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BIA | 2014
BLM Utah is conducting river shoreline surveys with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Many of the rivers are located in very steep sandstone cliff formations that are hundreds of feet deep…
BOR | 2014
First-time ever plans for environmental benefits in the Colorado River Delta were set in motion by an agreement known as Minute 319, which was signed in 2012 by the United States and Mexico.…
BOR | 2014
As part of a groundwater export feasibility study, the BOR was directed to assess the perennial yield of groundwater from Dixie Valley, a closed basin in western Nevada. Because Dixie Valley is…
BOR | 2014
The Colorado River is the principal source of water for irrigation and domestic use in Arizona, southern California, and southern Nevada. The BOR accounts for water use by each state and individual…
BOR | 2014
The BOR administers the Operating Criteria and Procedures (OCAP) for the Newlands Reclamation Project, which covers approximately 61,000 acres in Nevada. The OCAP directs BOR and the Truckee-Carson…
BOR | 2014
The Siletz River is located in west-central Oregon. The Siletz Tribe has requested technical assistance through BOR’s Tribal Assistance Program to evaluate hydraulic and geomorphic processes along…
FWS | 2014
The population explosion of snow geese over the past few decades has had a negative impact on the fragile arctic breeding grounds used by the geese and many other migratory bird species. To assess…
FWS | 2014
The FWS uses avian radar to monitor bird and bat migration along the shorelines of the Great Lakes (http://www.fws.gov/radar/). Since 2011, mobile avian radar units have been stationed around…
FWS | 2014
Shortages of data on survival rates, mortality factors, habitat selection, and dispersal and migration movements hinder decisions for managing golden eagle populations in the western United States.…
FWS | 2014
Pilot-biologists in the Branch of Migratory Bird Surveys (Division of Migratory Bird Management) collect georeferenced locations of aerial flight hazards during annual migratory bird surveys across…
FWS | 2014
Migratory Birds, Intermountain West Joint Venture, Region 6 Water scarcity in semiarid environments provides an ideal system to evaluate the role of water-rich mesic habitats in structuring the…
FWS | 2014
Rainwater Basin Joint Venture Annual habitat surveys conducted in 2004 and in 2006–2014 are used to identify the resting and foraging resources available to migratory birds in the Rainwater Basin…