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Year Published: 2019
Stable pack abundance and distribution in a harvested wolf population
Harvesting gray wolves (Canis lupus) could affect the abundance and distribution of packs, but the frequency of change in pack occurrence (i.e., turnover) and relative effects of harvest compared to environmental factors is unclear. We used noninvasive genetic sampling, hunter surveys, and occupancy models to evaluate the effect of harvest on...
Bassing, Sarah B.; Ausband, David E.; Mitchell, Michael S.; Lukacs, Paul; Keever, Allison; Hale, Greg; Waits, LisetteAttribution: Cooperative Research Units
Year Published: 2019
Pitfall traps: A review of methods for estimating arthropod abundance
Pitfall traps are commonly used in diet studies for insectivorous and omnivorous wildlife. Pitfall trap methodologies and designs vary tremendously among studies and investigators, and this variation and lack of standardization limits scientists’ abilities to compare their results to others. We conducted a literature review to identify the most...
Conway, Courtney J.; Hohbein, RhiannaAttribution: Cooperative Research Units
Year Published: 2019
Public acceptability of development in the Northern Forest of Vermont, USA – the influence of wildlife information, recreation involvement, and demographic characteristics
Increasing development such as roads and houses will alter future landscapes and result in biological, social, and economic trade-offs. Managing development requires information on the public’s acceptability of development and understanding which factors shape acceptability. In this study, we examined three questions: 1) What is the public’s...
Jessica Espenshade; James Murdoch; Donovan, Therese M.; Robert Manning; Charles Bettigale; John AustinAttribution: Cooperative Research Units
Year Published: 2019
River reach restored by dam removal offers suitable spawning habitat for endangered Shortnose Sturgeon
The lowermost dam on the Penobscot River, Maine, was removed in 2013, making new habitat available for migratory fish. There is no evidence that endangered Shortnose Sturgeon Acipenser brevirostrum have spawned in the Penobscot River in recent years, but dam removal has facilitated access to potential freshwater habitat essential for spawning....
Zydlewski, Joseph D.; Catherine Johnston; Gayle Barbin Zydlewski; Sean Smith; Michael T. KinnisonAttribution: Cooperative Research Units
Year Published: 2019
Incorporating productivity as a measure of fitness into models of breeding area quality of Arctic peregrine falcons
Using empirical location data from individuals to model habitat quality and species distributions is valuable towards understanding habitat use of wildlife, especially for conservation and management planning. Incorporating measures of reproductive success or survival into these models helps address the role of vital rates (a surrogate of fitness...
Andersen, David; Jason E. Bruggeman; Ted Swem; Patricia L. Kennedy; Debora NigroAttribution: Cooperative Research Units
Year Published: 2019
Modeling White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii) populations to assess commercial harvest influence on age structure
Commercial harvest of White Suckers Catostomus commersonii for bait in the American Lobster Homarus americanus industry is minimally regulated in Maine and there are concerns as to the influence of increasing harvest. We built a population model using parameters (i.e. age-specific mortality, age at maturity, and size-specific fecundity) from...
Zydlewski, Joseph D.; Begley, Meg; Stephen Coghlan Jr.Attribution: Cooperative Research Units
Year Published: 2019
The spatial scale of biotic change in Chihuahuan Desert fish assemblages
1. We examined riverine desert fish assemblages in the Chihuahuan Desert, USA at multiple spatial scales of similarity to assess long-term changes to assemblage distinctiveness, identify individual species responsible for changes, and determine the importance of geographic context and species resolution in interpreting patterns of change. 2. We...
Taylor, C.M.; Miyazono, S.; Cheek, C.A.; Edwards, R.J.; Patino, ReynaldoAttribution: Cooperative Research Units
Year Published: 2019
Climate change implications for irrigation and groundwater in the Republican River Basin, U.S.A.
