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FORT scientists have produced more than 1,500 peer reviewed publications that are registered in the USGS Publications Warehouse, along with many others prior to their work at the USGS or in conjunction with other government agencies. 

Filter Total Items: 2239

Science for watershed decisions on abandoned mine lands; review of preliminary results, Denver, Colorado, February 4-5, 1998

From the Preface: There are thousands of abandoned or inactive mines on or adjacent to public lands administered by the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and National Park Service. Mine wastes from many of these abandoned mines adversely affect resources on public lands. In 1995, an interdepartmental work group within the Federal government developed a strategy to address remediation
Authors
David A. Nimick, Paul Von Guerard

Modeling and management of water in the Klamath River Basin: overcoming politics and conflicts

The network flow model MODSIM, which was designed as a water quantity mass balance model for evaluating and selecting water management alternatives, has been applied to the Klamath River basin. A background of conflicting issues in the basin is presented. The complexity of water quantity model development, while satisfying the many stakeholders and involved special interest groups is discussed, as
Authors
Marshall Flug, John F. Scott

The captive environment and reintroduction: the black-footed ferret as a case study with comments on other taxa

No abstract available. 
Authors
B. J. Miller, D. E. Biggins, A. Vargas, M. Hutchins, L. Hanebury, J. L. Godbey, Gerardo Ceballos, S. Anderson, J. L. Oldemeyer, F. L. Knopf

Noninvasive monitoring of fetal growth and development in the Siberian polecat (Mustela eversmanni)

The Siberian polecat (Mustela eversmanni) is the preferred species to assess procedures and establish normative values for application in the related and endangered black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes). This study was undertaken to physically, ultrasonographically, and radiographically evaluate fetal development in a spontaneously breeding captive Siberian polecat population. Ultrasonographical
Authors
Jeffrey Wimsatt, Jay D. Johnson, Robert H. Wrigley, Dean E. Biggins, Jerry L. Godbey

Landscape changes in the southwestern United States: Techniques, long-term datasets, and trends: Chapter 9

No abstract available.
Authors
Craig D. Allen, Julio L. Betancourt, Thomas W. Swetnam

A ponderosa pine natural area reveals its secrets

Monument Canyon Research Natural Area preserves an unlogged 259-hectare stand of old-growth ponderosa pine in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico. This preserve, established in 1932, is the oldest research natural area in the state. This two-tiered forest displays an old-growth density of 100 stems per hectare (Muldavin et al. 1995), with an understory thicket of stagnant saplings and poles that rai
Authors
Craig D. Allen

Elk reintroductions

Rocky Mountain elk are native to northcentral New Mexico, including the Jemez Mountains, whereas a different subspecies, Merriam’s elk, inhabited southern New Mexico, east-central Arizona, and the Mexican border region (Hall 1981). Merriam’s elk went extinct around 1900 in New Mexico, and native Rocky Mountain elk were extirpated by 1909 (Findley et al. 1975). Although elk were known to early inha
Authors
Craig D. Allen

Southwest

The southwestern region of the United States is a land of extremes and contrasts. Elevations vary from below sea level in the Imperial Valley of California to mountain peaks approaching 4,000 meters. Landscapes are striking and variable and include mountains, foothills, canyons, deserts, plains, and rivers. The area is arid or semiarid and, depending on the location, may have mild winters and summ
Authors
Michael A. Bogan, Craig D. Allen, Esteban H. Muldavin, Steven P. Platania, James N. Stuart, Greg H. Farley, Patricia Mehlhop, Jayne Belnap

Responses of riparian cottonwoods to alluvial water-table declines

No abstract available.
Authors
G.T. Auble, M. L. Scott, P.B. Shafroth, G. C. Lines

Estimator selection for closed-population capture: recapture

For valid statistical inference, it is important to select an appropriate statistical model. In the analysis of capture-recapture data under the closed-population models of Otis et al. (1978), information theoretic and hypothesis testing approaches to model selection are not practical, because some of the models have likelihoods with nonidenti- fiable parameters. A further problem is that, for som
Authors
Thomas R. Stanley, Kenneth P. Burnham

Coupled atmosphere-terrestrial ecosystem-hydrology models for environmental modeling

No abstract available.
Authors
R. L. Walko, L.E. Band, Jill Baron, Timothy G.F. Kittel, R. Lammers, T. J. Lee, R.A. Pielke, C. Taylor, C. Tague, C.J. Tremback, P.L. Vidale

Aquatic ecosystems

No abstract available.
Authors
Jill Baron, J.T. Turk