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Agricultural Practices

The significance placed on environmentally responsible land management is based in part on public recognition that social, aesthetic, and recreational values enhance the traditional uses of agricultural land. SEA scientists generate science-based information needed to guide management actions and policy decisions that support wildlife habitat and other environmental services compatible with both U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) conservation goals and land managers. Under guidance from the USDA Farm Service Agency, SEA scientists provide biological, social, and economic information that integrates agriculture and conservation for USDA conservation programs. Results are provided to Federal and State conservation agencies and nongovernmental organizations.

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Integrated River and Riparian Ecosystem Studies

FORT scientists study interactions among river flow, riparian vegetation and channel change at low elevations across the western United States. Cooperators include the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Reclamation. Research areas include reservoir management, control of invasive species, drought response and flood erosion after fires...
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Land Management Research Program, Fort Collins Science Center
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Integrated River and Riparian Ecosystem Studies

FORT scientists study interactions among river flow, riparian vegetation and channel change at low elevations across the western United States. Cooperators include the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Reclamation. Research areas include reservoir management, control of invasive species, drought response and flood erosion after fires...
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Native sunflowers in a Kansas Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) field

Conservation Practices in Agriculturally Dominated Landscapes

Agricultural land use accounts for over 50 percent of the surface area of the contiguous United States. How these lands are managed has direct and indirect implications for wildlife, water quality, and air quality in terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems locally and far beyond their extent. This project is focused on ways to greater maximize the potential of the US Department of Agriculture...
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Fort Collins Science Center
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Conservation Practices in Agriculturally Dominated Landscapes

Agricultural land use accounts for over 50 percent of the surface area of the contiguous United States. How these lands are managed has direct and indirect implications for wildlife, water quality, and air quality in terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems locally and far beyond their extent. This project is focused on ways to greater maximize the potential of the US Department of Agriculture...
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USGS scientist conducting agricultural research

Agricultural Practices

Agricultural lands account for more than 50% of the lower 48 states and the effects of agricultural land use reach beyond individual fields and farms affecting terrestrial and migratory wildlife. Thus, it is important to know what long-term benefits US Department of Agriculture (USDA) conservation programs and policies have on wildlife habitat and the American public. The USDAs Conservation...
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Land Management Research Program, Species Management Research Program, Fort Collins Science Center
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Agricultural Practices

Agricultural lands account for more than 50% of the lower 48 states and the effects of agricultural land use reach beyond individual fields and farms affecting terrestrial and migratory wildlife. Thus, it is important to know what long-term benefits US Department of Agriculture (USDA) conservation programs and policies have on wildlife habitat and the American public. The USDAs Conservation...
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Wild horse and livestock influences on vegetation and wildlife in sagebrush ecosystems: Implications for refining and validating Appropriate Management Level (AML)

USGS researchers are conducting a comprehensive study of wild horse and livestock records across the greater sage-grouse range to investigate impacts on vegetation and wildlife (specifically, sage-grouse and songbirds). Researchers will use these results to evaluate Appropriate Management Levels for wild horse and burros, and projections of vegetation productivity under changing conditions.
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Land Change Science Program, Fort Collins Science Center, Wildland Fire Science
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Wild horse and livestock influences on vegetation and wildlife in sagebrush ecosystems: Implications for refining and validating Appropriate Management Level (AML)

USGS researchers are conducting a comprehensive study of wild horse and livestock records across the greater sage-grouse range to investigate impacts on vegetation and wildlife (specifically, sage-grouse and songbirds). Researchers will use these results to evaluate Appropriate Management Levels for wild horse and burros, and projections of vegetation productivity under changing conditions.
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A native Colorado bee on a yellow wildflower.

Native Pollinators in Agricultural Ecosystems

Beginning in 2012, the USGS collaborated with the USDA to assess the effectiveness of pollinator plantings and how alteration of landscapes has affected native pollinators and potentially contributed to their decline. The 2008 Farm Bill recognized contributions made by pollinators and made conservation of pollinator habitat a priority. The USGS is assessing native bee habitat, diversity, and...
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Core Science Systems Mission Area, Ecosystems Mission Area, Species Management Research Program, Fort Collins Science Center
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Native Pollinators in Agricultural Ecosystems

Beginning in 2012, the USGS collaborated with the USDA to assess the effectiveness of pollinator plantings and how alteration of landscapes has affected native pollinators and potentially contributed to their decline. The 2008 Farm Bill recognized contributions made by pollinators and made conservation of pollinator habitat a priority. The USGS is assessing native bee habitat, diversity, and...
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