This study investigates the influence of climate change on groundwater availability, and thereby, irrigation across political boundaries within the United States’ High Plains aquifer. A regression model is developed to predict changes in irrigation according to predicted changes in precipitation and temperature from a downscaled dataset of 32...
Ou, Gengxin; Munoz-Arriola, F.; Uden, D.R.; Martin, D. R.; Allen, Craig R.; Shank, N.Attribution: Cooperative Research Units
Year Published: 2019
Survival and cause-specific mortality of desert bighorn sheep lambs
Juvenile recruitment in desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis mexicana) is highly variable, yet the mechanisms driving neonate survival are not well understood for the species. Few studies have equipped desert bighorn sheep lambs with radiocollars. As a result, definitive data on cause-specific mortality and lamb survival estimates are lacking...
Cain, James W.; REBEKAH C. KARSCH; Goldstein, Elise J.; Rominger, Eric M.; William R. GouldAttribution: Cooperative Research Units
Year Published: 2019
Microhabitat use of native fishes in the Kootenai River: A fine‐scale evaluation of large‐scale habitat rehabilitation efforts
Fish and microhabitat data were collected at 542 prepositioned electrofishing sites (surface area of each site = 4 m2) in the Kootenai River, Idaho, during 2014 and 2015 to evaluate small‐scale habitat use by fishes, as it relates to large‐scale habitat rehabilitation efforts. Samples were collected from a 12‐km braided segment of...
Branigan, Philip R. ; Quist, Michael C.; Bradley B. Shepard; Susan C. IrelandAttribution: Cooperative Research Units
Year Published: 2019
Estimating forest canopy cover dynamics in Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, using LiDAR and Landsat data
Increasing tree canopy cover has led to increasing wildfire activity in conifer dominated areas of the southwestern United States. Estimating historical changes in the spatial distribution of tree canopy cover can provide further insights into the dynamics of forest and fuel conditions in these landscapes and help prioritize...
Cain, James W.; Kamal Humagain1; Carlos Portillo-Quintero1; Robert D. Cox1Attribution: Cooperative Research Units
Year Published: 2019
A values-based private landowner typology to improve grassland conservation initiatives
Many conservation initiatives are based on natural science alone, despite an extensive body of literature demonstrating that the incorporation of social science generates more successful and lasting outcomes. The Land Use Value (LUV) scale is an example of a social science tool that grassland conservation practitioners can use to improve their...
Sweikert, Lily A.; Gigliotti, Larry M.Attribution: Cooperative Research Units
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Minnesota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Leader -- Research Wildlife Biologist
Minnesota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: dea@usgs.gov
Phone: 612-626-1222
Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Fish Biologist
Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: biota@usgs.gov
Phone: 540-231-4501
Texas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Wildlife Biologist
Texas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: cboal@usgs.gov
Phone: 806-834-6536
Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Leader -- Research Fish Biologist
Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: sbonar@usgs.gov
Phone: 520-621-1193
Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Fisheries Biologist
Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: skbrewer@usgs.gov
Phone: 405-744-9841
Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Leader -- Research Fish Biologist
Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: pbudy@usgs.gov
Phone: 435-797-7564
New Mexico Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Wildlife Biologist
New Mexico Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: jwcain@usgs.gov
Phone: 575-646-3382
New Mexico Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Leader -- Research Fish Biologist
New Mexico Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: ccaldwel@usgs.gov
Phone: 575-646-8126
New Mexico Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Wildlife Biologist
New Mexico Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: scarleton@usgs.gov
Phone: 575-646-7196
Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Wildlife Biologist
Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: rayc@usgs.gov
Phone: 352-846-0545
Information Specialist
Ecosystems: Cooperative Research Units
Email: dchilds@usgs.gov
Phone: 703-648-4080
North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Wildlife Biologist
North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: jaime_collazo@usgs.gov
Phone: 919-515-8837
Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Leader -- Research Wildlife Biologist
Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: cconway@usgs.gov
Phone: 208-885-6176
Administrative Officer
Ecosystems: Cooperative Research Units
Email: scoulby@usgs.gov
Phone: 703-648-4361
Administrative Program Specialist
Ecosystems: Cooperative Research Units
Email: brenda_croston@usgs.gov
Phone: 703-648-4263
Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Fish Biologist
Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: mculver@usgs.gov
Phone: 520-626-3775
Senior Program Biologist
Ecosystems: Cooperative Research Units
