https://qanr.usu.edu/berryman-institute/research-and-projects/index.xmlhttps://templateresources.usu.edu/_resources/assets/images/U-State.pnghttps://qanr.usu.edu/en-usNewshttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665972726001686Anglers show a sharp preference shift at a chl-a threshold. Photo-series ratings produce a stakeholder-based quality index. Gradient boosting converts sparse monitoring into daily chl-a. Threshold exceedances cluster in peak season and reduce trips. IndicTuesday, 1 September 2026https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wlb3.01644What happens to juvenile birds after one or both of their parents are harvested by hunters? Here we compare the fate of orphaned juvenile Canada geese during this period to other juveniles that retained both parents.Wednesday, 10 June 2026https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096456912600044XCommercial bottom trawl and dredge fisheries are active across much of Europe, with more than half of the seabed area trawled every year in some regions. These fisheries remain contentious; significant ecological and economic damages have been well documeFriday, 5 June 2026https://rapt.kglmeridian.com/view/journals/rapt/aop/article-10.3356-jrr258/article-10.3356-jrr258.xml?body=PDFCalifornia Condors were reintroduced to Arizona in 1996, and their population has continued to grow with yearly releases of captive individuals and successful breeding in the wild. Little is known about foraging sites of the population that resides in AriMonday, 1 June 2026https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/wnan/vol86/iss1/2/There are many anthropogenic subsidies within the Intermountain West that promote and sustain Common Raven populations. These subsidies are important for ravens in arid settings where naturally occurring resources would be limiting for the species. Raven Monday, 1 June 2026https://connectsci.au/an/article/66/9/AN26002/272847/Nutritional-legacies-across-space-and-timeNutrition is the foundation of life and yet, resources are finite. For wild animals, variation in resources and risk across time and space has resulted in a wide array of adaptations that allow individuals to meet daily metabolic and nutritional needs. FoMonday, 1 June 2026https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347226001235Translocation is a common practice for wildlife conservation and restoration ecology. We examined correlations between behaviour and dispersal of translocated beavers. Reactivity and boldness were not related to dispersal distance. More research is neededMonday, 1 June 2026https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq3396Sustainable human–wildlife coexistence requires a mechanistic understanding of the many ways that humans affect animals. Here, we leverage mobile-device data to disentangle how human presence and landscape modification differentially influence the use of Thursday, 21 May 2026https://journals.ku.edu/melittology/article/view/24911Leafcutter bees occasionally cut anthropogenic plastics in addition to natural leaves used for nest construction. We document new observations of bees cutting yellow and orange plastic flagging and compare the visual reflectance of plastics with that of cMonday, 18 May 2026https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.12.724566v1.fullSnow algae darken snowpacks and accelerate melt worldwide. Although elevation strongly structures the physical conditions of mountain snowfields, its influence on snow algal traits and their effects on snowpack reflectance remains unclear. Here, we investWednesday, 13 May 2026https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13156476/Beavers are arguably the most well‐known ecosystem engineers with most research emphasizing the hydrologic and geomorphic effects of dam building. This is not necessarily surprising as beaver dam‐ and canal‐building activities change lateral, longitudinalFriday, 8 May 2026https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/741663Understanding seasonal water budgets of wildlife is critical, as climate change alters water availability. Rocky Mountain mule deer mainly obtain water from their diet and drinking water; however, winter access to these resources varies with snow cover. TFriday, 1 May 2026https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10533-026-01336-wWarming, sea-level rise, and changing herbivory patterns are affecting ecosystem processes in northern coastal soils, including carbon and nitrogen cycling, although their combined effects are poorly understood. We studied the impact of these changes in aThursday, 30 April 2026https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40462-026-00654-wAn important, yet often overlooked component of animal movement behavior is the physiological cost incurred by animals when traveling through an environment, i.e., the “energy landscape”. Using subcutaneous biologgers paired with GPS collars, we recorded Saturday, 25 April 2026https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/cjz-2025-0115Carnivores use scent marking for communication, such as indicating territory boundaries. However, there is limited information on scent-marking behavior during territory establishment because it is difficult to observe in wild systems. We experimentally mMonday, 20 April 2026https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-026-09687-8Mule deer are declining