<p> Water Priorities for the Nation—The USGS National Water Dashboard <p> </p> <font color=red><i> <p> This product is not available for order, it can only be downloaded from here (click on image) or within the Publications Warehouse at https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/fs20223003 </p> </i> </font> <p> <p> First posted March 2, 2022 <p> For additional information, contact: Associate Director, Water Resources Mission Area https://www.usgs.gov/mission-areas/water-resources U.S. Geological Survey 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, VA 20192 <p> <p> Abstract <p> <p> The U.S. Geological Survey National Water Dashboard supplies critical information to decision makers, emergency managers, and the public during extreme hydrologic events (such as droughts and floods) and during normal hydrologic conditions. It informs decision making that can help protect lives and property before and during extreme hydrologic events. The National Water Dashboard draws upon the extensive site-specific hydrologic data housed in the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System database (https://doi.org/10.5066/F7P55KJN) and also links to the U.S. Geologic Survey WaterAlert system, which provides users with instant and customized updates about water conditions. Overall, the National Water Dashboard is part of the U.S. Geological Survey's effort to respond to 21st century science needs. <p>

<p> By Land, Air, and Water—U.S. Geological Survey Science Supporting Fish and Wildlife Migrations Throughout North America <p> </p> <font color=red><i> <p> This product is not available for order, it can only be downloaded from here (click on image) or within the Publications Warehouse at https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/fs20223030 </p> </i> </font> <p> <p> First posted June 22, 2022 <p> For additional information, contact: <p> Associate Director, Ecosystems Mission Area https://www.usgs.gov/mission-areas/ecosystems U.S. Geological Survey 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, VA 20192 <p> <p> Abstract <p> <p> Countless species of animals—big game, birds, bats, insects, amphibians, reptiles, and fish—migrate to reach suitable habitats to feed, reproduce, and raise their young. Animal migrations developed over millennia commonly follow migration corridors—unique routes for each species—to move among seasonal habitats. Changes along those corridors, whether from human development (buildings, roads, dams) or from natural disturbances (for example, climate change, drought, fire, flooding, or invasive species), can make them harder to navigate. The U.S. Geological Survey’s Ecosystems Mission Area provides science that assists land managers in mapping, enhancing, protecting, and reconnecting migration corridors critical for diverse fish and wildlife populations that migrate, such as Odocoileus hemionus (mule deer) and and Antilocapra americana (pronghorn), trout and salmon, salamanders, tortoises, bats, and Danaus plexippus (monarch butterflies). <p>

<p> U.S. Geological Survey Science to Support Wildlife Disease Management <p> Fact Sheet 2023-3008 <p> Ecosystems Mission Area <p> By: M. Camille Hopkins and Suzanna C. Soileau </p> <font color=red><i> <p> This product is not available for order, it can only be downloaded from here (click on image) or within the Publications Warehouse at https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/fs20233008 </p> </i> </font> <p> <p> First posted April 28, 2023 <p> For additional information, contact: <p> Associate Director, Ecosystems Mission Area <p> https://www.usgs.gov/mission-areas/ecosystems <p> U.S. Geological Survey <p> 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive <p> Mail Stop 300 <p> Reston, VA 20192 <p> Introduction <p> <p> The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) serves a principal role in conducting wildlife disease outbreak investigations, surveillance, and ecological research to support management of diseases in free-ranging native wildlife. <p> Approximately 60 percent of emerging human infectious diseases such as COVID-19, are zoonotic, meaning they are transmitted between animals and humans and 70 percent of these diseases originate in wildlife (Jones and others, 2008). The effects of emerging wildlife diseases are global and profound, often resulting in economic and agricultural impacts, declines in wildlife populations, and ecological disturbances. <p>