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- 25 April 2003 -- Conservation Genetics at the San Diego Field Station
- Investigators at the San Diego Field Station are currently using genetic techniques to investigate
the population structure of several species of conservation concern and to investigate links between Southern
California geography and patterns of genetic diversity across different species groups.
- 21 March 2003 -- Bat Research in California
- New web site describing bat inventories being done in the San Franciso Bay area and in southern California.
The site includes bat photos and audio files of bat vocalizations.
- 13 March 2003 -- The following web pages have new URLs. Please update your bookmarks.
- 03 March 2003 -- Added new web page for Employment Opportunities.
- 10 February 2003 -- Updated the field station map on the Where We Are web page.
- 16 December 2002 -- New WERC Outreach web page.
- This new page is a single point of access to all of our Outreach issues and activities like
news releases, highlights, publication briefs, fact sheets and more.
- 30 September 2002 -- Recent lectures by WERC scientists are now available on our Home Page.
- Healing The Redwood Creek Watershed, Mary Ann Madej;
Foraging Ecology and Contaminant Risks of Diving Ducks
in the San Francisco Bay Estuary, John Takekawa;
and Why Biodiversity Matters, Robert N. Fisher.
- 25 September 2002 -- Ask An Expert
- Send us your science-related questions.
- 16 September 2002 -- Search WERC's website on the new search page.
- 16 September 2002 -- We're working on Boolean searching on the Products web page.
- 10 September 2002 -- Secret Lives of Wildlife Exposed
- WERC scientists are using video cameras triggered by infrared sensors to obtain data on the behavior of
mountain beaver, spotted skunks, long-tailed weasels, bobcats, and mountain lions as part of a long-term inventory and monitoring project. See some of the videos on this new web page.
- 21 March 2002 -- Publication Briefs for Resource Managers
- Non-technical summaries of research findings published in recent scientific articles by WERC research scientists.
- 29 June 2001 -- Using Parasites to Monitor Ecosystem Health
- A new web page on WERC research that uses parasites to monitor the health of salt marshes.
- 02 February 2001 -- National
Invasive Weeds Awareness Week, February 26 - March 2, 2001
- During ‘weeds week,’ representatives from federal, state, and local government will meet with members of congress and representatives of many private organizations to discuss how best to deal with this critical environmental concern. Learn about current studies on invasive plant species at WERC's Invasive Species website.
- 07 November 2000 -- A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Coastal Southern California
- New web site with plenty of color photographs based on the 1997 field guide by WERC scientist R.N. Fisher and T.J. Case.
- 26 October 2000 -- Fire Ecology Research
- New Website Features USGS Fire Research in the Pacific Southwest.
Scientists at the Western Ecological Research Center are conducting detailed
studies of fire history and fire ecology in the Sierra Nevada forests,
the California shrublands, and the Mojave and Sonoran deserts.
- 24 October 2000 -- Distribution,
Abundance and Ecology of Introduced Plants in the Sierra Nevada National
Parks: Baseline Data for Management (New web page on our Invasive Species web site).
- 14 September 2000 -- Website name change
- We are changing the name of our website on "Marine and Estuarine Ecosystems" to
"Coastal Ecosystems" to reflect the incorporation of related studies in terrestrial
ecosystems. The new URL is http://www.werc.usgs.gov/coastal/.
This website provides information about WERC research on nearshore communities and
coastal environments, which is providing important insight into how coastal ecosystems
function.
- 25 August 2000 -- New search capability added to
WERC
Products Database
- Search by string of text in title.
- 16 August 2000 -- Marine and Estuarine Ecosystems
- New web pages highlighting research being done by WERC scientists.
- 24 July 2000 -- Habitat Conservation Planning Support
- A new website that highlights the important contributions
WERC scientists are making to the scientific foundations upon which
HCPs are developed and evaluated.
- 14 June 2000 -- Currently we are updating our What We Do pages.
- 26 May 2000 -- Sierra Nevada Global Change Research Program
- A new web site that presents recent findings and new directions for the Sierra
Nevada Global Change Research Program. This project focuses on potential impacts
of climatic change on biological communities in California's mountain ecosystems,
and explores the relationships among climate, disturbance, and forest response.
- 16 May 2000 -- Creative Cooperation in Resource Management
- Third Conference on Research & Resource Management in the Southwestern Deserts, 16-18 May 2000, Tucson, Arizona.
- 29 Feb 2000 -- Planning for Biodiversity: Bringing Research And Management Together
- A symposium for the California southcoast ecoregion, February 29 - March 2, 2000
- 24 Jan 2000 -- Discovery for Recovery: An international pintail recovery initiative
- A team of waterfowl biologists with the U.S.G.S. Western Ecological
Research Center, Ducks Unlimited's Institute for Wetland and Waterfowl Research, and
California Waterfowl Association, using a private grant from the Tuscany Research Institute,
is using satellite telemetry to track 50 female pintail ducks during spring migration.
Visit the website often to find out where the ducks have gone and other related information.
- 07 Oct 1999 -- Powdermill IV
- Powdermill IV was held in Laughlin, Nevada from Aug 13-16, 1999. Over 60 of the finest freshwater turtle researchers on the planet were invited to participate in
this important forum and last major turtle conference of the millenium.
- 02 Aug 1999 -- Status and Trends of the Nation's Biological Resources
- A recent two-volume book from the U.S. Geological Survey, provides "the first large-scale assessment of the health of the nation's plants, animals, and ecosystems and is intended for use by managers, scientists, policy makers, and the general public."
- 25 Feb 1999 -- Mojave Desert Science Symposium
- A forum that brings together researchers and managers to examine the status of scientific knowledge about the
Mojave Desert, hosted by the U.S. Geological Survey at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Feb. 25-27.
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