Data

Nest and brood survival data for piping plovers at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge

This data release includes Lake Ontario prey fish data including species captured, relative abundance, spatial distribution, size structure, and age data from the benthic prey fish and yellow perch bottom trawl surveys, 1978 through 2024. Data from 1978 - 2014 are from U.S. waters of Lake Ontario while data from 2015 - 2024 include both U.S. and Canadian waters of Lake Ontario. Details...

We examined the effects of local and landscape level metrics on Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus melodus) daily nest survival rates using a long-term dataset from coastal New Jersey. Local-level metrics thought to be important determinants of nest success were collected from 1993 to 2016. Landscape metrics were examined over a from 2006 to 2016.

This dataset contains shorebird survey data conducted before (pre) and after (post) barrier island restoration of Cat and Ship Island, Mississippi. The Mississippi barrier islands provide critical habitat for migratory and resident shorebirds, including many federally threatened and endangered (T&E) species. Long-term monitoring of shorebirds before and after restoration is essential to...

This data release provides digital flight line data for a high-resolution airborne magnetic and radiometric survey over the Sierra Madre-Elkhead Mountains-Medicine Bow Mountains region of southern Wyoming and northern Colorado. The airborne survey was funded by the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative. The survey was designed to meet complementary needs related to geologic mapping and

In cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) surveyed ground control points and coordinated aerial photograph acquisition of Cougar Reservoir, a multi-purpose reservoir in western Oregon impounded by the 158-meter ([m]; 518-foot [ft]) tall Cougar Dam. Aerial photographs were acquired by the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) in December 2023 when...