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Science We're Developing The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Science Applications Program is helping to develop the science the conservation community needs to address the complexities of modern-day landscape ecology and the uncertainty of changing climate conditions. We do so in several ways. We develop science projects through three Southwest Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (Desert, Great Plains, and Gulf Coast Prairie), often in partnership with Climate Science Centers. We also decide on research projects that the U.S. Geological Survey conducts on our behalf. When possible, we also fund research that other U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service programs wish to pursue in support of their specific conservation efforts.
Work in progress! We’re in the process of building a one-stop-shop-resource of all the science the Science Applications program is developing. Some projects are featured here now, but please check back regularly, as we are continually adding more information. 2014  Photo credit: USFWS Integrating data for protecting Gulf of Mexico barrier islands Gulf Coast Prairie LCC 2013 
Photo Credit: TPWD Evaluating sea level rise modeling for the Gulf of Mexico Coast Gulf Coast Prairie LCC 2012  Photo Credit: TPWD Managing changes to hydrologic flow in the south-central United States Gulf Coast Prairie LCC  Photo Credit: Rich Kostecke/TNC Restoring Rio Grande Valley migration corridors Gulf Coast Prairie LCC  Photo Credit: LDFW/Ruth Elsey Conserving the mottled duck in Louisiana and Texas Gulf Coast Prairie LCC  Photo Credit: LDFW/Ruth Elsey Improving conservation planning in the south-central United States Gulf Coast Prairie LCC  Photo Credit: Julie Groce/Texas A&M Protecting the ecology of Texas’ Edwards Plateau Gulf Coast Prairie LCC  Photo Credit: TPWD Assessing habitat fragmentation in Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas Gulf Coast Prairie LCC  Photo Credit: Ducks Unlimited Delineating marsh habitats along the north-central Gulf of Mexico Coast Gulf Coast Prairie LCC  Photo Credit: TPWD Studying terrestrial connectivity in the South-Central United States Gulf Coast Prairie LCC  Photo Credit: Ducks Unlimited Developing data on submersed aquatic vegetation in the Gulf of Mexico Gulf Coast Prairie LCC 2011 2010  Photo Credit: National Park Service Studying climate change within Rio Grande cutthroat trout habitat 2009 |
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July 22, 2015
