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USGS | 2014
USGS biologist Sean Murphy presented preliminary results at The Oregon Chapter of The Wildlife Society meeting in Bend, Oregon, on February 5–7. Murphy’s talk, titled “Predicting and managing climate…
USGS | 2014
The Upper San Pedro River in Arizona is one of the few remaining undammed rivers that maintains a vibrant riparian ecosystem in the southwestern United States. However, its riparian forest is…
USGS | 2014
On the San Carlos Apache Reservation in east-central Arizona, fire suppression and other factors have led to overstocked forests and woodland encroachment into grasslands. In an effort to retain…
USGS | 2014
The USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (UMESC) is producing a seamless vegetation map of the Barataria Preserve of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve. The UMESC…
USGS | 2014
Surface freshwaters support rich biodiversity and provide many important ecosystem services. Documented warming of inland waters is widespread and can reduce water quality and negatively impact cold-…
USGS | 2014
This project addresses several questions using a unique opportunity to analyze prefire and postfire lidar remote sensing. The Pole Creek fire burned 27,000 acres through various forest types in…
USGS | 2014
Lidar is a remote sensing tool that can be used to model both the vertical and horizontal distribution of vegetation, allowing researchers to quantify habitat complexity for species residing in…
USGS | 2014
Anthropogenic and natural disturbance have caused habitat loss and fragmentation, leading to population declines of greater sage-grouse. USGS ecologist Steve Knick is leading a new study using GPS…
USGS | 2014
National Geographic released a story about tracking animal migrations on its education Web site (http://education.nationalgeographic.com/media/richmedia/0/196/project/geo-story-animal-migrations.html…
USGS | 2014
USGS scientists participated in a meeting of the Cooperative Monitoring, Evaluation and Research (CMER) committee on November 19, 2013, in Tumwater, Washington. CMER is responsible for conducting…
USGS | 2014
In July 2014, USGS collected 2,000 line km of hyperspectral data in the Arctic and Nabesna areas of Alaska. The project, supported by the USGS Mineral Resources Program, will locate and…
USGS | 2014
As part of an effort to fulfill the requirements of section 712 of the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007, the USGS is conducting a comprehensive national assessment of…