Current Research Activities

Total Active Projects: 124

Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (ARMI)

Analysis of Compatibility between USDA and Landowner Goals Using Socioeconomic and Biological Data

Analysis of White-tailed Kite Population Bottleneck Using Museum Specimens

Assessing Family Relationships in Broad-tailed Hummingbird

Bat Population Database

Bat Species of Concern: An Ecological Synthesis for Resource Managers

Bird Migration Patterns in the Arid Southwest Using Doppler Radar

Bison Grazing Ecology at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado

Boreal Toad and Wood Frog Demographics

Causes and Consequences of Bat Fatalities at Wind Turbines

Climate Change as a Challenge to Bird Conservation in Arid and Semi-arid Regions of North America

Colorado River Basin Riparian Ecology

Comparative Vegetation Mapping for Lassen Volcanic National Park

Computer Support/Operations

Conservation Studies of Long-Nosed Bats in New Mexico

Consolidation and Integration of the USGS and University of New Mexico Vertebrate Collections

Control and Containment of the Brown Treesnake and Other Invasive Reptiles

Decision Support Systems for Choosing Appropriate Economic Analyses for Federal Land Management Planning

Degradation Rates of DNA Extracted from Fecal Samples for Use with Molecular Markers

Developing a Non-Invasive Technique for Bighorn Sheep Population Estimation Using Fecal DNA, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

Developing a Regional Approach for Integrated Monitoring Related to Energy Exploration and Development

Developing Ecological Forecasting Models

Development of Riparian Monitoring Protocols

Diatoms: Taxonomic and Ecological Tools for Assessment

Documenting and Mapping Invasive Species for Early Detection/Rapid Assessment

DOI on the Landscape, Sagebrush Ecosystems: Landscape-Scale Modeling to Address Management Priorities for Sagebrush Habitats and Sagebrush-Obligate Wildlife Species

Ecological Effects of Fire and Fire Management

Ecological Effects of Nitrogen and Sulfur Deposition

Ecological Impacts of Roads and Road Use on Wildlife Populations

Ecological Investigations of White-Nose Syndrome in Bats

Ecology of Plague

Economic Analysis of Natural Resource Management Issues

Effects of Climate Change on White-tailed Ptarmigan

Elk and Bison Grazing Ecology in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve

Engineered River Channel Evaluation

Engineered Wetland Evaluation

Erosional Consequence of Tamarisk Removal

Estimating Effects of Limiting Habitat Relationships with Regression Quantiles

Evaluating Species Models for the Ecoregional Analysis of Sagebrush Ecosystems within the Wyoming Basins

Evaluation of Black Bear Population Structure in Colorado

Evaluation of the Effects of Energy Development on Mountain Plovers in Wyoming

Forecasting the Effects of Agricultural Practices on Prairie Wetlands: Implications for the Conservation of Migratory Shorebirds

FORT Communications and Outreach

FORT Library and Information Services

FORT Metadata Services

FORT Web Services

FORT/USGS Web Applications

Functional Characteristics of Streams

Gender Identification of White-winged Doves

GIS and Remote Sensing

Global Change: Riparian Exotic Species

Human Dimensions of Climate Change

Image Analysis for Weed Identification and Mapping

Implementation of a Monitoring Plan for Vegetation Responses to New Elk Management in Rocky Mountain National Park

Institutional Response Index System (IRIS)

Integrating Variable Location, Geospatial Scale, and Economic Impacts into Decision Support Systems for Managing Natural Resources

Interactions between Native and Non-native Aquatic Species in the Southwestern United States

Invasive Species of Riparian Ecosystems: Ecology, Restoration Implications, Effects of Climate Change, and Interactions with Streamflow and Fluvial Processes

Limnology and Stream Ecology

Long-term Ecological Monitoring and Research at Bandelier National Monument

Long-term Ecosystem Biogeochemistry

Managed Streamflow and the Ecology of the Bill Williams River

Measuring the Effects of West Nile Virus on Wild American Kestrel Populations in Colorado

Metapopulation Dynamics of the Lesser Prairie-Chicken in Southwestern Kansas

Missouri River Cottonwood Demography

Modeling the Importance of Native vs. Invasive Vegetation Dominance for Neotropical Migratory Bird Use of Western Riparian Habitats

