Archives | Friday's Findings Webinar Series
Friday's Findings is a public webinar series hosted by the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area. These half hour webinars are meant to provide listeners an overview of the science topic and chance to ask questions. We hope to offer our audience an opportunity to discover the Ecosystems science capacity within the USGS.
2023 Speakers
2022 Speakers
2021 Speakers
USGS Land Carbon: A Review of Accomplishments
Date: December 17, 2021, from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Zhiliang Zhu, Deputy Program Coordinator, USGS Climate Adaptation Science Center
Climate Change Refugia for Landscape Conservation
Date: December 3, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speakers: Toni Lyn Morelli, Research Ecologist, USGS Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center
Risks Posed by SARS-CoV-2 to North American Bats During Winter Field Work
Date: November 19, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speakers: Jonathan Cook, Evan Grant, Mike Runge - USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center
What is a glacier? Defining ice dynamic thresholds for regional assessments of glacier mass change
Date: November 5, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Caitlyn Florentine, Research Physical Scientist, USGS Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center
Ecological Pathways of Contaminant Transfer and Effects: Aquatic Insects and Insectivores
Date: October 15, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Johanna Kraus, PhD, Research Ecologist, USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center
Glucocorticoid hormones associated with reduced White-tailed deer fawn survival
Date: October 1, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Tess Gingery, Graduate Student, USGS Pennsylvania Cooperative Research Unit
Date: September 24, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Molly Mccormick, RAMPS Coordinator/Ecologist, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center
Date: September 10, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Ken Krauss, Research Ecologist, USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
Assessing migration and survival of Pacific salmon in impounded rivers of the Pacific Northwest, USA
Date: August 20, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Toby Kock, Research Fish Biologist, USGS Western Fisheries Research Center
Structured decision making and adaptive management with the Central Valley Project Improvement Act fisheries program…progress?
Date: August 6, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: James Peterson, Unit Leader, USGS Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Supersized: Coastwide Scale Wetland Monitoring to Support Large Scale Restoration in America’s Delta
Date: July 23, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Sarai Piazza, Ecologist, USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
Conservation of the Sagebrush Ecosystem Under the Sage-Grouse Umbrella
Date: July 9, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Cameron Aldridge, Research Ecologist, USGS Fort Collins Science Center
The Role of Drought in Aquatic Systems: Population and Community Dynamics
Date: June 25, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Daniel Magoulick, Fish Biologist, Arkansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader
Linking Climate Change, Cattail Expansion, and Wetland Management
Date: June 4, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Sheel Bansal, Research Ecologist, USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
USGS Research to Support the Recovery of Endangered Atlantic Sturgeon
Date: May 21, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Dave Kazyak, Research Ecologist, Eastern Ecological Science Center
Date: May 7, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Brian Crawford, Post Doc, Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Roadmap Through Fire: USGS Wildland Fire Strategic Plan
Date: April 23, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Paul F. Steblein, Wildland Fire Science Coordinator
Adaptive Monitoring in Action: Whitebark Pine in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Date: April 2, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Kathi Irvine, Research Statistician, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center
Impacts of Translocation on the Cooperatively Breeding Florida Scrub-Jay in Ocala National Forest
Date: March 19, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Alexis Cardas, Graduate Student, Florida Cooperative Research Unit
Species Status Assessments to Support Endangered Species Decision Making
Date: March 5, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speakers:
Conor McGowan, Assistant Unit Leader, Research Wildlife Biologist, Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
David Smith, Research Statistician (Biology), Eastern Ecological Science Center
Using Information from Global Climate Models to Inform Policymaking
Date: February 5, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Adam Terando, Research Ecologist, Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center
We Did Start the Fire: Humans, Climate and Fire in the Holocene
Date: January 8, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Natalie Kehrwald, Research Geologist, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center
Date: December 4, 2020 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Mike Duniway, Research Ecologist/Soil Scientist, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center
Imperilment and Recovery of the Monarch Butterfly
Date: November 20, 2020 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Wayne Thogmartin, USGS-Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Opportunities for Ecological Forecasting to Improve Natural Resource Management
Date: November 6, 2020 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speakers:
John Bradford, Research Ecologist, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center
Jake Weltzin, Acting Senior Science Advisor, USGS Ecosystems Mission Area
Hawaii Avian Genomics: Searching the Genomic ‘Haystack’ for Genes Associated with Disease Immunity
Date: October 2, 2020 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Eben Paxton, Research Ecologist, USGS Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center
Date: September 4, 2020 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speakers:
Rob Massatti, Research Ecologist, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center
Daniel Winkler, Research Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center
Matt Jones, Research Affiliate, U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center
Using Models and Web Applications for Chronic Wasting Disease Scenario Planning
Date: August 7, 2020 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Paul Cross, Research Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center
How Social Science Informs the Management of North American Waterfowl Hunting and Birdwatching
Date: July 10, 2020 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Nicholas Cole, U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center
Date: June 5, 2020 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Thomas C. Edwards, Jr., USGS Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University