News Releases
24 June 2008 --
California Sea Otters: Population Recovery Continues at Slower Rate
3 December 2007 --
Conference Will Address Integrating Riparian Habitat Conservation and Flood Management in California
30 November 2007 --
USGS Expert Analyzes Recent Fires at San Diego Senate Hearing
7 November 2007 --
USGS Cameras Capture Dramatic Wildfire-Wildlife Images
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USGS Cameras Capture Dramatic Wildfire-Wildlife Images
6 August 2007 --
Tree Deaths in California’s Sierra Nevada Increase as Temperatures Rise
18 July 2007 --
Study Pinpoints How Humans and Urban Sprawl Influence California Fire Regimes
16 July 2007 --
USGS Botanists Help Identify a New Orchid, the Yosemite Bog-Orchid
31 May 2007 --
California Sea Otters – 2007 Survey Count Reaches New High
29 May 2007 --
Research Finds That Breakdown Products of Widely Used Pesticides are Acutely Lethal to Amphibians
17 January 2007 --
Desert Tortoises Draw Researchers and Managers to Las Vegas
17 January 2007 --
USGS Studies Document a Changing Mojave Desert
6 September 2006 --
Satellites Help Scientists Track Migratory Birds: GPS the Latest Tool in Fight Against Avian Influenza
6 September 2006 --
USGS Scientist Receives California Waterfowl Association's "Dennis G. Raveling Award"
10 August 2006 --
USGS Report Finds Too Few Studies Assess the Success of Desert Tortoise Recovery Actions
2 August 2006 --
Cat Parasite May Affect Cultural Traits in Human Populations
10 July 2006 --
Parasites, the Thread of Food Webs?
27 June 2006 --
California Sea Otters -- 2006 Survey Numbers Dip But Overall Population Trend Remains Up
26 June 2006 --
USGS Scientist to Discuss Ecological Role of Predatory Mammals at Biology Conference
6 February 2006 --
Are Artificial Night Lights Among Threats to Declining Reptiles?
27 September 2005 --
They’re Back! Rare California Frogs Turn up Again in City Creek
22 August 2005 --
A Delicate Balance: Salt Ponds, Wetland Restoration and Wildlife in San Francisco Bay
4 August 2005 --
Steven Schwarzbach Appointed Director of USGS Western Ecological Research Center
5 July 2005 --
California Sea Otters – 2005 Survey Numbers Dip But Overall Population Trend Remains Up
30 June 2005 --
Finding the Needle in a Big Haystack: Locating Surf Scoter Nests in the Northern Boreal Forest
26 April 2005 --
"Live Fast, Die Young" Also Applies to Forests
5 April 2005 --
USGS Scientist Receives the George Melendez Wright Award for Excellence
1 September 2004 --
Precipice of Survival: The Southern Sea Otter
1 August 2004 --
New System Developed to Assess Effects of Invasive Alien Plants on Fire Regimes and Prioritize Them for Control
16 June 2004 --
California Sea Otter Numbers Climb for Second Consecutive Year
26 May 2004 --
Scientists Focus Research on Understanding Causes of Changes in Western Mountains
13 April 2004 --
USGS-Cornell Study Marks Increased Trends in Infectious Disease Occurrences in Our Oceans
30 October 2003 --
USGS Research Indicates Fire Suppression and Fuel Buildup are Not Responsible for Shrubland Fires in Southern California
29 September 2003 --
Scientists Estimate Risk of Raven Predation on Desert Tortoises in the Western Mojave Desert
25 September 2003 --
Snowy Plover “Nursery” Success Earns Resource Stewardship Award
22 September 2003 --
Collapsing Populations of Marine Mammals: the North Pacific’s Whaling Legacy?
15 July 2003 --
USGS Report Documents Alien Plants in Sequoia-Kings Canyon and Yosemite National Parks
18 June 2003 --
USGS Scientist is Recipient of Wilderness Science Award
06 June 2003 --
California Sea Otter Numbers are Up for the 2003 Census
12 March 2003 --
USGS Scientist to Receive Ed Ricketts Marine Science Award
06 February 2003 --
They’re Healthier: With Fewer Parasites, Invaders Gain Competitive Edge over Native Animals and Plants
13 November 2002 --
"Hurricane" Turtles of South Carolina’s Tidal Creeks
15 October 2002 --
Scientists Study the Long and Short of Pintail Duck Migration
24 July 2002 --
Radios Lead Researchers to Nests of Elusive Marbled Murrelets
01 July 2002 --
It’s a World Made for Parasites, or Is It?
