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Renowned Point Reyes Natural Historian Gary Fellers Retires from USGS

Renowned Point Reyes Natural Historian Gary Fellers Retires from USGS

One of the founding biologists of the USGS National Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (ARMI) and a renowned expert on California amphibians...

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More Silent Springs: New Study Confirms Amphibian Decline Trends in U.S.

More Silent Springs: New Study Confirms Amphibian Decline Trends in U.S.

Frogs, toads, salamanders and other amphibians are less commonly found today in the United States than they were nine years ago, according to a new...

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Biologist Roger Hothem Retires from USGS

Biologist Roger Hothem Retires from USGS

A wildlife biologist and environmental contaminants expert with the Department of Interior for more than 30 years, USGS Western Ecological Research...

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VIDEO: Puma 22 of Los Angeles

VIDEO: Puma 22 of Los Angeles

Remember P-22, the Hollywood cougar? Now the Griffith Park cat has its own mini-documentary.

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New Study: Mallard Migrations Bring Bird Flu Strains to California

New Study: Mallard Migrations Bring Bird Flu Strains to California

Migrating ducks play an important part in the transmission and mixing of new avian influenza strains in their northern California wintering grounds...

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Sac State Ecology Colloquium Connects Students with USGS Researchers

Sac State Ecology Colloquium Connects Students with USGS Researchers

The U.S. Geological Survey has teamed up with California State University, Sacramento to provide students and faculty with an Ecology Colloquium lectu...

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Q&A: What’s the Future for California Sea Otter Populations?

Q&A: What’s the Future for California Sea Otter Populations?

Today, the USGS Western Ecological Research Center announced the results of the 2012 spring population survey for the southern sea otter (Enhydra...

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New NWR Web Tool for Tidal Marsh Restoration Monitoring

New NWR Web Tool for Tidal Marsh Restoration Monitoring

A new online tool is now available to help estuary and wetland managers plan and strategize their restoration projects: www.tidalmarshmonitoring.org.

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Karen Thorne Named California LCC Scientist

Karen Thorne Named California LCC Scientist

This year saw the departure of scientist Brady Mattsson, who has left USGS to continue research in Europe. Mattsson ably served as a collaborative...

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Tiny San Diego Songbirds Take Winter Holidays in Baja

Tiny San Diego Songbirds Take Winter Holidays in Baja

When it comes to vacation planning, the least Bell’s vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) is pretty savvy. USGS Western Ecological Research Center...

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USGS Forest Ecologist Receives National Honors from National Park Service

USGS Forest Ecologist Receives National Honors from National Park Service

Nathan Stephenson, a forest ecologist with the USGS Western Ecological Research Center, has been honored by the National Park Service with the...

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Why Are Biologists Studying Housing Loss from Wildfires?

Why Are Biologists Studying Housing Loss from Wildfires?

In places like Southern California, where homes are at the edge of urban and natural areas -- ecologists and planners call this "wildland-urban...

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