USGS Wildland Fire Science
USGS science helps understand the causes, consequences, and benefits of wildfire and helps prevent and manage larger, catastrophic events.
USGS Drought Science
Helping managers understand the interactions that determine the magnitude and impact of drought on water availability and ecosystems across the Nation
Ecosystems Science at USGS
Ecosystems Mission Area
The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area provides science that directly benefits the health, safety, and prosperity of the American people by providing trusted and timely information to help address the Nation’s toughest management and conservation issues impacting public lands and the surrounding communities that benefit from them.
USGS Science for Food & Water Security
USGS Ecosystems Mission Area science helps ensure safe and abundant domestic food and water supplies, ensuring all Americans access to livelihoods and traditions that connect generations with each other and the outdoors and strengthen America’s self-reliance
USGS Science for Public Safety & Security
Science within the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area provides a critical advantage in addressing public safety, infrastructure, and security issues surrounding natural disasters and changing landscapes, strengthening America’s ability to be a hazard ready Nation.
USGS Science for Economic Growth
Science provided by the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area helps boost America’s economy by providing practical tools to implement cost-effective management and development strategies that supports the Nation’s economic growth and protects our natural heritage.
News
New tools for a growing threat: Co-developed science informs the fight against invasive grasses in the sagebrush biome
DOI scientists engage with Southeast Alaska Indigenous Guardians to discuss local sea otter ecology and economics
Science in Service: USGS monitoring sustains a delisted species for the US Navy
Publications
Monitoring nesting waterbirds for the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project—2024 breeding season Monitoring nesting waterbirds for the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project—2024 breeding season
Evaluation of pathogen risks and testing considerations for Chinook salmon egg movements between New Zealand and California Evaluation of pathogen risks and testing considerations for Chinook salmon egg movements between New Zealand and California
RoadxStr user’s guide—For collection of road-stream crossing assessment field observations RoadxStr user’s guide—For collection of road-stream crossing assessment field observations
Science
Alaska Science Center Weekly Findings
Fish and Aquatic Ecology
