Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC, Laurel) | Format: URL
www.pwrc.usgs.gov — Bird banding is a technique for studying the movements, survival, and behavior of birds. Wild birds are captured and a band containing a number and other information is place on the leg. This website for users who are looking for information about bird bands, along with a brief history of bird banding, information on who bands birds and why, More...
Publisher: Other (Bird Studies Canada) | Format: URL
www.bsc-eoc.org — The North American Bird Monitoring Projects Database site is dedicated to bird monitoring in North America. It provides easy access to descriptions of all major bird monitoring projects in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The information will be used in designing new continental projects to insure that existing efforts are used to the More...
Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC, Laurel) | Format: URL
www.pwrc.usgs.gov — Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) is a project monitored by the USGS and the Canadian Wildlife Service on the status and trends of North American bird populations. The data can be used to estimate population trends and relative abundances at various scales. The BBS is a cooperative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey's Patuxent Wildlife Research More...
Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (UMESC, LaCrosse) | Format: URL
www.umesc.usgs.gov — Presently, the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program (LTRMP) conducts annual monitoring of vegetation using a stratified random sampling method (Yin et al. 2000) in five study reaches of the Upper Mississippi River System: Navigation Pools 4, 8, 13, and 26 on the Mississippi River; and La Grange Pool on the Illinois River. The LTRMP will continue More...
Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Alaska Science Center (ASC, Anchorage) | Format: .PDF
www.absc.usgs.gov — Guidelines for long-term monitoring protocols contains detailed study plans that explain how data are to be collected, managed, analyzed, and reported, and are a key component of quality assurance for natural resource monitoring programs.
June 2003 | Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Western Ecological Research Center (WERC, Sacramento) | Format: URL
www.werc.usgs.gov — Instructions for ordering equipment and culture media; summary of how to draw blood and conduct nasal lavages; and information on how to contract for laboratory analysis and ship laboratory samples.
September 10 2000 | Publisher: Other (Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center) | Format: .PDF
www.gcmrc.gov — Lees Ferry was stocked with Rainbow Trout in the early 1960`s. Since then, it has been a nationally acclaimed and world renowned blue ribbon fishery. With its value as a recreational play land for fishermen and safe haven for wildlife, the function and impact of the Glen Canyon Dam has become increasingly important for study and monitoring.
Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC, Laurel) | Format: URL
www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov — Procedures for collection, analysis, and display of data collected at several geographic scales for migratory bird research at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center is designed to provide regional estimates of relative abundance for mapping and other uses. This website links to a specific protocol for conducting bird counts, as well as color maps More...
Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC, Corvallis) | Format: URL
fresc.usgs.gov — Description of a project to survey and monitor the western pond turtle, a species in Oregon's critical list. Includes statement of problem, objectives, methodology, related publications, and contact information.
Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC, Corvallis) | Format: URL
fresc.usgs.gov — Fire rehabilitation programs have existed within federal agencies since the early 1960s. The data that exists are stored in field office files and are often not available for other managers to use when planning new emergency stabilization and rehabilitation treatments. The objectives of this project are to facilitate analysis of emergency More...
Publisher: Other Federal Agency (National Park Service) | Format: URL
science.nature.nps.gov — The National Park Service (NPS) recognizes the importance of collecting data in a scientifically credible manner and developed guidance for designing a sampling framework for monitoring natural resources in parks. The intent of park vital signs monitoring is to track a subset of physical, chemical, and biological elements and processes of park More...
Publisher: NBII | Format: URL
www.nbii.gov — 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...