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Below are our most recent NOROCK and USGS News items. If you are with the media, please contact Todd Wojtowicz, communications biologist, at twojtowicz@usgs.gov with any media or outreach requests.

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Friday's Findings - April 2 2021

Friday's Findings - April 2 2021

Adaptive Monitoring in Action: Whitebark Pine in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Date: April 2, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time

Speaker: Kathi...

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Chronic Wasting Disease: Can Science Save Our Dear Deer?

Chronic Wasting Disease: Can Science Save Our Dear Deer?

Chronic wasting disease is as ominous as it sounds for North American cervids.

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Use of Robotic DNA Samplers That Can Rapidly Detect Invasive Aquatic Species

Use of Robotic DNA Samplers That Can Rapidly Detect Invasive Aquatic Species

USGS researchers and their collaborators demonstrated the efficacy of using robotic environmental DNA samplers for bio surveillance in freshwater...

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Friday's Findings - August 7 2020

Friday's Findings - August 7 2020

Using Models and Web Applications for Chronic Wasting Disease Scenario Planning

Date: August 7, 2020 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time

Speaker: Paul Cross...

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USGS Scientists are Busy as a Bee

USGS Scientists are Busy as a Bee

Many bumble bee species have declined in recent decades due to changes in habitat, climate, and pressures from pathogens, pesticides and introduced...

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Detecting Invasive and Rare Species with the National Streamflow Network

Detecting Invasive and Rare Species with the National Streamflow Network

Two recently published papers suggest the integration of environmental DNA, or eDNA, sampling at select National Streamflow Network streamgages in the...

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An Integrated Framework for Ecological Drought Across Riverscapes of North America

An Integrated Framework for Ecological Drought Across Riverscapes of North America

Climate change is increasing extreme droughts events, posing a threat to freshwater ecosystems, particularly with human demands for diminishing water...

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USGS Grizzly Bear Biologist Receives Wyoming Outdoor Hall of Fame Honors

USGS Grizzly Bear Biologist Receives Wyoming Outdoor Hall of Fame Honors

On March 22, USGS Supervisory Wildlife Biologist Mark Haroldson will be inducted into the Wyoming Outdoor Hall of Fame for his contributions to...

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A Unified Research Strategy for Disease Management

A Unified Research Strategy for Disease Management

As wildlife diseases increase globally, an understanding of host-pathogen relationships can elucidate avenues for management and improve conservation...

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Large-scale Review of Amphibian Species and Community Response to Climate Change

Large-scale Review of Amphibian Species and Community Response to Climate Change

Amphibian species and community richness has been declining in North America and climate change may play a role in these declines. Global climate...

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NOROCK Scientist Receives USGS Award for Lifetime Achievement in Science Communications

NOROCK Scientist Receives USGS Award for Lifetime Achievement in Science Communications

Research Ecologist Dan Fagre is the recipient of the 2017 Eugene M. Shoemaker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Communications
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Long-term population dynamics and conservation risk of migratory bull trout in the upper Columbia River Basin

Long-term population dynamics and conservation risk of migratory bull trout in the upper Columbia River Basin

Conservation of migratory and sensitive fish like bull trout will require ecosystem level approaches that target stressors in headwater spawning and...

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