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More than 1,000 Tons of Plastic Rains into Western U.S. Protected Lands Annually
Microplastic particles and fibers spiral through the Earth system, accumulating even in protected wilderness areas…
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Warming Climate is Changing Where Birds Breed
Spring is in full swing. Trees are leafing out, flowers are blooming, bees are buzzing, and birds are singing.
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The Utah Fire Atlas Offers Land Managers a New Tool
Wildfires were once an important driver of ecosystem health in western U.S forests, but decades of fire suppression,…
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Eating Like a Bird: NSF Grant Keeps Tabs on Geese Herbivory and Carbon in the Yukon
The Earth's carbon can be stored in trees and plants, in the ocean, in fossil fuels deep underground, and in the soil…
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Get Outside: Plant-Soil Research in Greenhouses Differs Strongly From Field Studies
First-graders know that seedlings need three things to grow - sunlight, water and soil.
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View From Above: Drones Help Monitor Recreation Impacts in National Parks
In the past decade, increasing numbers of visitors to parks and protected areas have both stretched management…
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Fearing Cougars More Than Wolves, Yellowstone Elk Manage Threats from Both
Wolves are charismatic, conspicuous and easy to single out as the top predator affecting populations of elk, deer and…
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USU Researchers Featured in BBC Video on Trees in Yosemite
Jim Lutz and his colleagues have been studying the sprouting, growth and death of all of the trees specified sites in…
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USU Alumnus Awarded Prestigious Esa E. Lucy Braun Award
Jacqueline J. Peña,a recent Ecology master's alumnus, from the Department of Wildland Resources in the S.J. and…
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Yellowstone Elk Don't Budge for Wolves say Scientists
Elk roam the winter range that straddles the northern boundary of Yellowstone National Park with little regard for…
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The Early Bird Gets the Protein Despite a Changing Climate
When millions of geese descend from the warm winds carrying them north along the Pacific coast to Alaska, they are…
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Cheetahs around Cheyenne? New Book Reviews the Rewilding Concept in Ecology
A new scientific book, commissioned by the British Ecological Society and published by Cambridge University Press,…