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Biological Soil Crusts: An Introduction

The Biological Soil Crusts website studies the community of organisms that live at the surface of desert soils. Components include cyanobacteria, green algae, microfungi, mosses, liverworts, and lichens. The website discusses structure and formation of crusts, species composition, ecological functions (soil stability, water infiltration, effects More...

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National Resources Monitoring Partnership (NRMP)

Natural resource managers face complex decisions that require a clear understanding of the status of wildlife populations and their habitats. Monitoring is key to making effective management decisions and evaluating the outcomes of those decisions. The goal of NRMP is to improve the accessibility of monitoring efforts to resource managers to aid More...

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National Resources Monitoring Partnership (NRMP) Newsletter

Natural Resource Monitoring Partnership (NRMP) is a collaborative effort by the natural resource management community to improve monitoring efforts in order to support effective evaluation and decision-making by sharing information on monitoring projects and protocols. The Natural Resource Monitoring Partnership was built for easy access to More...

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Viral Tracking of Wildlife Corridors across the Rocky Mountains

Researchers at the USGS Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (NOROCK) and their collaborators at Penn State University are using viral genetics to estimate contact patterns of mule deer and elk across several states in the Rocky Mountain region. By linking their sampling efforts with chronic wasting disease (CWD) surveys in Montana, Wyoming, More...

  • Feeding time at an elk feedground in Wyoming - March 2008. Photo credit: Vicki Patrek, USGS