USGS EcoNews | Spring 2024 - Vol. 5 | Issue 2 - Vol. 5 | Issue 2
Project Spotlight: Working Together Towards a Conservation Landscape of the Future
Southeast CASC Research Ecologist Adam Terando's urbanizations models predict a future in the American Southeast characterized by concrete, development, and fragmented landscapes. But through a partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and state management agencies, his work is being used to inform conservation decisions to create healthy ecosystems and communities.
USGS Science Syntheses for Public Lands Management
Scientific information is fundamental to understanding how proposed actions on public lands may impact the environment. Development of new science is occurring at rates that can make it challenging for biologists, resource managers, decision makers, private landowners, and other stakeholders to ensure they are using up-to-date, high-quality science information to inform their decisions. Further, agencies often have limited time to compile and synthesize existing science. To meet the needs of our partners, USGS is working with land management agencies to develop science synthesis products that are directly relevant to on-the-ground management.
Get pumped up for Amphibian Week 2024!
Get your game face on, Amphibian Week 2024, Extreme Athletes: Amphibian Edition is almost here! From May 5 – 11, USGS ARMI scientists and amphibian enthusiasts around the world will be celebrating the extreme athletic abilities of frogs, newts, toads, salamanders, and caecilians.
Wind Energy and Wildlife: We can Have Both
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 Western United States. The maps in this collaborative U.S. Geological Survey report series reveal the migration routes and critical ranges used by ungulates, or hooved mammals, in the western U.S., furthering scientists’ understanding of the geography.
In monarch butterfly decline mystery, scientists rule out habitat loss in migration zone
DENVER, Colo. — A new study from the U.S. Geological Survey and partners in the U.S. and Mexico lends new insight into the puzzle of monarch butterfly population declines, showing that migration habitat in Texas and Mexico has largely remained intact over the period of decline.
Secretary Haaland and Director Applegate Visit the Southeast CASC
Southeast CASC scientists, students, and partners shared their work with DOI Secretary Deb Haaland and USGS Director Dave Applegate.
New USGS-led Research Sheds Light on Deep-Sea Food Webs
Deep-sea organisms, dwelling in complete darkness and dependent on nutrients from the surface, play pivotal roles in the transport, transformation, storage, and sequestration of carbon—a process vital for regulating Earth's climate. New research led by USGS and its partners offers insights into the complex dynamics of deep-sea ecosystems, particularly within submarine canyons.
Sea urchin killer spreads to new species and new region
The parasite that was identified as the cause of Diadema antillarum sea urchin mass mortality in the Caribbean in 2022 has been shown to be the cause of a die off in the Sea of Oman, affecting sibling-species Diadema setosum.
U.S. Geological Survey science vision for native freshwater mussel research in the United States
Executive SummaryNorth America is a global center for native freshwater mussel (order Unionida, hereinafter “mussels”) diversity, with more than 350 species. Mussels are among the most imperiled fauna on the planet. Reasons for both local and widespread declines in mussels are mostly unknown, although the threats may include habitat loss and fragmentation, diseases, environmental contaminants, alt
Expanding Distribution of Chronic Wasting Disease
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected in 35 US states and five Canadian provinces in free-ranging cervids and/or commercial captive cervid facilities. CWD has been detected in free-ranging cervids in 35 states and four provinces and in captive cervid facilities in 19 states and three provinces.
At-a-Glance—Summary of the 2023 U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Research Units Program Year-in-Review
IntroductionEstablished in 1935, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units (CRU) program is a unique partnership among the USGS, State Fish and Wildlife agencies, host universities, the Wildlife Management Institute (WMI), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). As of 2023, there are 43 CRUs in 41 states that fall under three supervisory regions and a Nat
Baseflow Forecasts for Selected Sites in the United States
The Baseflow Forecast Web Tool allows you to access baseflow forecasts at thousands of locations across the Nation.