Natural Resource Economics
Providing critical information on the economic consequences of DOI and other natural resource and hazard management decisions.
Providing critical information on the economic consequences of DOI and other natural resource and hazard management decisions.
Science and Decisions Center
The USGS Science and Decisions Center (SDC) is a unique and small interdisciplinary center which conducts integrated physical, biological, socioeconomic, and information science, advances decision-analytic methods in the USGS, and investigates innovative data collection and analysis methods with a goal of increasing the use and value of USGS science in decision making.
Publications
A 40,000-year packrat midden series from Cataviña, central Baja California, Mexico A 40,000-year packrat midden series from Cataviña, central Baja California, Mexico
Thirty packrat (Neotoma spp.) middens collected from boulder fields near Cataviña, Baja California, Mexico, at 640–680 m elevation provide the first long chronology of macrofossils and pollen spanning the late Quaternary in the Central Desert of Baja California. Midden plant macrofossil and pollen assemblages document a rich chaparral/woodland assemblage during the last glacial and early...
USGS—An Unparalleled Scientific Asset USGS—An Unparalleled Scientific Asset
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) delivers information critical to powering our economy, managing our natural resources, and keeping Americans safe and healthy.1Mapping the Nation $21B Geologic maps save users an estimated 15% in annual costs: a value of between $14B and $21B. $25.6B in annual value to users of imagery from Landsat satellites, which were codeveloped by NASA and the USGS...
Science
Decision Science
We host strong decision science programs on University campuses listed below. Understanding cultural, social, and political factors drives decision-making. In other words, what people think matters. One of the key building blocks our program is we actively engage local communities and our research is relevant to the needs of the States, geographic regions, and the Nation. We make available new...
About the Science and Decisions Center
Today's natural resource managers must make effective decisions with broad–scale societal impacts.