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Project Spotlight: USGS Scientists Work with Kenai Peninsula Communities to Define Baseline Water Data Amid Climate Uncertainty

Project Spotlight: USGS Scientists Work with Kenai Peninsula Communities to Define Baseline Water Data Amid Climate Uncertainty

As temperatures rise on the Kenai peninsula, freshwater quality is expected to change, affecting both salmon and local communities, new Alaska CASC...

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Saying Goodbye to Doug Beard, CASC Senior Administrator

Saying Goodbye to Doug Beard, CASC Senior Administrator

As CASC Senior Administrator Doug Beard prepares for his next chapter, we reflect on his long and accomplished career with the CASC network.

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The Changing Economics of Forestry in a Hotter, Wetter South

The Changing Economics of Forestry in a Hotter, Wetter South

By linking historical employment data and future climate projections, researchers supported by the Southeast CASC assessed how rising temperatures and...

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Clocking Wildlife: Camera Traps Reveal Most Mammals Have Flexible Activity Schedules

Clocking Wildlife: Camera Traps Reveal Most Mammals Have Flexible Activity Schedules

An international study of mammal activity, co-led by a former Northeast CASC fellow, used nearly 9 million wildlife camera observations to show that...

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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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