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## The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area 

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## Ecosystems Science at USGS

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## USGS Landscape Science Strategy

### Science informing decision making on public lands and across all of our Nation’s landscapes.

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### USGS science helps understand the causes, consequences, and benefits of wildfire and helps prevent and manage larger, catastrophic events. 

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# Ecosystems Mission Area

The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area provides science to help America achieve sustainable management and conservation of biological resources in wild and urban spaces, and places in between.

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### Newsletter - EcoNews

This quarterly newsletter highlights ecosystems science and activities coming out of our Science Centers and Cooperative Research Units across the Nation. 

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A public webinar series meant to offer our audience an opportunity to discover the Ecosystems science capacity within the USGS.

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Find out where Ecosystems Science Centers, Field Stations, Climate Adaptation Science Centers, and Cooperative Research Units are located.

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## News

In monarch butterfly decline mystery, scientists rule out habitat loss in migration zone

April 4, 2024

####   In monarch butterfly decline mystery, scientists rule out habitat loss in migration zone

Illegal Oil and Gas Wastewater Dumps Disrupt Foundations of Fragile Desert Ecosystems

April 3, 2024

####   Illegal Oil and Gas Wastewater Dumps Disrupt Foundations of Fragile Desert Ecosystems

Pathology Case of the Month - Raccoon

April 2, 2024

####   Pathology Case of the Month - Raccoon

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## Publications

April 8, 2024

####                 Rainfall reduces the potential for competitive suppression of a globally endangered ungulate by livestock              

Ecosystems Mission Area, Fort Collins Science Center

April 5, 2024

####                 Using structured decision making to assess management alternatives to inform the 2024 update of the Minnesota Invasive Carp Action Plan              

Ecosystems Mission Area, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

April 4, 2024

####                 Existing evidence on the effects of climate variability and climate change on ungulates in North America: A systematic map              

Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Adaptation Science Centers

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April 10, 2024

####                 USGS Alaska Science Center Wildlife Tracking Data Collection              

Ecosystems Mission Area, Cooperative Research Units, Species Management Research Program, Alaska Science Center

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April 10, 2024

####   USGS Alaska Science Center Wildlife Tracking Data Collection

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April 9, 2024

####                 Structured Science Syntheses for Public Lands Management              

Ecosystems Mission Area, Land Management Research Program, Fort Collins Science Center

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April 9, 2024

####   Structured Science Syntheses for Public Lands Management

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April 9, 2024

####                 Avian Influenza Research              

Ecosystems Mission Area, Biological Threats and Invasive Species Research Program, Species Management Research Program, Alaska Science Center

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April 9, 2024

####   Avian Influenza Research

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