Program RelevanceThe Nation’s living resources and the habitats on which they depend are undergoing constant change. Climate change, invasive species, and a plethora of human activities are causing natural resource management and conservation efforts to become increasingly challenging and complex. To help meet this challenge, USGS’s Status and Trends of Biological Resources Program supports and provides the collection and analysis of biological data for use by natural resource managers, scientists, and the general public.To protect and conserve the living resources entrusted to their care, land and resource managers must first understand the condition, or status, of those resources: • inventory (what they are), • distribution (where they are located), • abundance (how many there are), • productivity (their capacity to produce), • health (their well-being, resilience) and then understand the trends being exhibited by those resources • variables change over time and space. Visit our Program Overview Learn more about the USGS Status & Trends Program; including our goals. page to learn more. |
News & Events
2/9/2009 - 2/12/2009
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2009 Weed Science Society of America and Southern Weed Science Society Joint Meeting
10/12/2008 - 10/15/2008
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62nd Annual SEAFWA Conference
5/11/2009 - 5/15/2009
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World Ocean Conference 2009
Did You Know...?
Bat Research in California
Feature
Louisiana Coastal Land Loss was approximately 1,900 square miles, primarily coastal marshes, during the 20th century. Louisiana could lose another 700 square miles over the next 50 years if no new restoration takes place. By 2050, one third of coastal Louisiana will have vanished into the Gulf of Mexico.
Projects
We monitor our nation's living resources to understand changes in animal and plant habitats. Visit our Methods and Techniques page for more information.
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Publications
One of the goals of Status and Trends of Biological Resources is to provide Web-accessible reports and publications to advance greater understanding, interpretation, and use of status and trends information.
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