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Anastasia Krainyk, Ph.D.

https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/anastasia-krainyk

I am a research ecologist with a focus on structured decision making and spatially explicit decision support tools for environmental management and conservation. My current project focuses on the development of a decision support tool for identifying landscapes most important to achieving waterfowl population, habitat, and social goals of the...

Ecosystems, Northeast, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

James E Lyons, Ph.D.

https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/james-e-lyons

EDUCATION:Ph.D. Biology, 2001, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, Dissertation: Population Ecology and Foraging Behavior of Breeding Birds in Bottomland Hardwood Forests (Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey R. Walters)M.S. Aquaculture, Fisheries, and Wildlife Biology, 1994, Clemson University, Clemson, SC...

Michael Runge, Ph.D.

https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/michael-runge

Michael Runge is a research ecologist at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, where he has worked since 1999. He received a B.A. in biology and philosophy (1989) from the Johns Hopkins University, an M.A.T. (Master of Arts in Teaching) in biology (1994) from Spalding University, and a Ph.D. in...

Ecosystems, Northeast, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

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Ecosystems, Northeast, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

Year Published: 2018

Optimization of salt marsh management at the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware, through use of structured decision making

https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr20181160

Structured decision making is a systematic, transparent process for improving the quality of complex decisions by identifying measurable management objectives and feasible management actions; predicting the potential consequences of management actions relative to the stated objectives; and selecting a course of action that maximizes the total...

Attribution: Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Ecosystems, United States of America

Year Published: 2018

Evaluating trade-offs in bull trout reintroduction strategies using structured decision making

https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70192784

Structured decision making allows reintroduction decisions to be made despite uncertainty by linking reintroduction goals with alternative management actions through predictive models of ecological processes. We developed a decision model to evaluate the trade-offs between six bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) reintroduction decisions with the...

Attribution: Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC), Ecosystems, Cooperative Research Units

Year Published: 2018

Promoting synergy in the innovative use of environmental data—Workshop summary

https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr20181104

From December 2 to 4, 2015, NatureServe and the U.S. Geological Survey organized and hosted a biodiversity and ecological informatics workshop at the U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. The workshop objective was to identify user-driven future directions and areas of collaboration in advanced applications of environmental data...

Attribution: Science Analytics and Synthesis (SAS)

Year Published: 2018

Distinguishing values from science in decision making: Setting harvest quotas for mountain lions in Montana

https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70197450

The relative roles of science and human values can be difficult to distinguish when informal processes are used to make complex and contentious decisions in wildlife management. Structured Decision Making (SDM) offers a formal process for making such decisions, where scientific results and concepts can be disentangled from the values of differing...

Attribution: Cooperative Research Units

Mitchell J Eaton, Ph.D.

https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/mitchell-j-eaton

Mitchell Eaton is a Research Ecologist with the U.S. Department of Interior’s Southeast Climate Science Center and an adjunct faculty member in Applied Ecology at NC State University. His research focuses on wildlife ecology & management, emphasizing quantitative modeling to understand resource dynamics and use of decision-...

Land Resources, Climate Adaptation Science Centers, Southeast

Regional CASC Education & Training Opportunities

https://www.usgs.gov/land-resources/climate-adaptation-science-centers/science/regional-casc-education-training

The National and Regional CASCs are committed to supporting young and early-career scientists and managers. Read on to see a list of education and training opportunities offered by the regional CASCs.

Climate Adaptation Science Centers

Aquatic Ecosystem Vulnerability to Fire and Climate Change

https://www.usgs.gov/media/videos/aquatic-ecosystem-vulnerability-fire-and-climate-change

Fire is the dominant ecological disturbance process in boreal forests (coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches) and fire frequency, size and severity are increasing in Alaska owing to climate warming. However, interactions among fire, climate, permafrost, vegetation and hydrologic and watershed processes are poorly...

Land Resources, Climate Adaptation Science Centers, Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center

CASC Presentations at the 2018 AGU Meeting

Date Published: 2018-12-02

https://www.usgs.gov/center-news/casc-presentations-2018-agu-meeting

Are you attending the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting this year in D.C.? Don't miss these presentations from staff and partners from across the CASC network!

Climate Adaptation Science Centers, Alaska Climate Science Center, North Central Climate Science Center, Northeast Climate Science Center, Northwest Climate Science Center, Pacific Islands Climate Science Center, South Central Climate Science Center, Southwest Climate Science Center

Climate Change Adaptation for Wildlife Managers: A Hands-on Workbook Process

Date Published: 2018-11-28

https://www.usgs.gov/center-news/climate-change-adaptation-wildlife-managers-a-hands-workbook-process

The Northeast CASC and partners collaborated on a Climate Change Adaptation for Wildlife Managers workshop for January 2019. Here, wildlife managers will learn about adaptation action development for effects of climate change on wildlife in the Midwest.

Climate Adaptation Science Centers, Northeast Climate Science Center

Heather Baldwin

https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/heather-baldwin

Heather Baldwin is an Ecologist at the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. Much of her work has focused on understanding the impacts of management actions associated with plant and/or avian communities in coastal tallgrass prairies, mixed grass prairies, and wetland systems. She has a strong interest in the application of...

Ecosystems, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

Eric D Swain, Ph.D.

https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/eric-d-swain

Eric Swain has lived in Miami for over 37 years and researched South Florida hydrology with the USGS since 1988. With over 130 publications in water resources and fluid mechanics, Eric has developed a variety of analyses and models to understand the hydrologic system and provide information for water management.

Management Support Tools

https://www.usgs.gov/ecosystems/energy-wildlife/science/management-support-tools

USGS scientists build broadly applicable management support tools to assist resource managers and the industry in siting of energy development and selection of off-site mitigation areas.

Ecosystems, Energy & Wildlife

Demographic and Population Models

https://www.usgs.gov/ecosystems/energy-wildlife/science/demographic-and-population-models

USGS scientists are currently developing models for species of interest that can be overlaid with maps showing areas of potential energy. These models, or map overlays, identify areas of biological strengths and weaknesses or high- and low-quality habitat and can identify opportunities for conservation—areas of high-quality habitat where energy-...

Ecosystems, Energy & Wildlife

Mammals

https://www.usgs.gov/ecosystems/energy-wildlife/science/mammals

For big game, USGS research on migrating animals interacting with housing and energy development suggests that this development and change to migration routes can alter optimal foraging. Continued energy development will lead to the loss of the foraging benefit of migration.

Ecosystems, Energy & Wildlife

Abbreviations

https://www.usgs.gov/ecosystems/energy-wildlife/science/abbreviations

Projects with in the Energy and Wildlife program use many abbreviations to describe partners, equipment, and places. The list below gives the abbreviation and full name of the abbreviations used throughout the Energy and Wildlife program website.

Ecosystems, Energy & Wildlife

RCA-EO

https://www.usgs.gov/land-resources/nli/rca-eo/rca-eo

What is Requirements Capabilities and Analysis for Earth Observations (RCA-EO)? RCA-EO is a cohesive set of analytical functions and information under development within the USGS Land Remote Sensing (LRS) Program. The activities of RCA-EO include collecting and interpreting the Earth observation (EO) requirements of USGS and other Federal agencies...

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