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Pollinator Conservation Efforts

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2022 Year in Review

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World's Longest Mule Deer Migration

Red Desert to Hoback, Wyoming

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Beluga Whale in Cook Inlet, Alaska

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New Unit at Michigan State University

Focuses on climate change, invasive species, and emerging fish and wildlife diseases

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New Unit at University of Nevada, Reno

Focuses on human dimensions and the importance of wildlife conservation to the public’s overall quality of life.

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Here's the latest news from the Cooperative Research Units Program.  Click below to read the 2022 Year in Review report and companion story maps.

USGS National News Releases

Montana Fishery Podcast

The science that is needed to conserve everything from alpine meadows to great white sharks is covered as we interview young and seasoned scientists that are passionate about their profession. The podcast is hosted by the Department of Ecology at Montana State University (the views expressed in this podcast do not necessarily reflect the views of Montana State University).

Using Fire to Restore Grasslands in Nebraska

Caleb Roberts is leading research that fire has benefited grassland birds in Nebraska's Loess Canyons, which gets its name from loess—silty, fertile, yellowish-gray sediment that accumulates from windblown dust.

University News

News, graduate awards, and cutting edge research across the Units on University campuses.

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USGS ecologist forges the key to unlocking a long-standing scientific debate about habitat fragmentation

Jonathon Valente didn’t set out to be a mediator for scientists or science, but to help his field of landscape ecology out of a rut, that’s just what...

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Research Explores Conservation Strategies for Shifting Walleye Populations

Given the challenges that warming waters pose to walleye populations, USGS researchers created a data-rich “RAD Walleye Tool” that can help managers...

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USGS Friday's Findings - October 27th 2023

Title: Terrestrial-Aquatic linkages in the Nisqually River Delta Food Web

Speaker: Melanie Davis, Assistant Unit Leader - Oregon Cooperative Fish...

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Identifying Causes of American Kestrel Declines to Inform Conservation Actions

American kestrels are declining across most of their North American range at a steady rate of approximately -1.4% per year (Sauer et al. 2019). The...

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USGS Science at The Waterbird Society and Atlantic Marine Bird Cooperative Meeting 2023

USGS bird biologists share results from their latest research at the Atlantic Marine Bird Cooperative and Waterbird Society Annual Meeting, October 9...

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Ancient fish, modern problem: How the pallid sturgeon could be a warning for the Missouri River

The Pallid Sturgeon is a U.S. Threatened species that primarily inhabits the Missouri River and lower Mississippi rivers. Ongoing work in the...

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Purdue University to host new multi-agency research partnership to benefit Indiana’s wildlife and wild places

The partnership is Indiana’s first U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

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Friday's Findings - August 25, 2023

Title:  Seeing the Bigger Picture: Using Aerial Photos to Assess Tufted Puffin Habitat in Oregon

Speaker:  Carina Kusaka, Master's Student, Oregon...

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Evaluating the U.S. Geological Survey, Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Units Program—Your Input Needed!

Having sprouted from its beginnings at Iowa State University in 1935, the CRU Program has flourished into a partnership comprising 42 Units in 40...

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Two USGS Publications Outline Pollinator Conservation Efforts

Pollinator species in the U.S. are in crisis based on broad-scale changes in land-use and climate. Biodiversity of pollinators in the U.S. includes...

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The Early Deer—and the Late Ones—Get the Herbs

Climate change is messing with nature’s alarm clock. For animals that use seasonal signs from nature to start important activities like migration...

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