Hi Michael, On page 87 of the "Suggestions to Authors of the Reports of the United States Geological Survey" 7th Edition I found the following:
"Proper names of geographical entities, such as regions, political division, populated places, localities, and physical features, including marine, are capitalized in both the singular and the plural:" Among the 52 examples following this statement are the following: Great Lakes Gulf States High Plains Middle Atlantic States Potomac and James Rivers ............................................................................ atorregr...@usgs.gov ............................................................................ Alicia Torregrosa Western Geographic Science Center US Geological Survey 345 Middlefield Road MS 531 Menlo Park, CA 94025 office:650-329-4091 fax:650-329-4722 ........................................................................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the following statement: ....the Narraguagus and Penobscot rivers....should the word "rivers" be capitalized? I have my opinion, but in the spirit of not biasing responses I'll keep it to myself; my office as a whole is split 50/50. One way or the other, half the people in my office are wrong! Michael -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Cooperman, PhD National Research Council - Research Fellow in residence at NOAA-Fisheries, NE Fisheries Science Center - Maine Field Station Atlantic Salmon Research and Conservation Task 17 Godfrey DR., Suite 1 Orono, ME 04473 (work) 207-866-7409 (cell) 207-974-9846 (fax) 207-866-7342 (pls call before faxing) email: michael.cooper...@noaa.gov ------------------------------------------------------------------------- .
