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Pacific fisher trying to grab a chicken dinner from the bait box
USGS scientists are documenting the distribution of three mid-sized mammalian carnivores – or mesocarnivores –in the Klamath Network Parks using remote cameras and hair snares. Little is known about the status of Pacific fishers, Pacific martens, and Sierra Nevada red foxes living in the Klamath Network, which include Crater Lake National Park, Lassen Volcanic National
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Figure 1, Horn, et al. (2018)
Gradients of N deposition, S deposition, mean annual temperature, and mean annual precipitation across the conterminous U.S. Panels are the a) mean total N deposition from 2000–2012, b) mean total S deposition from 2000–2012, c) mean annual temperature from 2000–2014, and d) mean annual precipitation form 2000–2014. Deposition data are from the TDEP product [23] and
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Array of photovoltaic cells and a wind energy facility
Photovoltaic, or solar, cells array at the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility in the Mojave Desert and a wind energy facility in the Northeastern United States.
Land Treatment Planning Tool planning map example
The Land Treatment Planning Tool provides a practical resource for managers who are planning restoration and rehabilitation actions on public lands. The Planning Tool is a user friendly, web-based interface to Geographic Information System (GIS) maps and tools, and requires little to no GIS experience to generate a variety of spatial products. This image is an example of
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Figure 1 from Miller, et al, 2018
Map highlighting sampling locations of 339 Northern Spotted Owls used in Miller, et al, 2018
Mowed linear fuel breaks along both sides of a gravel road in Idaho
An example of mowed linear fuel breaks along both sides of a gravel road in southwestern Idaho
Willamette River side channel, Finley Nat'l Wildlife Refuge
Willamette River side channel, Snag Boat Bend, Finley Nat'l Wildlife Refuge near Corvallis, Oregon
Scientist spreading moss fragments
A USGS scientist spreads moss fragments for a study to test the restoration potential of moss, an important component of biological soil crust. A jute net, foreground, helps stabilize the moss fragments as they adhere to the soil.
Alsea River in Autumn near Alsea Falls, Oregon
The Alsea River in the Oregon Coast Range