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USGS Science Campus Open House: Hours of sciences, sunshine, and ice cream

USGS Science Campus Open House: Hours of sciences, sunshine, and ice cream

The USGS Flagstaff Science Campus Open House on September 29 was attended by more than 300 people who learned about the diversity of sciences that we...

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Join us on Sept 29 for the USGS Open House in Flagstaff!

Join us on Sept 29 for the USGS Open House in Flagstaff!

Get ready to launch into a day of discovery! Join us on September 29, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the USGS campus in Flagstaff, AZ, to explore...

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USGS Friday's Findings - September 13th, 2024

USGS Friday's Findings - September 13th, 2024

Title:  Restoration of Dry and Degraded Lands

Date:  September 13, 2024, at 2:00-2:30 pm Eastern/11:00 am-12:00 pm Pacific 

Speaker: Seth Munson...

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A global study reveals a surprise: The driest places have the highest diversity of plant traits

A global study reveals a surprise: The driest places have the highest diversity of plant traits

Common ecological knowledge holds that areas with more rain, like rainforests, house higher plant diversity than drylands. However, a new global study...

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Erosion following wildfire has increased in California since 1984

Erosion following wildfire has increased in California since 1984

In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists compiled one year’s worth of soil and sediment erosion quantities occurring after large California wildfires...

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Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps joins USGS for Grand Canyon Research Expedition

Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps joins USGS for Grand Canyon Research Expedition

In 2021, USGS and Grand Canyon Youth (GCY) launched a first-of-its-kind Partners in Science Colorado river expedition with an all-Indigenous...

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USGS Scientist Wins Prestigious Global Turtle Conservation Award

USGS Scientist Wins Prestigious Global Turtle Conservation Award

After over 40 years conducting research across the globe and in the deserts of the Southwest, noted turtle and tortoise ecologist Dr. Jeff Lovich has...

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Art Illuminates the Grand Canyon: Exploring the Environmental Puzzle

Art Illuminates the Grand Canyon: Exploring the Environmental Puzzle

In an innovative approach to addressing uranium mining's impact in the Grand Canyon region, the U.S. Geological Survey has released a visually...

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RAMPS Newsletter - Spring 2024

RAMPS Newsletter - Spring 2024

In this edition: RestoreNet 2.0 installation, project highlights, publications, conferences, and saying goodbye to RAMPS staff

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In a recently published study, FORT scientists and collaborators synthesize data from 26,729 post-burn vegetation plots to determine the effects of fire and climate on non-native plant invasion

In a recently published study, FORT scientists and collaborators synthesize data from 26,729 post-burn vegetation plots to determine the effects of fire and climate on non-native plant invasion

This publication examined patterns and predictors of non-native plant invasion following fire across the western United States by synthesizing data...

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Historic photographs and records show profound transformation of a dryland river over the last 100 years

Historic photographs and records show profound transformation of a dryland river over the last 100 years

Moenkopi Wash once was a wide, meandering river with large floods. Now it is less than half its former width, and nonnative vegetation crowds its...

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New guidelines for successful oil and gas reclamation

New guidelines for successful oil and gas reclamation

The report provides specific and comprehensive reclamation guidance for surface oil and gas exploration and development. 

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