Tag: USGS

Researchers have put together an immersive story map where readers can learn more about the migration of Rocky Mountain mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), particularly the journey of Deer 255, a...

In the Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations package Congress passed in late December, minor funding increases were provided to wildlife programs. The spending package sets funding levels for all federal discretionary...

When the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies convened on April 18 to discuss the Interior’s proposed fiscal year 2023 budget, legislators questioned Interior Secretary Deb...

The U.S. Department of the Interior outlined a strategic plan for the U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Land Management to take on...

The Biden Administration is requesting from Congress an overall 7% increase to the federal discretionary budget for Fiscal Year 2023, with targeted requests for the U.S. Department of the Interior’s...

The U.S. House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources convened on Feb. 17 to discuss the Climate Adaptation Science Centers Act, with legislators airing concerns about how increased funding for...

Dozens of rickety, old office cubicle-sized pens line up next to each in the U.S. Geological Survey’s Eastern Ecological Science Center at the Patuxent Research Refuge in Maryland. The ones...

With recent wildfire seasons being particularly damaging, the U.S. Geological Survey has developed a new five-year science strategy designed to help minimize fire’s detrimental impacts while allowing for its benefits....

The administration’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget (update June 2021 – see link to archived document here)proposal, released Feb. 10, includes steep cuts for many important wildlife management and conservation programs including...

Federally threatened garter snakes in California are using flooded rice paddies as refuges, but irregular management practices may limit the help these agricultural landscapes can provide the reptiles. “They probably...