Policy Analysis & Science Assistance

Branch Chief: Rudolph Schuster

FORT scientists in the Policy Analysis and Science Assistance Branch conduct and integrate biological, social, economic, and institutional analyses of conservation policies and management practices to help land and resource managers make informed decisions and resolve resource management conflicts.

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Birds Without Borders: FORT Science Prominent at Western Hemisphere Shorebird Conference

USGS scientist Susan Skagen will present a status report of the “Program for Regional and International Shorebird Monitoring,” present an overview of “Shorebirds of dispersed wetland landscapes: Research and conservation challenges,” and chair a paper session and discussions on shorebird monitoring during the third meeting of the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group March 9-13 in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico. The Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group focuses broadly on shorebird research, monitoring, site-based conservation, outreach/education, and international to local initiatives. This international meeting will foster collaborations and help to integrate science among biologists studying breeding, staging, and wintering shorebirds throughout the Western Hemisphere.

 Climate change as a challenge to bird conservation in arid and semi-arid regions of North America

 

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Publications:
 

 Vegetation changes over 12 years in ungrazed and grazed Conservation Reserve Program grasslands in the Central and Southern Plains

 Watershed management and organizational dynamics: nationwide findings and regional variation

 Feeding elk in greater Yellowstone: a case study in ex-ante group decision support

 

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