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https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/lydia-n-bailey
Federal agencies manage wildland fire in many ways, including broad-scale fire management planning and site-specific fire and fuels management actions
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https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/michelle-i-jeffries
To assist in the decision-making process, we created a tool that predicts site-specific soil moisture and climate for the upcoming year, and provides guidance on whether common restoration activities (i
https://www.usgs.gov/programs/environmental-health-program/science/mercury-isotope-ratios-used-determine-sources-mercury
Isotopic signatures in bottom sediments corresponded to land use but the compositions were different than those in fish collected at the same site indicating that factors controlling mercury accumulation in fish and sediment differ
https://www.usgs.gov/science/science-explorer/climate/paleoclimate
How does ancient climate change compare to today
https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/david-s-pilliod
Our team conducts research into ways to increase efficiency and effectiveness of restoration actions aimed at site stability, ecosystem recovery, and wildlife habitat
https://www.usgs.gov/programs/species-management-research-program/science/usgs-energy-and-wildlife-research-update-sept
Scientists have also developed decision-support tools, vulnerability indices, and risk assessment frameworks to inform site selection, operational strategies, and mitigation approaches
https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/contamination-groundwater
Or, a well might have been placed in land that was once used for something like a garbage or chemical dump site
https://www.usgs.gov/mission-areas/water-resources/science/usgs-flood-information
The white pipe on the left houses the data loggers for the streamgage at this site
https://www.usgs.gov/news/featured-story/comprehensive-study-finds-widespread-mercury-contamination-across-western-north
Therefore, the movement of inorganic mercury from the atmosphere or land to the water does not always result in equivalent levels of methylmercury in fish and wildlife unless the environmental condition is favorable for methylmercury production
https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/rain-and-precipitation
In the United States, an average of some 70 percent of the annual precipitation returns to the atmosphere by evaporation from land and water surfaces and by transpiration from vegetation
https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/freshwater-lakes-and-rivers-water-cycle
Credit: NASA
Water on the land surface really does sustain life, and this is as true today as it was millions of years ago
https://www.usgs.gov/programs/climate-adaptation-science-centers/science/deep-dive-managing-future-colorado-river-basin
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Supporting freshwater species recovery efforts
Since 2009, CASC research has explored how climate and land use shifts could impact aquatic habitats and fish communities in the Lower Colorado River Basin, home to some of the most threatened freshwater species in the country
https://www.usgs.gov/water-science-school/science/ice-snow-and-glaciers-and-water-cycle
Short-term storage might be days or weeks for water in a lake, but it could be thousands of years for deep groundwater storage or even longer for water at the bottom of an ice cap, such as in Greenland
https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/groundwater-wells
Water may be plentiful just 10 feet below the land surface, or a deep well might have to be drilled many hundreds of feet to get at scarcer water filling the cracks between dense rock particles
https://www.usgs.gov/mission-areas/water-resources/science/surface-water-quality-and-ecology
Geological Survey, and could be a missing piece to the toxicity puzzle for aquatic life in headwater streams
https://www.usgs.gov/water-science-school/science/contamination-us-private-wells
Nitrate is a little different in that it does have natural sources
https://www.usgs.gov/science/science-explorer/climate/greenhouse-gases-and-carbon-storage
As the amount of these gases change, so does the atmosphere’s effectiveness at trapping heat
https://www.usgs.gov/centers/southwest-biological-science-center/science/sbsc-science-supports-invasive-species
The US Geological Survey's Southwest Biological Science Center conducts research that provides our federal and state partners, cooperators and land managers with the tools, data and strategies to enhance biosecurity management
https://www.usgs.gov/science/science-explorer/climate/impacts-on-plants-and-animals
How does climate change affect plants and animals
https://www.usgs.gov/science/science-explorer/climate/coasts-storms-and-sea-level-rise
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As the climate evolves over the next century, the interaction of accelerating sea level rise (SLR) and storms, combined with confining development and infrastructure, will place greater stresses on physical, ecological, and human systems along the ocean-land margin
https://www.usgs.gov/publications/using-macroinvertebrates-identify-biota-land-cover-optima-multiple-scales-pacific
Using macroinvertebrates to identify biota-land cover optima at multiple scales in the Pacific Northwest, USA | U
https://www.usgs.gov/programs/environmental-health-program/science/land-application-waste-us-farmland-understanding
On the national scale, little is known about the magnitude of potential contaminant exposures resulting from the array of inorganic and organic chemicals present in biosolids, livestock, and drilling wastes that could be released during land application and disposal
https://www.usgs.gov/programs/national-land-imaging-program
The USGS National Land Imaging (NLI) Program makes it possible to record, study, and understand how the surface of the Earth is changing at local, regional, national and global scales
https://www.usgs.gov/programs/climate-adaptation-science-centers/science/enhancing-rangeland-recovery-forecasting-seed
Land managers could avoid this fate if they could focus their restoration resources in places and times where conditions will support plant establishment
https://www.usgs.gov/centers/columbia-environmental-research-center/science/a-national-assessment-pesticide-pfas
The upper map illustrates the variation of land characteristics where deer were harvested
https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/emma-i-dietrich
May 20, 2025
Habitat models can help inform land management, but are not always used where they could be most helpful
https://www.usgs.gov/centers/fort-collins-science-center/science/developing-a-toolkit-coproducing-actionable-science
Developing a toolkit for coproducing actionable science to support public land management | U
https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/urbanization-and-water-quality
In the table below, the left side shows changes in land and water use when urbanization occurs, and the right side shows the possible effect on the local water system
https://www.usgs.gov/programs/climate-adaptation-science-centers/science/deep-dive-casc-science-action
The tool enables land managers to meet multiple goals at once by focusing conservation efforts where they will be most effective while expanding land access for hunting, fishing, hiking, and bird watching