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Final Report for Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation Treatment Monitoring of the Keeney Pass, Cow Hollow, Double Mountain, and Farewell Bend Fires

This report deals with developing and implementing a strategy for monitoring post-fire revegetation seedings in sagebrush steppe habitat. Four areas in eastern Oregon that burned in 2005, were subsequently seeded with either native or non-native vegetation, and were monitored from 2006 to 2008. Results showed a general low level of plant More...

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Standard Methods for Sampling North American Freshwater Fishes

USGS aquatic ecologist Jason Dunham and co-authors contributed a chapter about sampling coldwater fish in wadeable streams to a new book that details common methods, protocols, and guidelines for sampling fish across North America. Topics include three common sampling methods: electrofishing, snorkeling, and nest counts. Each method provides More...

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Status and Trends of the Nation's Biological Resources, vols. 1-2

This report is a comprehensive summary of the status and trends of our nation's biological resources. The report describes the major processes and factors affecting biological resources, and it treats regional status and trends. Authors of the chapters and boxes in this two-volume report were drawn from federal and state agencies, universities, More...

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