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Adaptation Planting Projects Survey Results Across the Midwest Lake States in 2021-2022 Adaptation Planting Projects Survey Results Across the Midwest Lake States in 2021-2022
Climate-driven stressors, non-native insects, and emerging diseases increasingly impact forest health across the Great Lakes region. Forest management strategies are required to mitigate these impacts. We examined one strategy, tree planting for adaptation to climate and emerald ash borer (hereafter referred to as adaptation plantings), as an approach for establishing tree species...
Water use estimates for 2017 for the United States part of the Salish Sea basin, northwestern Washington Water use estimates for 2017 for the United States part of the Salish Sea basin, northwestern Washington
This data release contains vector shapefiles of gridded, monthly water use estimates for the United States part of the Salish Sea basin in northwestern Washington for the year 2017. The water use estimates are provided by category of use for public supply, domestic self-supply, agriculture, and aquaculture each and are further distinguished by surface water or groundwater sources. Data...
Pigmy Basin Cores MD02-2553 and PBBC-1 Foraminiferal Census Data Pigmy Basin Cores MD02-2553 and PBBC-1 Foraminiferal Census Data
Paleoceanographers use the distribution of planktic foraminifers in downcore sediment samples to estimate past oceanographic and paleoclimate conditions. In this data release, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists provide foraminiferal census data (species relative abundance and raw counts) from cores taken in Pigmy Basin (located in the Gulf of America) aboard the research vessel (R...
Reservoir operational strategies for sustainable sand management model code and input data for Lake Powell, Lake Mead, and the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, Arizona Reservoir operational strategies for sustainable sand management model code and input data for Lake Powell, Lake Mead, and the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, Arizona
These data were compiled to provide necessary inputs to run the models in our paper, Operating Lake Powell Under Uncertainty: Strategies for Sustainable Sand Management in the Colorado River. Objective(s) of our study were to identify dam release strategies for improved management of sand resources in Grand Canyon. These data represent model inputs. Hydrology inputs were derived from U.S...
Stream salamanders in abandoned mine habitats of New River Gorge National Park and Preserve Stream salamanders in abandoned mine habitats of New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Stream-like habitats in abandoned mine areas of New River Gorge National Park and Preserve were surveyed for stream salamanders in fall 2024. Methods included visual encounter surveys of transects up to 25m within stream-like mine water discharges in the Nuttallburg, Fayette Station, Hawks Nest Connector, and New River Gorge Bridge areas of the park. All stream salamander species...
Chirp sub-bottom data collected in the Great Salt Lake, Utah during USGS field activity 2021-615-FA Chirp sub-bottom data collected in the Great Salt Lake, Utah during USGS field activity 2021-615-FA
This data release contains 57 high-resolution chirp sub-bottom profiles collected in the southern Great Salt Lake, Utah, by the U.S. Geological Survey in June 2021 during field activity 2021-615-FA. The dataset was acquired to image subsurface sedimentary structures and stratigraphy in support of efforts to characterize past earthquake events along the Great Salt Lake Fault, contributing...