U.S. Geological Survey Science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative: 2012 annual report

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Front and back cover photographs: (Front) Muddy Creek, Wyoming. Aquatic and riparian habitats have been a significant focal point of recent U.S. Geological Survey science efforts in the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative study area. Photo by Robert McDougal, U.S. Geological Survey. (Back) The Sand Dunes Wilderness Study Area, located southeast of Farson, Wyoming, is one of the many locations evaluated by the U.S. Geological Survey's pygmy rabbit research team. The team has been conducting on-the-ground pygmy rabbit occupancy surveys to assess and improve the accuracy of an existing pygmy rabbit habitat model, and lidar imagery is being evaluated for its usefulness as a tool for identifying and mapping potential pygmy rabbit habitat across the species' range. Photo by Spencer Schell, U.S. Geological Survey.

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U.S. Geological Survey science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative—2015 annual report

“…The USGS has produced a comprehensive annual report to highlight its WLCI science accomplishments for each Federal fiscal year (FY: October 1 through September 30) since inception of the WLCI (Bowen, Aldridge, Anderson, Assal, and others, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014a, 2014b. Past reports may be accessed at the URLs listed in the box below.…”

U.S. Geological Survey science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative—2014 annual report

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