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Rogue River Basin Report Card (Page 1)

Rogue River Basin Report Card

Rogue River Watershed Council, The Carpenter Foundation ·
10 May 2023

The first-ever Rogue River Basin Report Card … More than 7,000 years ago, the volcanic explosion of Mount Mazama in what is now southwestern Oregon led to the formation of Crater Lake. In present day, Boundary Springs bubbles out from the caldera of Crater Lake National Park, and it is here we can find the origin of one of Oregon’s major rivers, the Rogue River.

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Rise of Ruppia in Chesapeake Bay: Climate change–driven turnover of foundation species creates new threats and management opportunities (Page 1)

Rise of Ruppia in Chesapeake Bay: Climate change–driven turnover of foundation species creates new threats and management opportunities

Hensela MJS, Patricka CJ, Ortha RJ, Wilcoxa DJ, Dennison WC, Gurbiszc C , Hannamd MP, Landrye JB, Moorea KA, Murphyf RR , Testag JM, Wellerh DE, Lefchecki JS ·
2023

Global change has converted many structurally complex and ecologically and eco- nomically valuable coastlines to bare substrate. In the structural habitats that remain, climate-tolerant and opportunistic species are increasing in response to environmental extremes and variability. The shifting of dominant foundation species identity with climate change poses a unique conservation challenge because species vary in their responses to environmental stressors and to management.

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STAC Rising Water Temperatures Report Summary (Page 1)

STAC Rising Water Temperatures Report Summary

Batiuk R ·
24 March 2023

The Chesapeake Bay Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) and IAN have partnered to synthesize the contents of their latest publication on Rising Watershed and Bay Water Temperatures— Ecological Implications and Management Responses into a report summary outlining key management and research recommendations, the causes and effects of rising water temperatures, and actions for moving forward. This document also builds on the previous STAC Rising Water Temperatures Workshop newsletter.

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What is RAMS? (Page 1)

What is RAMS?

Katie May Laumann, Annie Carew, Ann Foo, Joe Edgerton ·
2 March 2023

RAMS, or Resource Assessments for Management Strategies, provides the next generation of Natural Resource Condition Assessments in the National Park Service National Capital Region. It uses Inventory and Monitoring data to assess natural resource conditions and inform management in the parks.

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The first New Caledonia socio-environmental Report Card (Page 1)

The first New Caledonia socio-environmental Report Card

Heath Kelsey, Annie Carew ·
1 February 2023

The first-ever New Caledonia socio-environmental Report Card was developed at the first PACPATH workshop held in Nouméa, New Caledonia in October 2022. This workshop brought together stakeholders from across the islands of New Caledonia to discuss sustainable coastal management and oncoming challenges. The PACPATH project aims to develop a shared understanding of sustainability needs and priorities around the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Agricultural best management practices can improve water quality and conditions for fisheries in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (Page 1)

Agricultural best management practices can improve water quality and conditions for fisheries in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Vanessa Vargas-Nguyen, Bill Dennison, Lili Badri ·
3 January 2023

This publication serves as a summary of Gordon et al. (2022) and was prepared in collaboration between the USGS and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Integration and Application Network. The summary touches on key findings of the study along with management implications and applications. Please feel free to download the summary here or check it out on the USGS website:

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