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Showing 1 to 20 of 63 for “"Fish and Wildlife Service"”.
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Applications of Biological Integrity within the National Wildlife Refuge System Region 5
The passage of the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 (NWRSIA) and subsequent implementation of 601 FW 3: Biological Integrity, Diversity and Environmental Health Policy (hereafter, the “Integrity Policy”) represented a groundbreaking paradigm shift for refuge management. …
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Approaches to management effectiveness in state fish and wildlife agencies
Agency directors, program administrators and planners as well as U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service regional federal aid supervisors provided input that defined 22 factors considered most important in determining management effectiveness of state fish and wildlife agencies. I grouped the factors into …
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Evaluation of the Genetic Management of the Endangered Mississippi Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis pulla)
… status of the critically endangered Mississippi sandhill crane (Grus canadensis pulla) was analyzed using 2009 studbook data from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service managed captive breeding and release program. Microsatellite DNA data provided information on shared founder genotypes, allowing for …
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Ranches with Wolves: How straight talk is the salvation of open range in the Northern Rockies
Since U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reintroduced gray wolves into Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho in 1995 and 1996, conflicts between wolves and livestock have increased as the wolf population has grown and expanded. Ranchers in wolf country face a changing ecology that now includes …
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Ranches with Wolves: How straight talk is the salvation of open range in the Northern Rockies
Since U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reintroduced gray wolves into Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho in 1995 and 1996, conflicts between wolves and livestock have increased as the wolf population has grown and expanded. Ranchers in wolf country face a changing ecology that now includes …
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Developing Successful Wilderness Stewardship Partnerships
Partnerships between federal land management agencies and non-profit organizations have existed in various forms for decades, benefiting public lands in myriad ways. However, the consistent decline in agency budgets and available staffing dedicated to Wilderness stewardship have created a need for …
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Developing Successful Wilderness Stewardship Partnerships
Partnerships between federal land management agencies and non-profit organizations have existed in various forms for decades, benefiting public lands in myriad ways. However, the consistent decline in agency budgets and available staffing dedicated to Wilderness stewardship have created a need for …
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Ecological studies on the American kestrel (Falco sparverius) in east-central Indiana
… (Falco sparverius) population of both Harrison and Washington Townships, Delaware County, east-central Indiana, showed a decline from December, 1985 to March, 1986, stabilization, and then a rise in June and July, 1986. Surveys reflect a larger kestrel population in Harrison than in Washington …
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Development and evaluation of a stream temperature component within the PRMS watershed modeling program
… a very important factor in water quality and the health of many aquatic ecosystems. Computer modeling software can help predict the response of watershed and stream systems to changes in climate or other conditions. This thesis project concerns the development of a new module for the …
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Winging it : a bold step toward the whooping crane's return
… over a once-lost course stretching from the wetlands of central Wisconsin to the mud flats of Florida's Gulf Coast. Wildlife biologists did this through an unusual method of reintroduction: training the endangered birds to follow behind ultralight airplanes for the entire 1,200-mile journey. The …
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DELAYED EFFECTS OF SUB-LETHAL LAMPRICIDE, 3-TRIFLUOROMETHYL-4-NITROPHENOL (TFM), EXPOSURE ON THE METABOLIC PHYSIOLOGY OF JUVENILE LAKE STURGEON (<em>ACIPENSER FULVESCENS</em>)
… its effects on growth, stress response, and metabolism. Age-0 lake sturgeon were exposed to TFM concentrations at levels 0.0x, 0.5x, and 1.0x the minimum lethal concentration (mlc) of TFM required to kill 99.9% of sea lamprey larvae during a routine stream treatment. The mlc was estimated …
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Vegetation Response After Invasive Tamarix Spp. Removal in the Riparian Zone and Semi-Arid Rangeland Ecosystems
… of vegetation after removal is often neglected and thus opportunity for adaptive management lost. To address this need, I have conducted three and half years of monitoring vegetation response after invasive <em>Tamarix</em> removal in twenty-five sites on the East and Western Colorado, starting …
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Plague on the Prairie : the fight to save black-footed ferrets from the West's most insidious disease
… their options running out, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service made the drastic choice of pulling every single surviving ferret into captivity. Thanks to decades of captive breeding and release efforts involving hundreds of people, there are now a few hundred black-footed ferrets back …
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Effects of Military Training Activity on Red-cockaded Woodpecker Demography and Behavior---AND---New Territory Formation in the Cooperatively Breeding Red-cockaded Woodpecker
… to achieve recovery goals outlined by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. My thesis is composed of two chapters that represent opposite sides of this issue. The first chapter investigates whether military training activity negatively affects red-cockaded woodpeckers. Military installations in …
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A Case Study of Polar Bear Co-Management in Alaska
… Protection Act (MMPA) guides an institutional and structure and process for conservation and acknowledges Alaskan Natives’ subsistence on marine mammals. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and Alaska Nanuuq Commission (ANC) co-management of polar bears is important for the …
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Developing Techniques to Quantify Phenological Development of Smooth Brome (Bromus inermis Leyss.): Sampling Variability
… such as smooth brome (Bromus inermis Leyss.) and Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) is a critical issue for land managers in the Northern Great Plains. Recent surveys of US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) grasslands revealed fragments of native prairie and widespread invasion of two …
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Assessing Habitat Quality for the Endangered Red-cockaded Woodpcker
… was to assess how well the revised U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Foraging Habitat Guidelines depict good quality habitat for the red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) at Camp Lejeune, NC. To accomplish this, I used multiple linear and logistic regression to examine the …
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Cooperative fishery and wildlife research units program outputs
The Cooperative Fishery and Wildlife Research Units program is a federal-state-private cooperative program of training, research, and technical assistance. Formally authorized by Congress in 1960, the program actually began 26 years earlier with establishment of wildlife units at land grant …
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Utilizing Ecological Connectivity in California Desert Wilderness Preservation
<p>The Wilderness Act of 1964 gave the federal land management agencies—the National Park Service, United States Forest Service, U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Land Management—the authority to identify, propose, and manage lands as wilderness. Wilderness, once approved by Congress for …
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