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Institute for Land, Water & Air Hosting Event to Kick Off Bear Lake Research Program
A kickoff event for the Bear Lake Needs Assessment will be on Thursday, Oct. 26.
ECOSYSTEMS
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Logan River UAV Flight Captures High-Res Imagery of Flooding
The raging Logan River this spring was both a novelty and a potential hazard, but it was also an opportunity.
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Dams at Fault for Fish Disappearing from Mekong River, Research Shows
New research reveals an alarming decline in the number of fish species in the critical Mekong River system.
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Sizzlin' Spring Break: USU Fire Club Volunteers on Ozark Prescribed Fire Project
For spring break, a few students from the Quinney College of Natural Resources traveled halfway across the country to…
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Uncharted Waters: Mapping Real Complexity on the Kenai River Fishery
USU's Institute of Outdoor Recreation & Tourism is working to untangle the complex challenges facing Alaska's…
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Great Salt Lake on Path to Hyper-Salinity, Mirroring Iranian Lake, New Research Shows
The Great Salt Lake is getting salty beyond even the tolerance of brine shrimp and brine flies, according to USU…
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USU Center Relocates Beaver as Land Managers See Benefits of Rodents' Residence
USU's Beaver Ecology & Relocation Center works with ranchers and land managers who are increasingly seeing the…
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USU Uintah Basin Students Help Gather Data for Reintroduction of Black-Footed Ferrets
USU Uintah Basin students survey prairie dog burrows to plan for the reintroduction and management of the endangered…
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USU Professor Studying How Plastic Moves Its Way Through Bear River System
In a study published in 2020, Janice Brahney, Utah State University associate professor in the Department of…
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Metal Mayhem: New Research Finds Toxic Metals Absorbed by Great Salt Lake Plants and Insects
Plants in Great Salt Lake wetland ecosystems pull hazardous metal pollution from the lake and sometimes pass it up…
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Building Beaver Dams: USU Students and Volunteers Team Up In Habitat Restoration Project
On Saturday, USU students built beaver dam analogs along about a half-mile privately-owned stretch of Birch Creek.
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Crowding, Climate Change & the Case for Social Distancing Among Trees
For many, an ideal forest is one that looks the same as it did before European colonizers arrived. But historical…