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EcoNews
EcoNews is a quarterly newsletter highlighting ecosystems science and activities coming out of our Science Centers, Cooperative Research Units, and Climate Adaptation Science Centers across the Nation.
Programs and Science Centers within the Ecosystems Mission Area are publishing a diverse set of topical newsletters. Subscribe to keep up with the latest USGS ecosystems science.
Read about how clams shed light on climate patterns, an experiment on the Outer Banks, and how USGS scientists search for evidence of past earthquakes...
Get to know the science of the USGS St. Petersburg
New booklet from the St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center is designed to provide a glimpse into the research conducted by the USGS in St...
Amateur and Professional Bird Watchers Collaborate for 80th Annual Winter Bird Survey at Patuxent Research Refuge
On December 31, 2021, staff from U.S. Geological Survey’s Eastern Ecological Science Center and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will join forces with...
National Seed Strategy Provides Native Seed Progress
RESTON, Va. - The Plant Conservation Alliance, a coalition of federal agencies and their Tribal, state and non-governmental partners with the goal to...
Happy New Year! We kick off 2022 with the new USGS fire science newsletter "Firelight" and introduce the new Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center...
A new Special Section in the journal BioScience provides an in-depth exposition of the Resist-Accept-Direct framework, a new approach to guide natural...
Genomic Mixed Stock Analysis of American Shad and River Herring to Support Interstate Management
Scientists at the Eastern Ecological Science Center are working with partners across the Atlantic Coast to better understand the impacts of bycatch on...