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Wetland Easements Supporting Waterfowl in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley

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World's Longest Mule Deer Migration

Red Desert to Hoback, Wyoming

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Beluga Whale in Cook Inlet, Alaska

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Here's the latest news from the Cooperative Research Units Program.  Click below to read the 2022 Year in Review report and companion story maps.

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Montana Fishery Podcast

The science that is needed to conserve everything from alpine meadows to great white sharks is covered as we interview young and seasoned scientists that are passionate about their profession. The podcast is hosted by the Department of Ecology at Montana State University (the views expressed in this podcast do not necessarily reflect the views of Montana State University).

Using Fire to Restore Grasslands in Nebraska

Caleb Roberts is leading research that fire has benefited grassland birds in Nebraska's Loess Canyons, which gets its name from loess—silty, fertile, yellowish-gray sediment that accumulates from windblown dust.

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Native Prairie Stream Fishes in Nebraska’s Sandhills Ecoregion

Native Prairie Stream Fishes in Nebraska’s Sandhills Ecoregion

Greater than half of known fish diversity is supported by freshwater that accounts for approximately 3% of global water supply. The Nebraska CRU at Dr...

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Migration Matters

Migration Matters

Countless species of animals – big game, birds, bats, insects, amphibians, reptiles, and fish – migrate to reach suitable habitats to feed, reproduce...

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2023 The Wildlife Society Wildlife Pubs Shortlist Announced

2023 The Wildlife Society Wildlife Pubs Shortlist Announced

The Wildlife Society Publication Awards Committee has named top contenders in book, journal, monograph and student paper categories. Congrats to...

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Recruiting Volunteers to Track Bumble Bees in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho

Recruiting Volunteers to Track Bumble Bees in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho

Due to limited information on bumble bees, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Washington Department of...

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Trapping Turkeys

Trapping Turkeys

The Nebraska CRU teamed up with Nebraska Game and Parks to trap turkeys, measure them, collect samples and outfit them with global positioning system...

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Friday's Findings - April 21 2023

Friday's Findings - April 21 2023

Title: Do Birds of a Feather Really Flock Together?

Speaker: Brandon J. Barlow, Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Alumnus, 2023...

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

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

The Southeastern U.S. is a global hotspot for freshwater biodiversity. The region contains the highest diversity of fishes in the U.S. (around 589...

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Platte Basin Timelapse Launches New Wetland Resources

Platte Basin Timelapse Launches New Wetland Resources

Platte Basin Timelapse, in the School of Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska­—Lincoln’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources...

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Home for the Holidays: Follow One Mule Deer’s 242-Mile Journey Across the Changing American West

Home for the Holidays: Follow One Mule Deer’s 242-Mile Journey Across the Changing American West

As the shortest day of the year arrives, many of us are traveling home for the holidays. Many migratory deer around the West are just arriving at...

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New big game migration maps support conservation planning across the West

New big game migration maps support conservation planning across the West

LARAMIE, Wyo.—The USGS, in partnership with state and Tribal wildlife agencies, today published the third volume in a series of new maps of big game...

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Population declines in Alaska beluga whale population may be linked to low birth and survival rates

Population declines in Alaska beluga whale population may be linked to low birth and survival rates

Researchers studied over a decade of photographic records of individual whales and determined that belugas in Alaska's Cook Inlet have relatively low...

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