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Tough Places and Safe Spaces: Can Refuges Save Salmon from a Warming Climate?

Tough Places and Safe Spaces: Can Refuges Save Salmon from a Warming Climate?

As the climate warms, cold-water refuges could be particularly important for migratory species that encounter a wide range of environmental conditions...

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USGS Launches Wildland Fire Trends Tool

USGS Launches Wildland Fire Trends Tool

Answers to questions such as "Where are wildfires burning?" and "Are wildfires burning more area over time?" can inform fire management and help...

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Environmental Impacts on Space Use of Mohave Ground Squirrels

Environmental Impacts on Space Use of Mohave Ground Squirrels

Mohave ground squirrels are small rodents native to the western Mojave Desert of California and are listed as threatened under the California...

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Environmental, Regional, and Seasonal Drivers of Migration in North American Golden Eagles

Environmental, Regional, and Seasonal Drivers of Migration in North American Golden Eagles

Migratory bird species can change the timing and duration of their annual migration to correspond with favorable conditions. This variation gives...

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Level and Pattern of Live Tree Retention Shape the Abundance of Snags in Managed Forests

Level and Pattern of Live Tree Retention Shape the Abundance of Snags in Managed Forests

Standing dead trees, or snags, are important features in natural forests, providing habitat and food for a wide range of fungi, insects, birds, and...

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Limited Rigor in Studies of Raptor Mortality and Mitigation at Wind Power Facilities

Limited Rigor in Studies of Raptor Mortality and Mitigation at Wind Power Facilities

Wind power is a rapidly expanding source of renewable energy and poses risks to wildlife such as raptors that are vulnerable to collisions with wind...

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Considering Behavior When Predicting Habitat Use for the Endangered Tasmanian Wedge-Tailed Eagle

Considering Behavior When Predicting Habitat Use for the Endangered Tasmanian Wedge-Tailed Eagle

Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagles are facing threats from habitat loss, contaminants, and collisions with power lines and wind turbines. Risk to these...

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Post-Fire Sagebrush Seed Dispersal is Limited and Highly Variable

Post-Fire Sagebrush Seed Dispersal is Limited and Highly Variable

Sagebrush seeds are dispersed naturally from plants that survive wildfires and can also be broadcast-seeded by natural resource agencies to aid the...

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Selecting Auditory Alerting Sounds for Eagles Approaching Wind Turbines

Selecting Auditory Alerting Sounds for Eagles Approaching Wind Turbines

Development of wind energy facilities results in interactions between wildlife and wind turbines and can lead to fatalities of bald and golden eagles.

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The Effects of Cheatgrass Invasion on Carbon Storage in the Great Basin

The Effects of Cheatgrass Invasion on Carbon Storage in the Great Basin

Annual grass invasions are transforming desert ecosystems in ways that could affect ecosystem carbon balance, but previous studies do not agree on the...

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Simulating Fire Spread in Sagebrush Steppe: An Approach to Improving Input Data and Accuracy

Simulating Fire Spread in Sagebrush Steppe: An Approach to Improving Input Data and Accuracy

Simulations of wildfire spread are needed for the management and study of wildfires in the vast sagebrush steppe of North America.

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Engaging Stakeholders for Prioritizing Investments in Recovery of Threatened Bull Trout

Engaging Stakeholders for Prioritizing Investments in Recovery of Threatened Bull Trout

The natural resource agencies involved in conservation of the threatened Bull Trout have a shared goal of recovering the species. However, this goal...

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