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FWS | 2013
Southwest semidesert grasslands are highly affected by a century of livestock grazing, disruption of historical fire regimes, prolonged drought, and non-native plant invasions. The USFWS has sought…
FWS | 2013
The golden-cheeked warbler and black-capped vireo were listed by the USFWS as endangered in 1990 and 1987, respectively. In 1992 the 10,000-ha Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge (BCNWR)…
FWS | 2013
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and USFWS conducted a pilot project to test two types of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) as platforms to monitor seabird colonies within the…
FWS | 2013
In conjunction with the Yellow Crazy Ant eradication project being conducted on Johnston Atoll, located approximately 800 miles west of Honolulu, Hawaii, team members took the opportunity to develop…
FWS | 2013
To address important information gaps about sea ducks, particularly in the face of increasing demands for hunting and increased interest in offshore energy development, the Sea Duck Joint Venture…
BOR | 2012
The Klamath Reclamation Project was initiated in 1906 to provide irrigation water and irrigable land in the Klamath Basin, Oregon. As part of these efforts the “A” Canal was built through the…
FWS | 2012
The golden-cheeked warbler and black-capped vireo were listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFS) as endangered in 1990 and 1987, respectively. In 1992 the 10,000 hectare Balcones…
FWS | 2012
In an attempt to assess the viability of using legacy lidar data of varying collection density to characterize avian nesting habitat by species at a landscape scale, the existing lidar data from the…
FWS | 2012
Vegetation mapping of the public access side of Desert National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) began in fiscal year 2011 and will be completed at the end of fiscal year 2012. The vegetation mapping is…
FWS | 2012
St. Matthew and Hall Islands are located within the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. The Refuge led a research cruise to these islands for the first time in over 5 years. While there,…
FWS | 2012
As part of a soils survey for the Rose Atoll, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service worked with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Photo Science to collect lidar data for…
FWS | 2012
The Eastern Population (EP) of Sandhill cranes is rapidly expanding in size and geographic range. The core of their breeding range is in Wisconsin, Michigan, and southern Ontario; however, the…