Rory Day-Stirrat
100:30 - 101:05
"46 States have participated and Puerto Rico. Each state is providing access or work in the program at the levels that they're available to. My state, the state of Oregon, we are significantly involved in Earth MRI, we have a significant mineral endowment which we haven't fully investigated, and that's true across most states. So it's a very effective model where the USGS provides the framework and the states enact on that framework."
“46 States have participated and Puerto Rico. Each state is providing access or work in the program at the levels that they're available to. My state, the state of Oregon, we are significantly involved in Earth MRI, we have a significant mineral endowment which we haven't fully investigated, and that's true across most states. So it's a very effective model where the USGS provides the framework and the states enact on that framework.”
- Speaker
- Rory Day-Stirrat
- Timestamp
- 100:30 – 101:05
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- July 21, 2026
From the transcript
The program is, what, 6 years old? 46 States have participated and Puerto Rico. Each state is providing access or work in the program at the levels that they're available to. My state, the state of Oregon, we are significantly involved in Earth MRI, we have a significant mineral endowment which we haven't fully investigated, and that's true across most states. So it's a very effective model where the USGS provides the framework and the states enact on that framework.
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