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USGS | 2014
Astrogeology maintains the highest quality data on the brightness of the Moon via the Lunar Calibration Program, which provides essential data for many satellite missions. These data are used…
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…