The Powell Center is pleased to announce six new working groups beginning in FY22. These projects were ranked by the Science Advisory Board and reflect the highest quality science, breadth, depth, and relevance reflective of the mission of the USGS.
Powell Center Working Groups - Class of 2022
FY22 Working Groups
Working Group | Title Investigators | Related Mission Areas | Financial Co-sponsors |
---|---|---|---|
Developing a macroecological understanding of invasive plant impacts based on abundance and trait data (Invasive Plant Impacts) |
Helen Sofaer Ian Pearse Bethany Bradley |
Ecosystems | NSF and USGS Ecosystems Mission Area |
A National Topographic Change Mapping and Monitoring System (Topographic Change) |
Dean Gesch Jason Stoker Jessica DeWitt Giulia Sofia |
CSS, Natural Hazards | USGS Core Science Systems Mission Area |
Standardizing, aggregating, analyzing and disseminating global wildlife genetic and genomic data for improved management and advancement of community best practices (Conservation Genetics) |
Margaret Hunter Amy Vandergast Sean Hoban Chris Funk |
Ecosystems | USGS Ecosystems Mission Area |
Status of Butterflies in the US (Status of Butterflies) |
Cheryl Schultz Elizabeth Crone Wayne Thogmartin |
Ecosystems | FWS and USGS National Climate Adaptation Science Center |
Synthesis of the new North American tree-ring fire-scar network: using past and present fire-climate relationships to improve projections of future wildfire (North American Fire) |
Ellis Margolis Rachel Loehman Chris Guiterman Sean Parks |
Ecosystems | |
Translational science for renewable energy and its wildlife concerns: a synthesis of wind energy buildout, bat population ecology, and habitat constraints (Future Wind Energy and Bats) |
Jay Diffendorfer Bethany Straw Anthony Lopez |
Ecosystems, Energy and Minerals | Department of Energy and USGS Ecosystems Mission Area |
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