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In a new study, researchers review current approaches used by federal agencies to estimate recreational visitation to their lands and waters, as well...

PBS, April 20, 2025

Reconstructing a lost island ecosystem using material dredged from Baltimore's shipping channels.

Limited information exists on the costs of public land treatments, such as controlling flammable weeds and conducting prescribed burns, but managers...

Story by Carrie Arnold, Photography by Jamie Wick

All About Birds, March 24, 2025

Fifty years after the DDT era, Ospreys have rebounded strongly across...

Title:  Long-term drought assessment:  hydrologic, ecological, and social impacts

Date:  March 14, 2025, at 2:00-2:30 pm Eastern/11:00 -11:30 am...

A new progress report showcases how partnership and federal investment have advanced the National Seed Strategy, a pragmatic tool for restoring...

Fuel breaks – strips of land managed for reduced flammability – are designed to aid wildfire suppression and management. However, construction of fuel...

Desert bighorn sheep depend on free-standing water for survival. The USGS supports the US Fish and Wildlife Service at Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife...

By Timothy B. Wheeler

Bay Journal, December 13, 2024

A widely publicized study pointing to a shortage of Atlantic menhaden as the cause of osprey nest...