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FWS | 2019
In semi‐arid ecosystems, timing and availability of water is a key uncertainty associated with conservation planning for wetland‐dependent wildlife. Wetlands compose only 1–3% of these landscapes;…
FWS | 2019
During 2019, the Avian Radar Project surveyed the migration of birds and bats in the Detroit, Michigan, area using mobile avian radar units. Sites located on Lake St. Clair and western Lake Erie…
FWS | 2019
Under the leadership of Dr. Steve Kloiber (steve.kloiber@state.mn.us), the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MN DNR) has completed a 10-year effort to update the State’s National Wetlands…
FWS | 2019
Tumbesian dry forest in southern Ecuador and northern Peru faces a number of threats from factors such as climate change, wildfire, and intensive livestock grazing that can result in degraded…
FWS | 2019
Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) is a highly invasive, non-native grass that threatens wildlife habitat, migratory corridors, and agricultural production in the sagebrush ecosystems of the western U.S.…
BOR | 2019
BOR is a key partner in the Trinity River Restoration Program (TRRP), located in far northern California. Remote sensing for the TRRP includes annual high-resolution aerial photography (0.5-foot…
BOR | 2019
An effort for long-term monitoring using Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) to recognize, map, and monitor landslide-related deformation over the southern portion of the Green Mountain…
BOR | 2019
The Colorado River is the principal source of water for agriculture and riparian vegetation in Arizona, southern California, and southern Nevada. The BOR Lower Colorado Region accounts for water use…
FWS | 2018
FWS National Wildlife Refuges (NWR) that contain impoundments used to provide shorebird and waterbird habitat are required to report on the available habitat area by depth class as the water levels…
FWS | 2018
A key vegetation parameter important to maintaining Golden-cheeked Warbler (hereafter warbler) breeding habitat is the amount of broadleaf versus Ashe juniper tree cover on a site. Mixed composition…
FWS | 2018
The North American semiarid sagebrush biome exhibits considerable climatic complexity driving dynamic spatiotemporal shifts in primary productivity. Greater and Gunnison sage-grouse are adapted to…
FWS | 2018
Documenting bird and bat migration is challenging because migration activity is sporadic, and nocturnal migrants (most aerial vertebrate migrants) are difficult to observe. FWS uses mobile avian…