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USGS Scientist Invited to Present for Society for Range Management

USGS Scientist Invited to Present for Society for Range Management

Laura Norman was asked to present her study of Watershed Restoration at the Arizona Section Summer Meeting for the Society for Range Management,...

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Review of - Remote Sensing Handbook – Volume I: Remotely Sensed Data Characterization, Classification, and Accuracies.

Review of - Remote Sensing Handbook – Volume I: Remotely Sensed Data Characterization, Classification, and Accuracies.

A must-have book!

 

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Arizona Researchers to Compile First Ever High Resolution Global Cropland Map

Arizona Researchers to Compile First Ever High Resolution Global Cropland Map

A multi-disciplinary team of researchers scattered around the country is gearing up to piece together the world’s first high-resolution map of global...

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The USGS Land Cover Trends Project releases field photos

The USGS Land Cover Trends Project releases field photos

The U.S. Geological Survery has has open a mapping portal call the Land Cover Trends Field Photo Map. This repository of geographically referenced...

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Calculating Carbon: Tidal Marsh Contributions

Calculating Carbon: Tidal Marsh Contributions

Dr. Kristin Byrd, a Research Physical Scientist with the USGS Western Geographic Science Center in Menlo Park, CA presented her work on modeling the...

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GFSAD30 mentioned on USGS's Twitter page

GFSAD30 mentioned on USGS's Twitter page

International scientists meet in VA this week on global food security.

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USGS Partners with Borderlands Restoration Leadership Institute

USGS Partners with Borderlands Restoration Leadership Institute

USGS scientist, Natalie R. Wilson, developed a successful proposal to receive field assistance from the Borderlands Restoration Leadership Institute...

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Dr. Laura Norman presents "Ecohydrology of Aridland Water Harvesting"

Dr. Laura Norman presents "Ecohydrology of Aridland Water Harvesting"

Dr. Norman visited the USGS Menlo Park to provide a lecture describing her research with the Land Change Science Program. Soil erosion and land...

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Fog of the Santa Cruz Mountain Redwoods

Fog of the Santa Cruz Mountain Redwoods

There's more to redwood forests that magnificent trees. See how redwoods are teaching scientists how to harvest water from fog.

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Presentations of a Binational Flooding Model and Warning System

Presentations of a Binational Flooding Model and Warning System

USGS scientists were asked to present their research to the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) and their...

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Western Geographic Science Center contacted by Arizona newspaper about Restoration Efforts in Arizona/Sonora

Western Geographic Science Center contacted by Arizona newspaper about Restoration Efforts in Arizona/Sonora

Research scientist Laura Norman spoke with Alexander Devoid, with the Arizona Republic and provided information describing her research for an...

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A Survey to Quantify the Social Value of Ecological Restoration and a Restoration Economy

A Survey to Quantify the Social Value of Ecological Restoration and a Restoration Economy

A questionnaire was developed that prioritizes values influencing social behavior and consumer choice associated with ecological restoration...

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