Archives | Friday's Findings Webinar Series
Friday's Findings is a public webinar series hosted by the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area. These half hour webinars are meant to provide listeners an overview of the science topic and chance to ask questions. We hope to offer our audience an opportunity to discover the Ecosystems science capacity within the USGS.
2024 Speakers
| DATE | TOPIC | PRESENTER |
|---|---|---|
| January 12 | When Did Humans Come to North America? | Kathleen Springer, Research Geologist, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center Jeff Pigati, Research Geologist, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center |
| January 26 | Expanding Biologists’ Toolbox for Assessing the Status of Southeastern Freshwater Fishes | Logan Sleezer, Ecologist, Columbia Environmental Research Center Corey Dunn, Research Fish Biologist, Unit Leader, U.S. Geological Survey, North Carolina Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit; North Carolina State University |
| February 9 | Fields & Feedlots: Agricultural Research by the Food Resources Lifecycle Integrated Science Team | Dr. Dana Kolpin, Research Hydrologist, Central Midwest Water Science Center |
| February 23 | National EDRR Framework: focus on tools for early detection | Wes Daniel, Fishery Biologist, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center |
| March 8 | Celebrating International Women's Day and the Paths Taken to a Career in Science | Dr. Aparna Bamzai-Dodson, Assistant Regional Administrator, USGS North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center; Dr. Erin Buchholtz, Assistant Unit Leader of Wildlife, USGS South Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Dr. Maggie Hunter, Research Geneticist, USGS Wetlands and Aquatic Research Center |
| March 22 | Finding The Core: Tools for Identifying Intact Grasslands and Tracking Restoration Outcomes | Caleb Roberts, Research Wildlife Biologist, Cooperative Research Units |
| April 12 | U.S. Inland Creel and Angler Survey Catalog (Creelcat) | Nick Sievert, ORISE Fellow in Data Informatics with the National Climate Adaptation Science Center |
| April 26 | Going To Extremes to Uncover the Secrets of Dinosaur's Ponderosa Pine | Becky (Rebecca) Brice, Geographer, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center |
| May 10 | Leveraging thirty-four years of data to assess the effects of visitor use and climate on amphibian occupancy in a protected landscape | Amanda M. Kissel, Fort Collins Science Center |
| May 24 | Adaptive Management, Fire, and Restoration in the Sagebrush Biome | Chad Hoffman, Acting Wildland Fire Science Program Manager, Ecosystems Mission Area Lief Wiechman, Sagebrush Ecosystem Specialist, Ecosystems Mission Area |
| June 14 | What's the Buzz in USGS Pollinator Science | Lindsey Thurman, Partnerships Ecologist, Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center Kara Jones, Geneticist, Eastern Ecological Science Center David Haukos, Unit Leader, Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Kathryn Busby (Wildlife Biologist) and Kathryn Thomas (Research Ecologist), Southwest Biological Science Center |
| June 28 | From the Surface to the Deep: Assessing Biodiversity in Offshore Marine Environments with eDNA | Alexis M. Weinnig, Postdoctoral Researcher, USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center |
| July 12 | Blowing in the Wind (Or the Shipping Container): Airborne eDNA for Biosurveillance | Steve Spear, Research Biologist, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center |
| July 26 | Staying Cool in the Big City: Regional and Local Drivers of Urban Heat Mitigation | Peter Ibsen, Research Ecologist, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center |
| August 9 | One Health, One Environment: Environmental chemistry’s integrative approaches in advancing the One Health Paradigm | Dr. Erin Pulster, Research Biologist, Columbia Environmental Research Center |
| August 23 | Indigenous Knowledge: Providing Insight into Climate Change | Nicole Herman Mercer, Research Social Scientist, Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Centers |
| September 13 | Restoration of Dry and Degraded Lands | Seth Munson, Research Ecologist, Southwest Biological Science Center |
| September 27 | Sea Otter Science - Cross-Regional, Collaborative Conservation Research | Julie Yee, Research Statistician, Western Ecological Research Center Dan Esler, Research Wildlife Biologist, Alaska Science Center |
| October 11 | One Health Approach to Ecosystems Science | Patty Bright, Senior Science Advisor, Environmental Health Program |
| October 25 | The Use of Vaccination to Mitigate White-nose Syndrome in Bats | Tonie Rocke, Research Epidemiologist, National Wildlife Health Center Camille Hopkins, Wildlife Disease Coordinator, Biological Threats and Invasive Species Research Program |
| November 8 | An ancient rock-climbing fish: Science in support of Pacific Lamprey | Theresa “Marty” Liedtke, Research Fish Biologist, Western Fisheries Research Center |
| November 22 | Developing Resources for Tribal Partnership Science | Tony Ciocco, Biologist, NC Climate Adaptation Science Centers |
| December 6 | USGS Science in Support of Condor Conservation and Health | Todd Katzner, Supervisory Research Wildlife Biologist, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center |
2023 Speakers
2022 Speakers
2021 Speakers
USGS Land Carbon: A Review of Accomplishments
Date: December 17, 2021, from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Zhiliang Zhu, Deputy Program Coordinator, USGS Climate Adaptation Science Center
Climate Change Refugia for Landscape Conservation
Date: December 3, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speakers: Toni Lyn Morelli, Research Ecologist, USGS Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center
Risks Posed by SARS-CoV-2 to North American Bats During Winter Field Work
Date: November 19, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speakers: Jonathan Cook, Evan Grant, Mike Runge - USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center
