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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.

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What Sea Lampreys Do in the Dark: A Valentine’s Story

What Sea Lampreys Do in the Dark: A Valentine’s Story

USGS scientists and partners are using sea lamprey sex pheromone research to develop innovative invasive species control in the Great Lakes.

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FORT researchers publish annotated bibliography of science on the invasive annual grass, medusahead

FORT researchers publish annotated bibliography of science on the invasive annual grass, medusahead

This recently published USGS Open-File Report compiles and summarizes 211 research products about medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae) published...

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Tribal Engagement Series: Drought in the Colorado River Basin

Tribal Engagement Series: Drought in the Colorado River Basin

The USGS is bringing together scientists to develop and strengthen relationships with Indigenous communities and Tribal governments. During the coming...

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Charismatic Wildlife and the Charismatic Women who Study Them

Charismatic Wildlife and the Charismatic Women who Study Them

USGS celebrates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science by featuring five fascinating animals and five phenomenal female scientists who...

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Federal agencies commit to continue a crucial collaborative bat monitoring program

Federal agencies commit to continue a crucial collaborative bat monitoring program

Reston, Va. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Geological Survey have signed a memorandum of understanding formalizing their joint...

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USGS Supports Effort to Understand Impacts on Water Quality Caused by 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise, California

USGS Supports Effort to Understand Impacts on Water Quality Caused by 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise, California

During November 2018, the Camp Fire burned more than 150,000 acres in Butte County, California, including the Town of Paradise. The fire was the...

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USGS and partners publish the second in a series of structured science syntheses: the effects of culverts on stream habitat connectivity

USGS and partners publish the second in a series of structured science syntheses: the effects of culverts on stream habitat connectivity

USGS is working with federal land management agencies to develop a series of structured science syntheses to support analyses that agencies conduct to...

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USGS scientists help lead development of crucial climate report

USGS scientists help lead development of crucial climate report

Meet the five USGS scientists who served as coordinating lead authors for the Fifth National Climate Assessment. 

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The National CASC Announces New Webinar Series on Climate and Environmental Justice

The National CASC Announces New Webinar Series on Climate and Environmental Justice

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Climate Adaptation Science Center (National CASC), in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...

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Upcoming Public Meeting of the Advisory Council for Climate Adaptation Science

Upcoming Public Meeting of the Advisory Council for Climate Adaptation Science

The first meeting of the Advisory Council for Climate Adaptation Science (ACCAS) will be held on February 27-28, 2024, in Washington, D.C., and will...

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Friday's Findings: Environmental Contaminants and Agricultural Production

Friday's Findings: Environmental Contaminants and Agricultural Production

Title:  Fields & Feedlots: Agricultural Research by the Food Resources Lifecycle Integrated Science Team 

Speaker:  Dr. Dana Kolpin, Research...

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