in abundance across their broad distribution in western North America. Identifying drivers of mule deer demography could inform habitat restoration. However, linking habitat quality to vital rates is challenging and often done indiTuesday, 7 April 2026https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6642558&__cf_chl_f_tk=T9xtay_l2maiZYy1ApSw20LlR67gCV0bEsxPPDQTat8-1782770127-1.0.1.1-wM2HaE1Ub8AJH1YUv3kHKD_1ba24J_0CQQdHSTu7GUAArtificial light at night is expanding rapidly, yet its implications for human well-being are rarely quantified in welfare terms. We develop a cultural ecosystem service accounting approach that links monitored night sky conditions to recreation behavior Wednesday, 1 April 2026https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2287884X26000336?via%3Dihub#fig1The endangered Mongolian saiga inhabits the desert–steppe of western Mongolia within landscapes used by livestock, yet their spatial interactions have rarely been quantified using telemetry. We used Global Positioning System data from saiga and domestic sWednesday, 1 April 2026https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112725009569Painter et al. (2025) claim that large-carnivore recovery in Yellowstone National Park has produced a strong trophic cascade compared to other systems, citing a 152-fold increase in aspen sapling density and widespread recruitment of new trees. We show thWednesday, 1 April 2026https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-food-systems/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2026.1794915/fullRangelands worldwide are increasingly transformed by grazing, altered fire regimes, and climate change, creating novel ecosystems dominated by invasive forage species. These altered landscapes can reduce biodiversity, limit resources for wildlife and liveThursday, 26 March 2026https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wsb.70015Management of feral equids in the American West is hindered by the lack of a formal habitat map and monitoring system. To address this shortcoming, we developed a method based on annual metrics of water accessibility and forage availability to map the dynMonday, 23 March 2026https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11252-026-01936-2Urban development and habitat fragmentation have reshaped ecosystems across North America, creating heavily modified landscapes characterized by dense human populations, built infrastructure, and widespread artificial light and noise pollution. Using dataSaturday, 14 March 2026https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2656.70238Animals face declining fitness contributions near the end of life, termed reproductive senescence. Though reproductive senescence frequently stems from physiological inefficiencies, animals making their final attempts at reproduction have the greatest incMonday, 9 March 2026https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cobi.70250Climate change is driving unprecedented declines in dominant, habitat-forming foundation species across marine and terrestrial ecosystems globally. As climatic novelty becomes the norm, ecosystem reassembly will become increasingly common. Predicting and Monday, 9 March 2026https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00442-026-05876-8Climate change is rapidly altering high-latitude coastal wetlands through increasing temperatures, more frequent flooding, and changing herbivore abundance and distribution. Examining plant functional trait responses to these drivers provides insight intoSunday, 8 March 2026https://www.choicesmagazine.org/choices-magazine/submitted-articles/apple-pollination-costs-and-strategies-trends-and-outlookInterest in pollination has grown in recent years, coinciding with concerns over declines in honey bees and wild pollinators. Pollination was the focus of a 2019 Choices theme, and this article builds on that theme by using existing and new data to draw iSunday, 1 March 2026https://journals.ku.edu/melittology/article/view/24783Artificial “insect hotels” are increasingly promoted as tools to support beneficial insects, yet the effectiveness of different nesting materials remains unclear. We compared weekly occupancy of wooden blocks, reed stems, and paper straws at five sites inMonday, 23 February 2026https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10925872261417304#tab-contributorsUtah parks are attracting an increasing number of visitors due to the quality dark sky viewing opportunities. Despite increasing engagement in nighttime recreation, limited research exists on visitor interest in interpretation for dark skies in state and Friday, 20 February 2026https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10750-026-06137-8Native fishes face imperilment due to habitat loss and fragmentation, megadrought, invasive species, and synergies amongst threats. These threats coalesce at Glen Canyon Dam (GCD), which impounds the Colorado River to create Lake Powell, a reservoir inhabSaturday, 14 February 2026https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0342760The San Clemente Island fox is classified as a focal species for conservation management. They are considered vulnerable to a variety of vector-borne diseases due to their relatively high population density and low genetic diversity. We live-trapped 95 foFriday, 13 February 2026https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-026-02989-4Increased