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February 14, 2017

News About SBSC Paper That Reports on a Novel Approach to Assess Vegetation Recovery After Oil and Gas Well Pad Abandonment (DART Project)

Several news sources have reported on a recently published paper by Travis Nauman and Mike Duniway titled, “Disturbance automated reference toolset...

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February 7, 2017

New Scientific Approach Assesses Land Recovery Following Oil and Gas Drilling

A new scientific approach can now provide regional assessments of land recovery following oil and gas drilling activities, according to a new U.S...

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December 28, 2016

Saving the Desert: Push to Restore Arches & Canyonlands National Parks

A video put out by CBS discusses some of the ecological issues of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks in UT such as nonnative annual grasses...

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December 16, 2016

National Geographic Highlights SBSC Science and Youth Program

National Geographic posted a video on their webpage titled, “At 17 Million Years Old, Grand Canyon Still Has Lessons to Teach”. The video focuses on...

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October 24, 2016

A River Ran Through It and Brought Life, At Least for a While

In 2014, a large pulse of water was released into the mostly dry delta of the Colorado River along the U.S.-Mexico border. U.S. Geological Survey...

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September 21, 2016

World Scientists and Resource Managers Meet to Discuss Desert Surface and Climate

Biocrust 3 Conference Begins Next Week in Moab, Utah.

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May 2, 2016

River Food Webs Threatened by Widespread Hydropower Practice

Alternative Flows Might Mitigate Negative Impacts

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February 10, 2015

Predicting Plant Responses to Drought

A new U.S. Geological Survey study shows how plants’ vulnerability to drought varies across the landscape; factors such as plant structure and soil...

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