Multi-Disciplinary Coastal Habitats in Puget Sound: Major River Deltas: Skagit

Museum Curation

myUSGS Development

Native Fish Sanctuary Evaluation

Natural Resource Preservation Program: Gunnison Sage-Grouse Chick Survival and Landscape Population Modeling

Natural Resource Preservation Program: Gunnison Sage-Grouse Habitat Selection: Developing a Landscape-Level Habitat Map Predicting Sagebrush, Herbaceous, and Bare Ground Cover

Natural Resource Preservation Program: Impacts of Mountain Pine Beetle Infestation on Forested Ecosystem and Social Values in the Front Range, Colorado

Natural Resource Preservation Program: Population Survey Methods and Spatial and Temporal Use of Park Winter Range by Elk for Adaptive Management to Enhance Wildlife Viewing

Natural Resources Model and Tool Development

NatWeb Support

NBII Metadata Services

Negotiation Training

NPS Water Resources Division Map Production

Pacific Sheath-tailed Bat Assessments on Aguiguan and Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Partners in Flight Coordinator for USGS

Population Genetics of Wood Frogs in Rocky Mountain National Park

Population Structure and Dynamics of the Midget Faded Rattlesnake

Predicting and Managing Climate Change Impacts on Semi-Arid Land Wetlands, Migratory Birds, and Their Prey: An Integration of Remote Sensing, Molecular Genetics, Hydrology, and Environmental Modeling

Program Assessment for Agencies of the Department of the Interior

Quantitative and Statistical Research Collaboration

Research on Introduced Florida Snakes

Riparian Ecosystems of Central Asia

Riparian Vegetation and Floodplain Sediment Responses to Dam Removal

River Basin Management

Rocky Mountain Center for Conservation Genetics and Systematics

Sagebrush Ecosystems Coordinated Research: Determining the Effects of Energy Development on Sagebrush Ecosystems, with a Focus on Oil and Gas

Sagebrush Ecosystems Coordinated Research: Range-wide Assessment of Livestock Grazing Across the Sagebrush Biome

Sagebrush Ecosystems: Landscape-Scale Modeling to Address Management Priorities for Sagebrush Habitats and Sagebrush-Obligate Wildlife Species

SALMOD: Salmonid Young-of-Year Production Model for the Klamath, Trinity, and Sacramento Rivers

Sampling Variability and Its Effects on Biological Indicators

San Clemente Island Fox

Socioeconomic Considerations for Public Lands Management and Planning

Socioeconomics, including Perception, Values, and Knowledge of Landscape-Scale Change

Status and Breeding Ecology of the Arizona Grasshopper Sparrow

Stratton Sagebrush Ecological Research Site: An Experimental Approach to Assess Various Grazing Treatments on Vegetation and Wildlife Communities across Managed Burns and Habitat Controls

Streamflow-Vegetation Relations to Evaluate Flow Regimes

Support Bureau of Reclamation Activities Related to HR2720, Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Demonstration Act

Test Riparian Revegetation Methods along the Virgin River, Zion National Park

Testing and Evaluating a USGS Forecasting System for Invasive Species

The Societal Benefits of Multi-Spectral, Moderate-Resolution Land Imagery: A National Survey of Users and Uses

Training and Technical Assistance for Public Lands Management and Planning

U.S. Geological Survey-NEON Science Liaison

Update and Test the LIAM Software

Use of Science in Decision Making and Conflict Resolution

USGS Information Technology Security

USGS/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Joint Development Project

Using DNA as an Individual Marker for Mark-Recapture Analysis of Gunnison Sage-Grouse

Using Genetics Tools to Obtain Information about the Biology of Summer Roosting Bats

Using Tracer Techniques to Characterize Streamflow Gains and Losses

Vaccination and Flea Control to Assess Invasion of Plague into the Conata Basin, South Dakota

Water Management Studies

Western Mountain Initiative — Colorado

Western Mountain Initiative — New Mexico

Wild Horse and Burro Research

Wintering Habitat Use by Priority Grassland Birds

Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative: Baseline Synthesis

Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative: Decision-Making and Evaluation

Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative: Targeted Research and Monitoring