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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.

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Mapped: 33 new big game migrations across American West

Mapped: 33 new big game migrations across American West

RESTON, Va. — A new set of maps that document the movements of ungulates was published today in the fourth volume of the Ungulate Migrations of the...

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Friday's Findings - March 22, 2024

Friday's Findings - March 22, 2024

Title: Finding The Core: Tools for Identifying Intact Grasslands and Tracking Restoration Outcomes   

Date: March 22, 2024, at 2:00 pm Eastern/11:00 am...

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Friday's Findings - March 8, 2024

Friday's Findings - March 8, 2024

Title: Celebrating International Women's Day and the Paths Taken to a Career in Science

Date: March 8, 2024, at 2:00 pm Eastern/11:00 am Pacific

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Latest science findings from Ocean Ecology Research to be presented at Conferences in February 2024

Latest science findings from Ocean Ecology Research to be presented at Conferences in February 2024

USGS scientists will present findings from their ocean and coastal research at three scientific conferences this February.  USGS research in ocean...

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Charismatic Wildlife and the Charismatic Women who Study Them

Charismatic Wildlife and the Charismatic Women who Study Them

USGS celebrates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science by featuring five fascinating animals and five phenomenal female scientists who...

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Friday's Findings - January 26, 2024

Friday's Findings - January 26, 2024

Title:  Expanding Biologists’ Toolbox for Assessing the Status of Southeastern Freshwater Fishes 

Date:  January 26, 2024 at 2:00 pm Eastern/11:00 am...

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USGS Explores Climate Change Threats to Popular Lake Maintenance Practice

USGS Explores Climate Change Threats to Popular Lake Maintenance Practice

USGS researchers are investigating whether winter lake drawdowns, a widespread low-cost lake management technique, may become less effective as the...

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

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

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

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 and...

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