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FWS | 2020
The FWS Division of Migratory Bird Management is integrating remote sensing and machine learning technologies to improve safety, data quality, and efficiency of broad-scale migratory bird surveys.…
FWS | 2020
Tumbesian dry tropical forests are found along the Pacific coast from southern Ecuador into northern Peru. They represent a region of substantial species endemism and seasonal forest conditions that…
FWS | 2020
Migrating waterbirds moving between upper and lower latitudinal breeding and wintering grounds, while crossing arid continental interiors, rely on a limited network of endorheic lakes and wetlands,…
NPS | 2015
In September 2014, Grand Teton National Park and John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway partnered with the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) National Elk Refuge to collect high-resolution light…
NPS | 2015
As part of the ongoing effort to collect lidar coverage across the entire Shenandoah National Park, the NPS worked with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Geospatial Program liaison to…
NPS | 2015
The NPS is using WorldView-2 high-resolution satellite imagery to monitor coastal change in Alaska's arctic national parks with the help of cooperators at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (…
NPS | 2015
The GIS Team conducted a comprehensive update and densification of interior National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) data features for Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve (GLBA). The editing protocol…
NPS | 2015
As part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), this project is mapping vegetation comunities in Everglades National Park and parts of Big Cypress National Preserve via collaboration…
FWS | 2015
Documenting bird and bat migration is challenging because of the typically sporadic nature of migration activity and the difficulty of observing nocturnal movements. The FWS uses avian radar to…
FWS | 2015
This project is an expansion of original research completed by the Intermountain West Joint Venture (http://iwjv.org/) and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) - Sage Grouse Initiative…
FWS | 2015
Patterns of wetland availability and land use practice are examined within keystone migratory bird habitats in the Pacific flyway (southern Oregon and northeastern California). The results provide…
FWS | 2015
Monitoring the waterbird nesting population at Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge and the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation, Nevada, is essential to detect and evaluate changes in waterbird…