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CASC news announcements highlight news from across the CASC network, including new research, upcoming webinars, job postings, and events at the National and regional CASCS. The CASCs also produce original feature stories profiling project success stories, high-interest data products, and CASC scientists.

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Scent Dogs Join Tick Surveillance Efforts

Scent Dogs Join Tick Surveillance Efforts

National CASC-supported researchers find that scent detection dogs can accurately and efficiently find winter ticks – parasites that are linked to...

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Coldwater Fish in Warm Waters: Redband Trout in the Upper Klamath Lake

Coldwater Fish in Warm Waters: Redband Trout in the Upper Klamath Lake

The warmer waters of the Upper Klamath Lake were once thought to be inhospitable to native redband trout, a coldwater fish species. However...

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Fighting Back Invasive Plants Through “Liko Nā Pilina” or “Budding New Relationships”

Fighting Back Invasive Plants Through “Liko Nā Pilina” or “Budding New Relationships”

Pacific Islands CASC funded researchers found that a fresh approach to managing interactions between native and introduced plants may help restore...

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Identifying Traits that Can Help Plants Succeed in New Environments

Identifying Traits that Can Help Plants Succeed in New Environments

New research supported by the Northeast CASC identifies key plant traits for successfully relocating native plants while avoiding the spread of more...

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Saying Goodbye to Emily Fort, CASC Deputy Senior Administrator

Saying Goodbye to Emily Fort, CASC Deputy Senior Administrator

As CASC Deputy Senior Administrator Emily Fort prepares for her next chapter, we reflect on her long and accomplished career with the CASC network.

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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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America’s Butterfly Populations Down 22% over Past Two Decades

America’s Butterfly Populations Down 22% over Past Two Decades

Butterflies play a key role as pollinators for both wild and agricultural plants, but a new nationwide study funded in part by the Midwest CASC shows...

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Dropping the Bass: USGS science helps partners stop spread of invasive smallmouth bass in the Colorado River

Dropping the Bass: USGS science helps partners stop spread of invasive smallmouth bass in the Colorado River

The USGS helps Department of the Interior partners explore possible management decisions to prevent invasive fish from spreading into the Grand Canyon...

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CASC Scientists’ Research Among Most Highly Cited in Multiple Environmental Science Journals

CASC Scientists’ Research Among Most Highly Cited in Multiple Environmental Science Journals

Multiple CASC researchers have co-authored several of the most highly cited papers in multiple environmental science journals demonstrating the high...

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New Alaska Berry Booklet Features Salmonberries

New Alaska Berry Booklet Features Salmonberries

Discover how climate change is affecting salmonberry harvests in the newest addition to the ‘Berry Booklet’ series from the Alaska CASC, featuring...

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