and resources to take advantage of local EarthScope instrument installations, as well as assistance to implement EarthScope-related educational activities. This is an ambitious undertaking, and will require the involvement of national professional organizations of educators, as well as state and local school districts, in the initial planning of EarthScope's scientific and educational efforts.
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