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RAMPS Newsletter - Spring 2025

RAMPS Newsletter - Spring 2025

In this edition: Conferences, National Seed Strategy Progress Report for 2022 and 2023, and Publications.

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Inaugural USGS Wildlife Health Awareness Day - April 25, 2025

Inaugural USGS Wildlife Health Awareness Day - April 25, 2025

At the USGS, we are a leader in wildlife health research and disease surveillance, prioritizing the health and safety of American communities, lands...

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USGS Research Links Weather Extremes to Coastal Sediment Supply in California

USGS Research Links Weather Extremes to Coastal Sediment Supply in California

As climate change intensifies, parts of the western U.S. are experiencing a growing swing between extreme drought and intense rainfall, including...

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Ensuring Public Safety and Preparing for Hazards

Ensuring Public Safety and Preparing for Hazards

The Land Change Science Program in the Ecosystems Mission Area develops pragmatic strategies and tools to safeguard communities, people, economically...

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Dropping the Bass: USGS science helps partners stop spread of invasive smallmouth bass in the Colorado River

Dropping the Bass: USGS science helps partners stop spread of invasive smallmouth bass in the Colorado River

The USGS helps Department of the Interior partners explore possible management decisions to prevent invasive fish from spreading into the Grand Canyon...

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Assessing the Risk of Invasive Mussels Spreading throughout the Columbia River Basin

Assessing the Risk of Invasive Mussels Spreading throughout the Columbia River Basin

Western Fisheries v Mussels: Working to understand factors influencing the movement of invasive mussels in the Columbia River Basin.

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Putting Fish on Ice: Designer Flows to Stop an Invasion in Grand Canyon

Putting Fish on Ice: Designer Flows to Stop an Invasion in Grand Canyon

Title:  Putting Fish on Ice: Designer Flows to Stop an Invasion in Grand Canyon 

Date:  February 28, 2025, at 2:00-2:30 pm Eastern/11:00 -11:30 am...

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Securing the Nation’s Need for Native Seed

Securing the Nation’s Need for Native Seed

A new progress report showcases how partnership and federal investment have advanced the National Seed Strategy, a pragmatic tool for restoring...

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Water is life: USGS remote sensing helps USFWS manage a precious resource

Water is life: USGS remote sensing helps USFWS manage a precious resource

Desert bighorn sheep depend on free-standing water for survival. The USGS supports the US Fish and Wildlife Service at Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife...

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RAMPS Newsletter - Fall 2024

RAMPS Newsletter - Fall 2024

In this edition: Conference field trips, RestoreNet Version 2.0 updates, seed coat experiments, USGS Open House, and research updates.

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Predicting Wildlife and Plant Responses to Solar Energy Development in the Desert Southwest

Predicting Wildlife and Plant Responses to Solar Energy Development in the Desert Southwest

The development of large-scale solar energy facilities is expanding quickly to meet growing electricity generation needs in the U.S. in the coming...

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New breeding habitat discovered for rare Yellow-billed Cuckoos

New breeding habitat discovered for rare Yellow-billed Cuckoos

A threatened bird species is nesting in surprising areas. 

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