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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…
OSM | 2014
State of New Mexico Abandoned Mine Land Program This project explores the use of an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to map stream channel morphology and monitor re-vegetation efforts in the Dillon and…
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…
FWS | 2014
National Wildlife Refuge System Airborne lidar can be processed to yield a broad array of forest canopy structure metrics that are important for wildlife management. For golden-cheeked warblers…
FWS | 2014
Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge The Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge is collaborating with the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the Fairbanks Fish and Wildlife Field Office to identify and…
FWS | 2014
The Iowa Pleistocene snail is a remnant species of the last Ice Age that was believed to be extinct but was discovered in 1955 and placed on the Endangered Species List in 1977. The only known living…
FWS | 2014
Refuge Planning, National Wildlife Refuge System Two separate but related mapping projects were recently completed for Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge in northeastern Nevada. The first was to…
FWS | 2014
Ouray National Wildlife Refuge Ouray National Wildlife Refuge in central Utah routinely uses global positioning system (GPS) technology and aerial photos to mark and map a large variety of…