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PBS Series 'Shared Planet' Features Riverscapes Restored by USU and Beavers, Nature's Engineers
An episode of PBS's "Shared Planet" follows an effort to revitalize a ranch by relocating beavers.
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Go With the Flow: USU Researcher Examining Water Flow to Support Ecosystems in Great Salt Lake Basin
Meeting water needs requires accounting for all the water users in the basin — including nature itself.
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Janet Quinney Lawson Institute for Land, Water & Air Hosts Colorado River Collaborative Training
ILWA recently hosted a two-day field tour and training event for journalists participating in the Colorado River…
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USU's Beaver Ecology and Relocation Collaborative Works to Save Beavers From Lethal Trapping
Relocation is a better word than termination, and local beavers can certainly thank Beaver Ecology and Relocation…
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Joint Study Details Surface Water Movement, Measurement Need Across Great Salt Lake Ecosystem
Researchers at USU just completed a joint study with the Utah Division of Water Rights to better understand surface…
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UCC Receives National Park Foundation Grant for Bryce Canyon Conservation Projects
UCC has been awarded $106,000 by the National Park Foundation to complete wildfire mitigation and habitat restoration…
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Research: Removing Outdated Dams Benefits Communities Adapting to Increasingly Extreme Weather
New research highlights how removing outdated or unsafe dams and barriers can make communities safer and stronger in…
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Interaction Rewiring: USU Biologists Explore Ecological Effects of Loss of Big Birds
Binod Borah and Noelle Beckman analyze interactions within Andean bird-plant seed dispersal networks to explore "what…
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Tortoise and Hare: Research Offers Framework for Fast and Slow Responses to Climate Change
New research led by USU ecologists offers a new framework to anticipate impacts of climate change on ecosystems, with…
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No Clear Winners: New Research Shows How Arctic Plants Are Responding to Warmer World
A massive new study published in Nature shows that while warming is certainly reshaping vegetation across the polar…
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A Story of Adaptation: Managing the Colorado River in an Uncertain Future
Working on a project funded by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, UWRL graduate student Homa Salehabadi has developed a…
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Heat of the Moment: Deciphering Biological Soil Crusts to Protect Dryland Ecosystems
Ongoing research from Brooke Osborne is helping land managers to better understand how biocrust cover, community…