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Justin Welty, the project coordinator for the Land Treatment Exploration Tool, received the Meritorious Service Award of the Department of the...

Species reintroduction is a powerful conservation tool when successful, but it is an expensive management strategy and for many species including...

To understand plant genetic diversity and adaptations, scientist often conduct “common garden” experiments growing plants with diverse origins under...

In montane ecosystems of the U.S. Pacific Northwest, increasing temperatures are resulting in a transition from snow-dominated to rain-dominated...

An interdisciplinary team comprised of USGS and university scientists has developed the Probability of Streamflow Permanence Model or PROSPER which...

Bees are an important part of natural ecosystems and thriving agricultural systems in southwest Idaho and other areas of the United States. Both...

Population viability analysis (PVA) bridges the gap between theoretical and applied ecology and is used to make policy decisions on high-profile...

The USGS and National Park Service (NPS) have published the first Natural Resource Condition Assessment for Olympic National Park. A Natural Resource...

The king and clapper rail are rare and cryptic marsh birds. When encountered, one would likely hear their kek call. But which species is it?

When a wildfire rampages through a sagebrush domain, restoring the landscape’s natural vegetation afterward is often a dicey proposition. But now...