Email: ddennerline@usgs.gov
Phone: 706-705-6042
Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Leader -- Research Wildlife Biologist
Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: drd11@usgs.gov
Phone: 814-865-4511
Vermont Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Wildlife
Vermont Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: tdonovan@usgs.gov
Phone: 802-656-2516
Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Ecologist
Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: cdugger@usgs.gov
Phone: 541-737-2473
Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Wildlife Biologist
Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: tce@usgs.gov
Phone: 435-797-2529
Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader - Fish, Research Fish Biologist
Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: jfalke@usgs.gov
Phone: 907-474-6044
Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Unit Leader -- Research Wildlife Biologist
Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: wford@usgs.gov
Phone: 540-231-5927
New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Leader -- Research Wildlife Biologist
New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: afuller@usgs.gov
Phone: 607-255-2841
Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Ecologist
Minnesota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: dcf@usgs.gov
Phone: 612-625-5256
Texas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Fish Biologist
Texas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: tgrabowski@usgs.gov
Phone: 806-834-4388
Supervisor, Cooperative Research Units
Ecosystems: Cooperative Research Units
Email: barry_grand@usgs.gov
Phone: 344-844-4796
Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Leader -- Research Wildlife Biologist
Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: ffdbg@usgs.gov
Phone: 907-474-5067
Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Fish Biologist
Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit
Email: cguy@usgs.gov
Phone: 406-994-3491
Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Leader -- Research Ecologist
Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: dhaukos@usgs.gov
Phone: 785-532-5761
California Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader - Fish
California Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: mhenderson@usgs.gov
Phone: 707-826-5644
Colorado Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Ecologist
Colorado Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: mhooten@usgs.gov
Phone: 970-491-1415
Alabama Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Fish Biologist
Alabama Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: eirwin@usgs.gov
Phone: 334-844-9190
Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader-Fish -- Research Fish Biologist
Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: bjirwin@usgs.gov
Phone: 706-542-0790
Wisconsin Cooperative Fishery Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Fish Biologist
Wisconsin Cooperative Fishery Research Unit
Email: disermann@usgs.gov
Phone: 715-295-8878
Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Leader -- Research Fish Biologist
Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: jennings@usgs.gov
Phone: 706-542-4837
South Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Leader -- Research Wildlife Biologist
South Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: pjodice@usgs.gov
Phone: 864-656-6190
Colorado Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader, Research Ecologist
Colorado Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: wkendall@usgs.gov
Phone: 970-491-7066
Louisiana Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Leader -- Research Wildlife Biologist
Louisiana Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: sking@usgs.gov
Phone: 225-578-7564
North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Leader -- Research Fish Biologist
North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: tkwak@usgs.gov
Phone: 919-513-2696
Louisiana Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Fish Biologist
Louisiana Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: mlapeyre@usgs.gov
Phone: 225-578-4180
Wisconsin Cooperative Fishery Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader - Fish
Wisconsin Cooperative Fishery Research Unit
Email: wlarson@usgs.gov
Phone: 715-346-3150
Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Leader -- Research Wildlife Biologist
Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: cyndy_loftin@usgs.gov
Phone: 207-581-2843
Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Fisheries
Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: jmlong@usgs.gov
Phone: 405-744-6342
Arkansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Fish Biologist
Arkansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: danmag@usgs.gov
Phone: 479-575-5449
Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Wildlife Biologist
Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit
Email: tmartin@usgs.gov
Phone: 406-243-4393
Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Fish Biologist
Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: mather@usgs.gov
Phone: 413-329-2105
West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Unit Leader -- Research Fish Biologist
West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: pmazik@usgs.gov
Phone: 304-293-4943
Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Ecology
Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: ffadm@usgs.gov
Phone: 907-474-6242
Physical Scientist, Business Information Systems
Office of Planning and Programming, Water Mission Area
Email: kmcswain@usgs.gov
Phone: 919-571-4022
Mississippi Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Fish Biologist
Mississippi Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: smiranda@usgs.gov
Phone: 662-325-4763
Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit Leader -- Research Wildlife Biologist
Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit
Email: mmitchel@usgs.gov
Phone: 406-243-4390
Vermont Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Leader -- Research Fish Biologist
Vermont Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: dparrish@usgs.gov
Phone: 802-656-2693
Texas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Leader -- Research Fish Biologist
Texas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: r.patino@usgs.gov
Phone: 806-834-6483
Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Leader -- Research Fish Biologist
Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: cpaukert@usgs.gov
Phone: 573-882-3524
Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Fish Biologist
Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: james_peterson@usgs.gov
Phone: 541-737-1963
Iowa Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Fish Biologist
Iowa Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: cpierce@usgs.gov
Phone: 515-294-3159
Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Fish Biologist
Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: kpope@usgs.gov
Phone: 402-472-7028
Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Leader -- Research Wildlife Biologist
Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: abby_powell@usgs.gov
Phone: 352-846-0543
Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Fish Biologist
Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: mquist@usgs.gov
Phone: 208-885-4064
Wisconsin Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit Leader Research Wildlife Biologist
Wisconsin Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit
Email: caribic@usgs.gov
Phone: 608-263-6556
Tennessee Cooperative Fishery Research Unit Leader -- Research Fisheries Biologist
Tennessee Cooperative Fishery Research Unit
Email: mwrogers@usgs.gov
Phone: 931-372-3032
Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Ecologist
Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: arosenberger@usgs.gov
Phone: 573-882-9653
South Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Wildlife
South Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: bross@usgs.gov
Phone: 864-656-4141
Massachusetts Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Fish
Massachusetts Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: aroy@usgs.gov
Phone: 413-545-4895
Mississippi Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Leader -- Research Fish Biologist
Mississippi Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: hschramm@usgs.gov
Phone: 662-325-7495
New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Fish / Ecology
New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: ssethi@usgs.gov
Phone: 607-255-1895
South Dakota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Ecologist
South Dakota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: jstafford@usgs.gov
Phone: 605-688-5759
Administrative Program Specialist
Ecosystems: Cooperative Research Units
Email: mthode@usgs.gov
Phone: 703-648-4265
Supervisor, Cooperative Research Units
Ecosystems: Cooperative Research Units
Email: mtome@usgs.gov
Phone: 304-724-4411
Mississippi Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Wildlife Biologist
Mississippi Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: fvilella@usgs.gov
Phone: 662-325-0784
Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Fish Biologist
Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: twagner@usgs.gov
Phone: 814-865-4511
Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Ecologist
Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: wwalter@usgs.gov
Phone: 814-867-4763
Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Ecologist
Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: ewebb@usgs.gov
Phone: 573-882-2591
West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Fish Biologist
West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: swelsh@usgs.gov
Phone: 304-293-5006
Supervisor, Cooperative Research Units
Ecosystems: Cooperative Research Units
Email: kwhalen@usgs.gov
Phone: 703-269-7711
Colorado Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Leader -- Research Fish Biologist
Colorado Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: danaw@usgs.gov
Phone: 970-491-1414
Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Fish Biologist
Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: mwipfli@usgs.gov
Phone: 907-474-6654
West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Wildlife Biologist
West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: pbwood@usgs.gov
Phone: 304-293-5090
Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit Leader -- Research Fish Biologist
Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit
Email: zale@usgs.gov
Phone: 406-994-2380
Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Fish Biologist
Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Email: jzydlewski@usgs.gov
Phone: 207-581-2853