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We hope you will enjoy learning about the exciting ecosystems and species we are studying throughout the Western United States. Our scientists work within the Rocky Mountain regions of Montana, Wyoming, and northern Idaho, which include the diverse Greater Yellowstone and Northern Continental Divide ecosystems. Browse our feature articles or dive right into the science by reading about ongoing research projects or publications our scientists have produced.
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NOROCK In the News
Here are our most recent radio, news, magazine and television features. To view news archives visit News & Events
USGS Press Release
Study Seeks Innovative Ways to Monitor BearsPast Meets Present in Glacier Exhibit
Slight Changes in Climate May Trigger Abrupt Ecosystem Responses
Newspapers
What Climate Change Means to Glacier National Park., 7/28/09 NewsweekWhitebark pine cone crop looking good., 7/22/09 JH News & Guide
What the trout tell us., 7/14/09 Flathead Beacon
New grizzly population study launched in NCDE, 6/17/09 Choteau Acantha
Magazines
Bears and Other Predators Invade U.S. Neighborhoods., July 2009 Popular MechanicsThe Future of the North Fork., May/June 09 Montana Sporting Journal
Radio
Implications of coalbed methane mining near Glacier National Park, 6/2/09 Montana Public Radio (Story begins at minute 7:30)Television
On thin ice., 4/17/09 PBS Now l Audio l
Science Picks
Featuring NOROCK's recently published research and publications.
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NOROCK scientist Dan Fagre co-authors a recently published book on a variety of climatic, geomorphologic, and edaphic controls over the woody vegetation in Glacier National Park. Some of this research may serve as a guideline to coming changes in other montane regions of the world. |
Science Features
Crown of the Continent
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A collection of videos created by Newsweek on the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem, Glacier National Park, Montana. Full Story |
NOROCK Climate Science
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Current and emerging research at the Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (NOROCK) focuses on monitoring and modeling ecosystem responses to climatic variability throughout the western U.S. Full Story |
Hair of the Bear
| Scientist at NOROCK and partners are beginning a new grizzly bear research project this summer in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem (NCDE) of northwestern Montana. This work is based on hair collection and DNA analysis methods similar to those used in the 2004 Northern Divide Grizzly Bear Project. Full Story |
Fishy Business
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Scientist at NOROCK and their partners are conducting research which shows hybridization of native Westslope cutthroat trout with non-native rainbow trout. Full Story |
Radar is for the Birds
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Scientist at NOROCK and partners are conducting research that allows them to distinguish between precipitation and birds in NEXRAD weather radar data leading to the development of a landscape model of bird migration. Full Story
Listen to the Podcast Radar is for the Birds |
Repeat Photo Project Featured in Museum Exhibit
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The Repeat Photography project has become an important tool for documenting and analyzing the retreat of glaciers and the images have garnered much interest from the media, academia, and most recently from the art community. Full Story |
