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USGS scientists and collaborators investigated spatial patterns in occupancy and breeding success of golden eagles in the Altamont Pass Wind Resource...

Scientists from USGS, NPS, and the Institute for Bird Populations developed a new framework for analyzing landbird population monitoring data from the...

Scavenging birds are at risk of lead poisoning from consuming carcasses of animals killed with lead ammunition. Methods to identify lead exposure...

A new study in the Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge in south-central Oregon examines how Oregon spotted frogs use habitat in grazed areas, and...

Effects of livestock grazing on greater sage-grouse populations can be positive or negative depending on the amount of grazing and when grazing occurs...

The sagebrush ecosystem in the western U.S is one of the largest ecosystems in North America, but it is also threatened from wildfire and invasive...

Population has Increased 8 Percent a Year Since 2004

Plan also addresses other rangeland threats

Biological soil crusts are beneficial to arid ecosystems and occupy bare ground, deterring establishment of invasive annual grasses.

Roughly over a quarter of the golden eagles killed at the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area in Northern California from 2012-2014 were recent...