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DOI Remote Sensing Activities 2017 Includes FRESC Research on Lidar to Study Forest Habitat

DOI Remote Sensing Activities 2017 Includes FRESC Research on Lidar to Study Forest Habitat

The Department of the Interior has released a report of the DOI Remote Sensing Activities for 2017, which includes a summary of research that uses...

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Food Web Model Informs River Restoration on the Barkley Bear Segment, Methow River

Food Web Model Informs River Restoration on the Barkley Bear Segment, Methow River

In planning restoration actions in rivers and streams, managers have typically used physical-based models.

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Effects of Drought on Golden Eagles: Spatial Patterns in Occupancy and Reproduction

Effects of Drought on Golden Eagles: Spatial Patterns in Occupancy and Reproduction

USGS scientists and collaborators investigated spatial patterns in occupancy and breeding success of golden eagles in the Altamont Pass Wind Resource...

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Analytical Framework for Assessing Landbird Population Characteristics Described in New Report

Analytical Framework for Assessing Landbird Population Characteristics Described in New Report

Scientists from USGS, NPS, and the Institute for Bird Populations developed a new framework for analyzing landbird population monitoring data from the...

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California Condor Behavior Unresponsive to Lead Exposure

California Condor Behavior Unresponsive to Lead Exposure

Scavenging birds are at risk of lead poisoning from consuming carcasses of animals killed with lead ammunition. Methods to identify lead exposure...

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New Study: Water, Grazing, and a Threatened Amphibian – Oregon Spotted Frog

New Study: Water, Grazing, and a Threatened Amphibian – Oregon Spotted Frog

A new study in the Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge in south-central Oregon examines how Oregon spotted frogs use habitat in grazed areas, and...

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Livestock grazing effects on sage-grouse: study identifies options to sustain ranching and help wildlife

Livestock grazing effects on sage-grouse: study identifies options to sustain ranching and help wildlife

Effects of livestock grazing on greater sage-grouse populations can be positive or negative depending on the amount of grazing and when grazing occurs...

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Handbook for sagebrush steppe restoration techniques can help sustain wildlife and western ecosystems

Handbook for sagebrush steppe restoration techniques can help sustain wildlife and western ecosystems

The sagebrush ecosystem in the western U.S is one of the largest ecosystems in North America, but it is also threatened from wildfire and invasive...

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Around 600 Non-Native Mountain Goats Now Roam the Olympic Mountains

Around 600 Non-Native Mountain Goats Now Roam the Olympic Mountains

Population has Increased 8 Percent a Year Since 2004

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New Rangeland Fire Science Plan Essential for Sage-Grouse, Sagebrush Conservation and Restoration

New Rangeland Fire Science Plan Essential for Sage-Grouse, Sagebrush Conservation and Restoration

Plan also addresses other rangeland threats

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Experiments to Help Restore Mosses in Arid Lands

Experiments to Help Restore Mosses in Arid Lands

Biological soil crusts are beneficial to arid ecosystems and occupy bare ground, deterring establishment of invasive annual grasses.

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Local Wind Energy Development Has Broad Consequences for Golden Eagles

Local Wind Energy Development Has Broad Consequences for Golden Eagles

Roughly over a quarter of the golden eagles killed at the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area in Northern California from 2012-2014 were recent...

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