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Providing Critical Weather Data for Public Safety

Providing Critical Weather Data for Public Safety

Governmental and private industry partners rely on USGS science from the Ecosystems Land Change Science Program to deliver critical winter and fire...

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Intestinal obstruction with Porrocaecum sp. ascarids in a Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)

Intestinal obstruction with Porrocaecum sp. ascarids in a Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)

History: An adult, female 1130-g Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) was found dead in a field in Wisconsin, USA and submitted for diagnostic necropsy.

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Ensuring Public Safety and Preparing for Hazards

Ensuring Public Safety and Preparing for Hazards

The Land Change Science Program in the Ecosystems Mission Area develops pragmatic strategies and tools to safeguard communities, people, economically...

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New study on the economics of public land treatments reveals treatment characteristics influence costs

New study on the economics of public land treatments reveals treatment characteristics influence costs

Limited information exists on the costs of public land treatments, such as controlling flammable weeds and conducting prescribed burns, but managers...

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Exposure, Sensitivity, and Adaptive Capacity: Two Out of the Three Approaches Can Still Help Species Assessments

Exposure, Sensitivity, and Adaptive Capacity: Two Out of the Three Approaches Can Still Help Species Assessments

National CASC scientists and partners reviewed 47 Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments (CCVAs) on Vertebrates, illustrating the value of balancing...

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Using Environmental DNA (eDNA) to Study Fish Communities in Hawaiʻi

Using Environmental DNA (eDNA) to Study Fish Communities in Hawaiʻi

With Pacific Islands CASC funding, researchers and local conservation groups co-developed an environmental DNA (eDNA) Toolkit for fishpond and marine...

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Native Fish Bounce Back after “Direct” Interventions in Two Wisconsin Lakes

Native Fish Bounce Back after “Direct” Interventions in Two Wisconsin Lakes

With support from the Midwest CASC, researchers used the “Resist-Accept-Direct” Climate Adaptation Framework to successfully restore native fish...

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EESC in the News: Native Bees

EESC in the News: Native Bees

By Meghan Bartels, Edited by Andrea Thompson

Scientific American, April 4, 2025

Scientists estimate there are about 4,000 species of native bees in the...

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Treading Water. 6PPD and 6PPD-quinone in US Streams: Analysis, Sample Handling, and National Reconnaissance

Treading Water. 6PPD and 6PPD-quinone in US Streams: Analysis, Sample Handling, and National Reconnaissance

Title:  Treading Water. 6PPD and 6PPD-quinone in US Streams: Analysis, Sample Handling, and National Reconnaissance

Date:  April 11, 2025, at 2:00-2:30...

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New research highlights opportunities for enhacing amphibian occupancy in Rocky Mountain National Park

New research highlights opportunities for enhacing amphibian occupancy in Rocky Mountain National Park

Determining where animals are, and if they are persisting across protected landscapes, is necessary to implement appropriate management and...

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EESC in the News: PFAS in Pelicans

EESC in the News: PFAS in Pelicans

Words by Maddie Burakoff, Photography by Madeline Gray

Audubon Magazine, Spring 2025

Amid mounting global health concerns about PFAS, communities living...

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EESC in the News: Osprey Nest Failure

EESC in the News: Osprey Nest Failure

Story by Carrie Arnold, Photography by Jamie Wick

All About Birds, March 24, 2025

Fifty years after the DDT era, Ospreys have rebounded strongly across...

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