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USGS partners with Havasupai Tribe to identify potential contaminant exposure pathways from Grand Canyon uranium mining

USGS partners with Havasupai Tribe to identify potential contaminant exposure pathways from Grand Canyon uranium mining

Reston, Va. — A new USGS report, co-produced with the Havasupai Tribe, identifies exposure pathways posed by uranium mining in the Grand Canyon...

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Improving Drought Assessments in a Changing Climate

Improving Drought Assessments in a Changing Climate

The North Central CASC researchers and partners contributed to a comprehensive drought assessment report that identifies ways to improve drought...

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What is “Innovation” in Conservation? A Practical Guide to Creative Solutions for Climate Challenges

What is “Innovation” in Conservation? A Practical Guide to Creative Solutions for Climate Challenges

A new guide from the CASC network and partners provides a practical roadmap for individuals and institutions to develop creative and innovative...

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New guidelines for successful oil and gas reclamation

New guidelines for successful oil and gas reclamation

The report provides specific and comprehensive reclamation guidance for surface oil and gas exploration and development. 

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Pesticides are likely impacting invertebrate life essential to our nation’s streams

Pesticides are likely impacting invertebrate life essential to our nation’s streams

A new nationwide study by USGS scientists provides additional scientific evidence that pesticides are likely negatively impacting aquatic invertebrate...

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Friday's Findings - January 26, 2024

Friday's Findings - January 26, 2024

Title:  Expanding Biologists’ Toolbox for Assessing the Status of Southeastern Freshwater Fishes 

Date:  January 26, 2024 at 2:00 pm Eastern/11:00 am...

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Howard University Student Reflects on 2023 CASC Internship Experience

Howard University Student Reflects on 2023 CASC Internship Experience

Howard University Fish and Wildlife Adaptation Intern Lowri-Ann Millings shares highlights from their time researching species range shifts at the...

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FORT ecologist Ian Pearse organizes workshop to support monitoring of an endangered bumble bee.

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...

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New Tools to Understand Precipitation and Atmospheric Moisture Data

New Tools to Understand Precipitation and Atmospheric Moisture Data

The North Central CASC has created two new apps for analyzing large-scale drivers of regional precipitation to inform regional water availability...

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Climate Change Could Lead to Shifts in Waterfowl Distributions in the Central and Mississippi Flyways

Climate Change Could Lead to Shifts in Waterfowl Distributions in the Central and Mississippi Flyways

Researchers supported by the Midwest CASC found that continued climate change and other factors could lead to persistent shifts of waterfowl...

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From sagebrush to trout, USGS bolsters conservation efforts through data, collaboration

From sagebrush to trout, USGS bolsters conservation efforts through data, collaboration

USGS scientists, working with scientists and resource managers from multiple U.S. Department of Interior Bureaus and other government agencies, have...

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Friday's Findings - January 12, 2024

Friday's Findings - January 12, 2024

Title:  Ancient human footprints in North America during the Last Glacial Maximum

Speakers:  Kathleen Springer and Jeff Pigati, Research Geologists...

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