News

11/18/2008 - Bats and Wind Energy Presentation Available Online
A recent presentation by USGS scientist Paul Cryan provides an overview of what is known about bat fatalities at wind energy facilities. In the presentation, Dr. Cryan discusses basic bat ecology, existing patterns of bat fatalities at wind turbines, estimates of cumulative impacts of turbines on bat populations, other known sources of human-induced impacts, methods of studying bats at wind facilities, and existing information gaps.

11/7/2008 - New Research Program Focuses on Invasive Grasses at NWRC's Coastal Prairie Research Program
A new research program being developed at the USGS National Wetlands Research Center is focusing on the invasive potential and ecological risks associated with exotic grasses that occur with in the coastal prairie ecoregion.