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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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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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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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New study from FORT social scientists and collaborators describes perceived constraints of the U.S. public to participating in wildlife-related recreation

New study from FORT social scientists and collaborators describes perceived constraints of the U.S. public to participating in wildlife-related recreation

A new paper out in the Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism describes the self-determined constraints of the U.S. public to participating in...

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USGS Explores Climate Change Threats to Popular Lake Maintenance Practice

USGS Explores Climate Change Threats to Popular Lake Maintenance Practice

USGS researchers are investigating whether winter lake drawdowns, a widespread low-cost lake management technique, may become less effective as the...

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New issue of National Parks magazine spotlights Jill Baron's decades-long research studies of air and water quality in Rocky Mountain National Park

New issue of National Parks magazine spotlights Jill Baron's decades-long research studies of air and water quality in Rocky Mountain National Park

The winter issue of National Parks, the magazine of the National Parks Conservation Association, has an article about Jill Baron written by Senior...

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Incorporating Human Reactions into Flood Risk Assessments

Incorporating Human Reactions into Flood Risk Assessments

Southeast CASC researchers updated a land change model to consider the interactions between urban growth, climate change-induced flooding, and human...

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