FORT Updates: From Plains to Peaks - Vol. 2 | Issue 1
FORT science is off to a great start in 2024! In this newsletter, we feature a recent publication on the efficacy of greater sage-grouse as an umbrella species, and highlight multiple outreach activities from FORT scientists including numerous presentations at a large range management conference, participation in partner meetings, and organization of a workshop on monitoring of an endangered bee.
FORT biologists and collaborators find that conservation of greater sage-grouse habitat may partially conserve habitat for other species of concern
Greater sage-grouse are often considered an umbrella species, or a species whose conservation indirectly protects other species within the umbrella species’ ecosystem. In this study, researchers used data-driven population models for seven sagebrush-dependent species to evaluate the efficacy of greater sage-grouse as an umbrella species.
FORT scientists share expertise at the Society for Range Management 2024 Annual Meeting
The theme of this year's meeting is "Change on the Range." It will take place in Sparks Nevada, from January 28 — February 1, 2024.
FORT ecologist Ian Pearse organizes workshop to support monitoring of an endangered bumble bee.
FORT ecologist Ian Pearse organized a workshop with the US Fish and Wildlife Service (Jan 9-11) to develop a monitoring program for the endangered rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis).
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Publications
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.
Data
Our interdisciplinary, integrated science teams develop various data sets in support of the USGS mission areas. This information then aids natural resource managers in decision making and support of the complex issues they face in today's world. The data and tools listed here are official USGS data releases.
Science
Fort Collins Science Center activities support the research priorities of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s resource management bureaus as well as other Federal and State agencies, Native American Tribes, academic institutions, and non-governmental organizations. Find out more about our research and the scientists who make it all happen by reviewing our science themes.
FORT Hydrologist Jonathan Friedman to co-present research on hydrology of the Green River
On January 30, Jonathan Friedman (FORT) and Dusty Perkins (NPS) will present research by NPS and FORT scientists (including Chris Holmquist-Johnson and Elizabeth Skaggs) at the 2024 Researchers Meeting for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Endangered Fish Recovery Program in Grand Junction, CO.
FORT scientists present research at the Integrated Monitoring in Bird Conservation Regions (IMBCR) 15th Annual Partners Meeting
Biologists Adrian Monroe and Nick Van Lanen are giving presentations on two projects at the Integrated Monitoring in Bird Conservation Regions (IMBCR) 15th Annual Partners Meeting on January 22 in Fort Collins, CO.
Connect
The majority of our staff call Fort Collins, Colorado their home, but work all over the United States. FORT research and support staff work from one of four duty stations: in Colorado, at the Fort Collins Science Center or Denver Federal Center; in New Mexico, at the New Mexico Landscapes Field Station; or in Florida, at the USGS Everglades Research Offices.