What is a glacier? Defining ice dynamic thresholds for regional assessments of glacier mass change
Date: November 5, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Caitlyn Florentine, Research Physical Scientist, USGS Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center
Ecological Pathways of Contaminant Transfer and Effects: Aquatic Insects and Insectivores
Date: October 15, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Johanna Kraus, PhD, Research Ecologist, USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center
Glucocorticoid hormones associated with reduced White-tailed deer fawn survival
Date: October 1, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Tess Gingery, Graduate Student, USGS Pennsylvania Cooperative Research Unit
Date: September 24, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Molly Mccormick, RAMPS Coordinator/Ecologist, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center
Date: September 10, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Ken Krauss, Research Ecologist, USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
Assessing migration and survival of Pacific salmon in impounded rivers of the Pacific Northwest, USA
Date: August 20, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Toby Kock, Research Fish Biologist, USGS Western Fisheries Research Center
Date: August 6, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: James Peterson, Unit Leader, USGS Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Supersized: Coastwide Scale Wetland Monitoring to Support Large Scale Restoration in America’s Delta
Date: July 23, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Sarai Piazza, Ecologist, USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
Conservation of the Sagebrush Ecosystem Under the Sage-Grouse Umbrella
Date: July 9, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Cameron Aldridge, Research Ecologist, USGS Fort Collins Science Center
The Role of Drought in Aquatic Systems: Population and Community Dynamics
Date: June 25, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Daniel Magoulick, Fish Biologist, Arkansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader
Linking Climate Change, Cattail Expansion, and Wetland Management
Date: June 4, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Sheel Bansal, Research Ecologist, USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
USGS Research to Support the Recovery of Endangered Atlantic Sturgeon
Date: May 21, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Dave Kazyak, Research Ecologist, Eastern Ecological Science Center
Date: May 7, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Brian Crawford, Post Doc, Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Roadmap Through Fire: USGS Wildland Fire Strategic Plan
Date: April 23, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Paul F. Steblein, Wildland Fire Science Coordinator
Adaptive Monitoring in Action: Whitebark Pine in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Date: April 2, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Kathi Irvine, Research Statistician, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center
Impacts of Translocation on the Cooperatively Breeding Florida Scrub-Jay in Ocala National Forest
Date: March 19, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Alexis Cardas, Graduate Student, Florida Cooperative Research Unit
Species Status Assessments to Support Endangered Species Decision Making
Date: March 5, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speakers:
Conor McGowan, Assistant Unit Leader, Research Wildlife Biologist, Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
David Smith, Research Statistician (Biology), Eastern Ecological Science Center
Using Information from Global Climate Models to Inform Policymaking
Date: February 5, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Adam Terando, Research Ecologist, Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center
We Did Start the Fire: Humans, Climate and Fire in the Holocene
Date: January 8, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Natalie Kehrwald, Research Geologist, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center
Date: December 4, 2020 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Mike Duniway, Research Ecologist/Soil Scientist, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center
Imperilment and Recovery of the Monarch Butterfly
Date: November 20, 2020 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Wayne Thogmartin, USGS-Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Opportunities for Ecological Forecasting to Improve Natural Resource Management
Date: November 6, 2020 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speakers:
John Bradford, Research Ecologist, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center
Jake Weltzin, Acting Senior Science Advisor, USGS Ecosystems Mission Area
Hawaii Avian Genomics: Searching the Genomic ‘Haystack’ for Genes Associated with Disease Immunity
Date: October 2, 2020 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Eben Paxton, Research Ecologist, USGS Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center
Date: September 4, 2020 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speakers:
Rob Massatti, Research Ecologist, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center
Daniel Winkler, Research Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center
Matt Jones, Research Affiliate, U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center
Using Models and Web Applications for Chronic Wasting Disease Scenario Planning
Date: August 7, 2020 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Paul Cross, Research Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center
How Social Science Informs the Management of North American Waterfowl Hunting and Birdwatching
Date: July 10, 2020 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Nicholas Cole, U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center
Date: June 5, 2020 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Thomas C. Edwards, Jr., USGS Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University