11 June 2002 --
California Sea Otter Numbers Slide for Second Straight Year
24 April 2002 --
Native Americans Were First Land Managers of California’s Coastal Ranges
24 April 2002 --
Buffelgrass, an Invader Fueling Wildfires in the Sonoran Desert
13 December 2001 --
The Spirit of the Season Seen in the General Grant Sequoia, the Nation’s Living Christmas Tree
27 November 2001 --
Past Fire Regime Is Key to Managing Chaparral Fires in Southern California
07 November 2001 --
There’s Room for Shorebirds Too
09 October 2001 --
What Wildfire Research Tells Us About Fire Risk in California
03 October 2001 --
Weeding Things out in the Arid Southwest
29 August 2001 --
Predicting How a River Channel Redevelops After Disturbance
26 July 2001 --
Scientists Examine the Seas Our Ancestors Fished to Better Understand Today's Changing Oceans
12 June 2001 --
Fewer California Sea Otters Tallied in Spring 2001 Survey But Population Size Remains Roughly Stable
30 April 2001 --
Team Spawns Rare White Abalone: It's a Girl! It's a Boy! It's 6 Million Baby Mollusks!
21 March 2001 --
Reptiles and Amphibians of Coastal Southern California on the Web
06 March 2001 --
Removal of Obsolete Forest Roads Can Reduce Erosion and Sediment That Impair Salmon-bearing Streams
22 December 2000 --
California Ravens Are a Breed Apart
07 December 2000 --
Annual Ceremony at General Grant Tree -- Sunday
07 December 2000 --
USGS Research Finds that Contaminants May Play an Important Role in California Amphibian Declines
06 December 2000 --
World's Largest Tree is Younger Than Once Thought
04 October 2000 --
Visit Three New USGS Websites During Earth Science Week
26 September 2000 --
Mercury from Gold Rush Found in Fish
09 June 2000 --
USGS Reports Increase of California Sea Otters in Recent Survey
02 May 2000 --
From Sea Turtles to Night Skies: Meeting to Showcase Collaborative Efforts in Safeguarding Desert Resources
21 April 2000 --
Come Fly with the Ducks at This New USGS Website
29 March 2000 --
Chytrid Fungus Implicated as Factor in Decline of Arizona Frogs
25 February 2000 --
California Southcoast Bioregion is Subject of Science Meeting
25 February 2000 --
Media Advisory: Planning for Biodiversity in Southern California
22 October 1999 --
New Study Underscores Fragility of Southern California Deserts
15 October 1999 --
On the Floor of the Sea: Biologists Search for Rare White Abalone
14 October 1999 --
Media Advisory: On the Floor of the Sea: Watch While Biologists Search for Rare White Abalone
29 September 1999 --
USGS Finds Elevated Levels of Organochlorine Pesticides in Aleutian Bald Eagles
21 September 1999 --
USGS Scientist Receives Award From National Park Service
17 September 1999 --
USGS Studies Wildfire Ecology in the Western United States
13 July 1999 --
USGS Scientist Awarded Prestigious Marine Conservation Fellowship
21 June 1999 --
USGS Reports Continued Decline of California Sea Otters
10 June 1999 --
USGS Study Casts Doubt on Role of Fire Suppression in Causing Catastrophic Shrubland Wildfires
26 March 1999 --
USGS Scientists Speak on Rare Plants and Invasive Species at Santa Barbara Symposium
22 February 1999 --
Mojave Desert Is Subject of Las Vegas Science Meeting
17 December 1998 --
USGS and Partners to Evaluate Impact of Habitat Restoration on Migratory Waterfowl in the Central Valley of California
15 October 1998 --
USGS finds sea otters at risk from killer whales in a changing ocean
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