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USGS | 2012
In 2011-2013, the USGS UMESC used NEXRAD weather radar to observe the effects of waterfowl disturbances caused by boaters in the navigation pools of the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS). …
USGS | 2012
The USGS UMESC used a combination of high-resolution digital aerial photography, MODIS satellite-derived chlorophyll concentration data, MODIS sea surface temperature data, satellite transmitters,…
USGS | 2012
In summer 2010, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) launched the Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative (MBHI) in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill…
USGS | 2012
Millions of migratory landbirds “stop over” in habitats near the Gulf of Mexico as they migrate across and around the gulf. Migration is a critical period in a migratory bird’s annual cycle, and…
USGS | 2012
The USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is investigating least tern and piping plover habitats in terms of the dynamics of land cover…
USGS | 2012
The USGS and the USFWS view small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) as an emerging technology to advance safe and cost-effective methods to conduct Sandhill crane and other wildlife surveys. …
USGS | 2012
To investigate the effect of motorized use on Gunnison sage-grouse movements, the data from four birds fitted with GPS transmitters were analyzed in conjunction with vehicle counts based on pneumatic…
USGS | 2012
In the arid Southwest, much remains unknown about how migratory birds use different habitats when they stop to rest and refuel during migration. The relatively unpopulated and remote expanses…
USGS | 2012
The only wild and self-sustaining population of whooping cranes migrates through the Central Flyway of North America, traveling between wintering grounds along the Gulf Coast of Texas and breeding…
USGS | 2012
Conservation planners associated with the Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks (GCPO) and Gulf Coast Prairie (GCP) Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCCs) require contemporary and standardized vegetation…
USGS | 2012
Satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) was evaluated as a method to operationally monitor the occurrence and distribution of storm and tidal-related flooding of extensive coastal marshes around the…
USGS | 2012
This NASA-funded study extends USGS-NASA collaboration to detect oil in coastal marshes and characterize surface oil on inland waters. The ongoing study is based on successful detection of Macondo-…