USFWS Southwest Biology

The Division of Biological Sciences provides #biological, #spatial, and #statistical expertise to protect species and habitats living in the @USFWSSouthwest

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Check out a few pictures of our staff setting up a camera trap station at San Andres National Wildlife Refuge! #WildlifeConservation #SanAndresNWR @NMDGF @USFWS

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We honor the memory of our colleague, USFWS employee Richard Guadagno, who was on board Flight 93 when the hijacked plane crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on September 11, 2001. We also remember the innocent lives lost in the terrorist attacks that day.

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Check out the exceptional work our @USFWS biologists are undertaking in the Southwest Region.

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The key to successful management of the Yaqui Catfish? Conserving habitat, minimizing nonnative Channel Catfish, and building a broodstock before these genetically unadmixed species disappear, and fostering strong binational partnerships 🤝 @mcmcBayes @USFWS @sonoraninst @azgfd

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Conserving the Yaqui Catfish: A new study proposes an optimal stocking strategy using simulation modeling to enhance its status. Discover how balanced, cost-effective, and size-focused approaches play a role in conserving this species @mcmcBayes @USFWS @azgfd

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Check out the link here: https://t.co/YPW5rmEAei.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in South TX, together with Friends of the Wildlife Corridor and @American Forests, has Rewilded 18,617 acres of forests on Refuge lands, reversing the loss of 93% of primary forests, and benefitting some of 530 bird species including the Green Jay.

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Will Texas coastal marshes be able to keep pace with #SeaLevelRise? 🌊A team of @USGS and @USFWS scientists recently joined forces to find out. Learn more👉 https://t.co/2rZFrB0tko

#ClimateR_D #ClimateChange

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Hot off the press. Members from our team sought to understand more about the Golden-cheeked warblers specific habitat requirements & abundance estimates in its entire breeding range throughout central Texas. Check it out below. @audubonsociety @TPWDnews @USFWS #birds #endangered

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Golden-cheeked warblers have been known to breed in Ashe juniper woodlands. But researchers delved deeper to find out if the endangered #birds use lower tree canopy cover as well. https://t.co/D1MWfFT0nj #conservation #wildlife #endangeredspecies

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4) They found habitat suitability for masked bobwhite quail to be negatively associated with fire frequency from Landsat data, yet habitat suitability increased with an increased number of years since the last fire. #endangeredspecies @USFWSRefuges
https://t.co/qyGIaYaEg5

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3) And airborne LiDAR height metrics were important in characterizing vegetation structure for masked bobwhite quail. @USFWSRefuges #endageredspecies
https://t.co/qyGIaYaEg5

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2) Worldview-3 imagery was essential at characterizing desert grassland composition.. #quail #endageredspecies #fws @USFWSRefuges https://t.co/qyGIaYaEg5

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1) Check out our latest paper led by our Spatial Ecologist. Their study used multisensor models and worldview 3-imagery to develop habitat suitability models for masked bobwhite quail.
https://t.co/qyGIaYaEg5

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Interested in Golden-Cheeked Warblers? Check out our paper on methods that we used to estimate their abundance at Balcones Canyonlands NWR. #texas #goldencheekedwarblers #density #abundance
https://t.co/iUQFJgpcXz