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Today's the day! Tune in this afternoon at 1:00 PM EDT to our Critical Issues program's webinar on landslide risk assessment and reduction, kindly sponsored by @COGeolSurvey and @GolderAssociate

Check out our news brief on David Bernhardt's confirmation as interior secretary: bit.ly/2UkG7nk

And lastly, thank you to our webinar speakers Jonathan, Jennifer, and Eric for a very informative set of landslides presentations! #CIWebinar

Thank you again to our media partners as well: @theAGU, @ametsoc, the Association of American State Geologists, @AEGweb, @geosociety, @iaem, @ASBOG_ORG, @nhma, the Natural Hazards Mitigation Association, @SeismoSocietyAm, @SSSA_soils, and @USGS. #CIWebinar

Our landslides webinar is now over, but we would like to take the opportunity to express our gratitude to our webinar sponsors one more time. Colorado Geological Survey and @GolderAssociate: thank you for making this webinar possible! #CIWebinar

EW: Webinar fun fact: #Landslide season is short, usually spanning only 6 months (April to September) #CIWebinar

EW: Hazard mitigation strategies include: land use planning and zoning, transportation and infrastructure planning, prevention and protection actions, education and outreach, and sample ordinances and codes #CIWebinar

EW: Hennepin County Landslide Assessment Group, comprised of federal, state, and local individuals, created a #LIDAR landslide inventory that identified over 1,000 past landslide sites #CIWebinar

EW: Hennepin County has a series of sensor stations #CIWebinar:

EW: “Every level is important, but the local level is particularly important. All disasters are local.” #CIWebinar

EW: Hennepin county, Minnesota is no stranger to recent landslide events #CIWebinar

JB: “In a landslide mapping project, the key outreach components are: identifying stakeholders, pre-project meetings, progress reports,and transparent and accessible products.” #CIWebinar

JB: Here is an example of an ALC landslide inventory and susceptibility map #CIWebinar:

JB: Why should we care about #landslides? Check out the infographic on North Carolina landslides below #CIWebinar:

JB: Some facts about the Polk county, North Carolina #landslide, May 18, 2018 #CIWebinar:

JG: @USGS is looking to expand #landslide monitoring observation systems in collaboration with @NWS #CIWebinar

JG: On Jan 9, 2018, Montecito, CA suffered one of the largest post-fire #landslide debris flow that damaged/destroyed over 400 homes #CIWebinar

JG: #Comingsoon: @USGS and @NASA, in partnership with state geologic surveys, are launching an interactive national-scale map for #landslide inventories as part of USGS’s Landslide Hazard Program #CIWebinar

JG on #landslide occurrence #CIWebinar:

Another thank you to our media partners @theAGU, @ametsoc, the Association of American State Geologists, @AEGweb, @geosociety, @iaem, @ASBOG_ORG, @nhma, the Natural Hazards Mitigation Association, @SeismoSocietyAm, @SSSA_soils, and @USGS #CIWebinar

Thank you to our webinar sponsors Colorado Geological Survey and @GolderAssociate #CIWebinar