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 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Geological Survey Strengthen and Expand Science-Management Relationship -
In the face of global climate change and other 21st-century resource threats, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Geological Survey are taking steps to strengthen and expand their science-management relationship to conserve fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats. In an agreement finalized Jan. 11, 2010 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and USGS outlined their joint commitment to an adaptive resource management framework for conservation at “landscape” scales—the entire range of a priority species or suite of species. Read the full USGS Press Release >> Photo: USGS Director Marcia McNutt and FWS Service Director Sam Hamilton sign a strategic habitat conservation Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU). View the list of all Featured Topics >>  "North Pole Wolf" Emails Locations to Researchers - (USGS Press Release) -
Thanks to a satellite collar, two innovative scientists, and a blog, people can follow the travels of Brutus, the “North Pole wolf” as he leads his pack through the long arctic winter.
In July the scientists, one from the United States, the other from Canada, put the satellite collar on Brutus, the leader of his wolf pack, on remote Ellesmere Island, only 600 miles from the North Pole. Their goal – to finally find out what these “North Pole wolves” do in the long, dark days of winter in one of the harshest areas of the world.
Read the full USGS Press Release >> View the list of all Featured Topics >>
For additional resources on White-Nose Syndrome (WNS), please visit the Wildlife: Terrestrial & Endangered Resources Program's White-Nose Syndrome Page >>
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New Technique Can Identify Endangered Atlantic Salmon in Multistock Fisheries -
Scientists have developed a fine-scaled technique that traces the origin of fish back to Maine and Canada. This method was used to estimate how much North American fish contribute to Greenland's fishery. This technique can also be applied to other multistock fisheries where the effects of fishing need to be distinguished for unique stocks. 
New Web Site on White-Nose Syndrome in Bats -
In response to growing demand for publicly available information on WNS, the USGS Fort Collins Science Center recently developed and launched a Web site entitled, 
The USGS BRD has science and technology centers located throughout the United States. Typically, activities are closely aligned with the diversity of biological resources near each center.