climate variability is expected to intensify short-term drought events. Plants have evolved stress tolerance strategies, yet how these strategies promote drought resistance across different herbaceous plant groups remains unknown. We identified Wednesday, 11 February 2026https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.1201/9781003518686/mountain-sheep-north-america-paul-krausman-william-jex?refId=3958a54c-9d13-41f0-b834-b4f5a77f321c&context=ubxSince 2000, the wealth of information about the physical characteristics and horn growth of mountain and thinhorn sheep has grown in depth and breadth. We reviewed the literature to update information useful to biologists in the management and conservatioTuesday, 3 February 2026https://peerj.com/articles/20732/#MainContentAcross the western United States, compensation programs that pay livestock producers for losses seek to mitigate the impact of carnivore depredation on livestock. Data suggest not all livestock producers report wolf depredations or utilize compensation prMonday, 2 February 2026https://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(25)01679-3?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982225016793%3Fshowall%3DtrueAlthough migration is widespread among many animal taxa, including ungulates,1 the fitness benefits associated with different migratory tactics have rarely been documented.2,3 Here, we evaluated a 9-year dataset on a migratory population of mule deer in wMonday, 2 February 2026https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10592-025-01754-7?fbclid=IwY2xjawP4gmdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeNSwrpvxZMcox2nVX9OFLp6Il9w7UL_0n5WnKi_mcIGpgxY-g4lKu3jJ0eag_aem_bUa_9S19Xmw3U7Yya-NovwGenetic data on wide-ranging wildlife species can inform population structure, management decisions, and landscape connectivity. The genetic structure of a population can change over time, alongside changes to population size and connectivity. We analyzedMonday, 2 February 2026https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.16.699964v1.full.pdfSurveying mammals in tropical rainforests, particularly those that inhabit the rainforest canopy, can be challenging. We tested a novel method for detecting rainforest mammals with metabarcoding of iDNA at Los Amigos Biological Station in the Peruvian AmaSaturday, 17 January 2026https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wsb.70020Though few studies have quantified handling-induced effects on neonates, there is concern from stakeholders that handling neonates affects survival.Sunday, 11 January 2026https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10980-025-02272-0Wildlife responses to disturbance may include physiological stress responses that are often difficult to observe yet important for wildlife health. Coupling physiological biologgers with tracking data can identify anthropogenic features associated with stSaturday, 10 January 2026https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10402381.2025.2578752#abstractMost recreationists at Utah Lake do not make decisions about when and how to recreate based on chlorophyll a (chl-a) concentrations, highlighting the need for more visible and targeted public communication about water quality. This study evaluated the extThursday, 8 January 2026https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10402381.2025.2578752#d1e213This study evaluated the extent to which recreationists and nearby residents were aware of water quality issues at Utah Lake and whether specific aesthetic thresholds—particularly related to chl-a and turbidity—influenced perceptions of recreational suitaThursday, 8 January 2026https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eco.70156Seasonal snowmelt from forested mountain catchments is the primary water source for both people and ecosystems in the western United States. As changes in climate and vegetation alter relationships between snow accumulation and water availability, quantifTuesday, 6 January 2026https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1021&context=canri_projectsWater diversions and climate change-related shifts have led to record low water levels and increasing salinity at Great Salt Lake. Low water levels not only impact those directly dependent on the lake—brine shrimpers and migratory birds, for example—but aThursday, 1 January 2026https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4133/7/1/6We surveyed bee communities across an organic conifer tree farm landscape in northern Idaho to assess how managed forest–agriculture mosaics support pollinator diversity. Bees were collected from farm fields, adjacent conservation forests, and a pollinatoWednesday, 31 December 2025https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jordan-Smith-33/publication/391156502_Social_economic_and_ecological_challenges_facing_gateway_communities_A_unifying_systems_model/links/694b44287e61d05b531203dd/Social-economic-and-ecological-challenges-facing-gateway-communities-A-unifying-systems-model.pdfGateway communities can experience tourism as either a boon or a bane, with the valence of outcomes often dependent on governance capacity and proactive policy. This chapter advances a systems model in which amenity quality and destination reputation can Tuesday, 23 December 2025https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-30828-2Communities in the wildland–urban interface