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Wildfire burn site
Wildfire burn site located in Oregon
Wildfire burn site located in Oregon
A group of people build a brush weir in a red sandy wash.
Tsegi_Logo.jpg
Tsegi_Logo.jpg
Tsegi_Logo.jpg

The Restoration Assessment and Monitoring Program for the Southwest (RAMPS) is working with the Navajo Nation Department of Natural Heritage to build capacity for ecosystem restoration in response to climate change and drought.

The Restoration Assessment and Monitoring Program for the Southwest (RAMPS) is working with the Navajo Nation Department of Natural Heritage to build capacity for ecosystem restoration in response to climate change and drought.

People work in a dry stream bed surrounded by beautiful sandstone cliffs
Restoration at Tsegi Canyon
Restoration at Tsegi Canyon
Restoration at Tsegi Canyon

Restoration project at Tsegi Canyon in support of cultural and ecological resources. It was a community project that brought together agency professionals, elders and native youth. This was a partnership with Navajo Nation and USGS Restoration Assessment and Monitoring Program for the Southwest.

Restoration project at Tsegi Canyon in support of cultural and ecological resources. It was a community project that brought together agency professionals, elders and native youth. This was a partnership with Navajo Nation and USGS Restoration Assessment and Monitoring Program for the Southwest.

Natural Resource Economist coloring page.
Economist coloring page
Economist coloring page
Economist coloring page

Natural Resource Economist coloring page.

Several birds flying low over a wetland. Mountains in the background.
Ruby Lake National Wildlife Reserve
Ruby Lake National Wildlife Reserve
A diver underwater uses a hose to apply paste to corallimorphs in a plot marked by a square of white pipes.
Applying toxic paste to control invasive corallimorphs at Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
Applying toxic paste to control invasive corallimorphs at Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
map with hexagon grid overlay depicting study areas and points depicting barred owl sightings in 2015
Barred owl sightings at Oregon Coast Range monitoring sites, 2015
Barred owl sightings at Oregon Coast Range monitoring sites, 2015
Barred owl sightings at Oregon Coast Range monitoring sites, 2015

Locations of barred owl sightings recorded during 2015 owl monitoring activities. Barred owls were lethally removed from the areas highlighted in pink. Supporting data is found at https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20201089.

arrows pointing to northern spotted owl territory and the movement of barred owl west and its present day territory
Barred owl movement west
Barred owl movement west
Barred owl movement west

Barred owls spread west during the 1900s and today completely overlap the range of the northern spotted owl.

Barred owls spread west during the 1900s and today completely overlap the range of the northern spotted owl.

map with hexagon grid overlay depicting study areas and points depicting barred owl sightings in 2020
Barred owl sightings at Oregon Coast Range monitoring sites, 2020
Barred owl sightings at Oregon Coast Range monitoring sites, 2020
Barred owl sightings at Oregon Coast Range monitoring sites, 2020

Locations of barred owl sightings recorded during 2020 owl monitoring activities. Barred owls were lethally removed from the areas highlighted in pink. Supporting data is found at https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20201089.

Field crew in the Adirondacks of New York using detection dogs to find moose scats for a capture-recapture study to estimate
Field Crew in the Adirondacks of New York Estimate Moose Density
Field Crew in the Adirondacks of New York Estimate Moose Density
Field Crew in the Adirondacks of New York Estimate Moose Density

Field crew in the Adirondacks of New York using detection dogs to find moose scats for a capture-recapture study to estimate moose density. 

graduate student wearing an orange vest on a research boat
Idaho Graduate Student on a boat studying steelhead
Idaho Graduate Student on a boat studying steelhead
Idaho Graduate Student on a boat studying steelhead

In cooperation with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) the Idaho Unit recently completed a series of research projects to better understand the effects of catch-and-release angling on survival and reproductive success of native trout and steelhead. 

In cooperation with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) the Idaho Unit recently completed a series of research projects to better understand the effects of catch-and-release angling on survival and reproductive success of native trout and steelhead. 

Six dark goose silhouettes fly over a mountainous landscape
Tule white-fronted geese flying over Summer Lake Wildlife Area, OR
Tule white-fronted geese flying over Summer Lake Wildlife Area, OR
Tule white-fronted geese flying over Summer Lake Wildlife Area, OR

Six tule white-fronted geese flying over Summer Lake Wildlife Area, the primary stopover site for this species on its fall migration.

Five tule geese take off at the edge of a wetland
Tule white-fronted geese take off from Summer Lake Wildlife Area
Tule white-fronted geese take off from Summer Lake Wildlife Area
Tule white-fronted geese take off from Summer Lake Wildlife Area

Five tule white-fronted geese take off from Summer Lake Wildlife Area, the primary stopover site for this species on its fall migration.

Five dark goose silhouettes fly over a mountainous landscape
Tule white-fronted geese flying over Summer Lake Wildlife Area
Tule white-fronted geese flying over Summer Lake Wildlife Area
Tule white-fronted geese flying over Summer Lake Wildlife Area

Five tule white-fronted geese flying over Summer Lake Wildlife Area, the primary stopover site for this species on its fall migration.

About a dozen geese in silhouette flap their wings and turn sideways and upside down in midair
Tule white-fronted geese landing in Summer Lake Wildlife Area
Tule white-fronted geese landing in Summer Lake Wildlife Area
Tule white-fronted geese landing in Summer Lake Wildlife Area

Tule white-fronted geese get ready to land at Summer Lake Wildlife Area in Oregon. The geese turn upside down and sideways to drop altitude quickly to land, a behavior known as "whiffling" or "maple leafing."

Tule white-fronted geese get ready to land at Summer Lake Wildlife Area in Oregon. The geese turn upside down and sideways to drop altitude quickly to land, a behavior known as "whiffling" or "maple leafing."

Cactus blossom in the grasslands
Cactus blossom in the borderlands
Cactus blossom in the borderlands
Cactus blossom in the borderlands

Cactus blossom in the southeast Arizona grasslands, looking into Mexico.

Cactus blossom in the grasslands
Cactus blossom in the borderlands
Cactus blossom in the borderlands
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