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News

Exclusive: Happy Holidays from the Western Fisheries Research Center!

Exclusive: Happy Holidays from the Western Fisheries Research Center!

Webinar Series - Friday's Findings

Webinar Series - Friday's Findings

USGS PCMSC-PICASC Tour Engages Local Hawaiian Communities About Deep-Sea Research

USGS PCMSC-PICASC Tour Engages Local Hawaiian Communities About Deep-Sea Research

Publications

Responding to ecological transformation in Capitol Reef National Park, Utah—Employee perspectives from pilot interviews from the Cross-Park Resist-Assist-Direct Project Responding to ecological transformation in Capitol Reef National Park, Utah—Employee perspectives from pilot interviews from the Cross-Park Resist-Assist-Direct Project

Executive Summary Climate change is causing a range of changes that can affect the natural, cultural, and built resources of the Nation’s protected areas and affect opportunities to visit and recreate in these spaces. Changes in temperature and precipitation patterns also affect species and habitats, leading to ecological transformation. This report describes findings from pilot research...
Authors
Amanda Cravens, Zachary Hough Solomon, Julia Goolsby, Heather Yocum, Stefan Tangen, Wylie Carr

Best practices for understanding recreational fishers Best practices for understanding recreational fishers

In this closing chapter of our edited book, we summarize what we believe are best practices for understanding recreational fishers. Fishers are an integral part of the recreational fishery social-ecological system, and we emphasize the importance of placing them in that context. We begin with an overview of the process of developing a project and conclude with some broad suggestions for
Authors
Brett van Poorten, Len Hunt, E. Arlo Richardson, Abigail Lynch, Kevin Pope

Preface Preface

Despite more than 50 years of research into the human dimensions of recreational f isheries, there is no textbook to present the theoretical grounding, operationalisation, and interpretation of the most elemental social components involved in fisheries management – namely, outcomes and trade-offs, behaviours (and antecedents or predictors of it), and the relationships among actors...
Authors
Kevin Pope, Robert Arlinghaus, Len M. Hunt, Abigail Lynch, Brett van Poorten

Science

Alaska Science Center Weekly Findings

Alaska Science Center Weekly Findings

Recent findings by USGS Alaska Science Center staff and their collaborators.
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The Rusting of Arctic Rivers: Freshwater Ecosystems Respond to Rapidly Uptaking Metals

The water quality of streams and rivers in the Arctic is sensitive to rapid climate change and altered disturbance regimes.
The Rusting of Arctic Rivers: Freshwater Ecosystems Respond to Rapidly Uptaking Metals

The Rusting of Arctic Rivers: Freshwater Ecosystems Respond to Rapidly Uptaking Metals

The water quality of streams and rivers in the Arctic is sensitive to rapid climate change and altered disturbance regimes.
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The Science of Suckers: What’s driving population declines in the Klamath River basin?

USGS and its partners are working tirelessly to monitor suckers and understand why they are disappearing from lakes and streams in the Klamath River Basin
The Science of Suckers: What’s driving population declines in the Klamath River basin?

The Science of Suckers: What’s driving population declines in the Klamath River basin?

USGS and its partners are working tirelessly to monitor suckers and understand why they are disappearing from lakes and streams in the Klamath River Basin
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