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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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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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Identifying Causes of American Kestrel Declines to Inform Conservation Actions

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 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

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

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

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!

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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