face rising wildfire risk, making it essential to understand how residents perceive their vulnerability and decide whether to mitigate. We combine parcel-level Wildfire Hazard Lot Assessments with semi-structureSaturday, 20 December 2025https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.72722?utm_medium=article&utm_source=researchgate.netAdvances in technology provide new opportunities to study animal behavior at increasingly fine scales. GPS collars for wildlife are commonly equipped with accelerometers, which record fine-scale movements with relatively little energy demand, yet the dataThursday, 18 December 2025https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-33189-yCarnivores must navigate the complexities of human modifications to their environment. Natural resources and biodiversity decline in urban areas, while people in rural areas often pose greater direct risk through actions such as hunting. We evaluated if cWednesday, 17 December 2025https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecs2.70503?prg140729=bc138b16-4f4f-4d35-81ef-c8c2cd4fb5b6Competition between carnivores and scavengers can alter predation rates and foraging behavior, shaping the effects of predation on complex community dynamics. The perceived risks of conflict and resource loss may influence a predator's response to competiWednesday, 10 December 2025https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article/21/12/20250540/363995In this study, we used a multi-faceted approach to understand patterns of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 transmission and persistence in a wild white-tailed deer population. Serology data indicated transmission and persistence during the Wednesday, 10 December 2025https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266671932500247XForests across the southwestern U.S. face escalating challenges from changing climate. The objective of this study, conducted in partnership with the Navajo Forestry Department (NFD), was to assess the impact of climate variability and change on forest heMonday, 1 December 2025https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ecog.08225Escalating wildfire frequency and severity are altering wildland habitats worldwide. Yet investigations into fire impacts on wildlife habitat rarely extend to the macroecological scales relevant to species conservation and global change processes. We evalSunday, 30 November 2025https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15230430.2025.2572150#abstractAnimals employ many strategies to survive in extreme cold. Glacier ice worms are the largest animals that spend their entire life cycle in ice, spending most of their lives near 0°C. The degree to which ice worms can survive temperatures above and below fMonday, 24 November 2025https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10980-025-02263-1Peri-urban landscapes are increasingly expected to support both outdoor recreation and biodiversity conservation. Different trade-offs and potential synergies between these two objectives call for a clear, interdisciplinary, and comprehensive framework foSunday, 23 November 2025https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.70455Introduced species have diverse impacts on native wildlife and ecosystems. Negative effects of introduced species on native species through competition or amensalism are frequently hypothesized, but are challenging to test in the field, particularly for lThursday, 20 November 2025https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecs2.70463Lagomorphs are selective herbivores that can strongly influence rangeland condition if their population densities increase through predator release. However, the effect size of lagomorph herbivory has not previously been quantified for the semiarid rangelTuesday, 18 November 2025https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/jvi.01421-25Here, we present a detailed characterization of Hazara virus (HAZV) infection in mice deficient in type I interferon signaling, providing insights into the natural history of orthonairovirus disease and highlighting similarities and differences between thTuesday, 18 November 2025https://journals.plos.org/water/article?id=10.1371/journal.pwat.0000428Structural elements, such as beaver dams, can impact hydraulics and alter downstream water conveyance. We mapped inundation extent and type (free flowing, ponded, and overflowing) in beaver dam complexes in diverse hydrogeomorphic settings as a simple metWednesday, 5 November 2025https://ecoevorxiv.org/repository/view/10699/Painter et al. (2025) claim that large-carnivore recovery in Yellowstone National Park has produced a strong trophic cascade compared to other systems, citing a 152 fold increase in aspen sapling density and widespread recruitment of new trees. We show thSunday, 2 November 2025https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347225002477?via=ihubAnthropogenic stressors, such as habitat loss and fragmentation, destabilize animal populations, putting species at risk of extirpation or extinction. Though conservation translocations are increasingly necessary to combat species decline, success is variSaturday, 1 November 2025https://academic-oup-com.dist.lib.usu.edu/tafs/article-abstract/154/6/640/8246853?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=true&token=eyJhbGciOiJub25lIn0.eyJleHAiOjE3NzIwNDM1NTYsImp0aSI6IjdhMTE4ZTRiLTdjMGItNGJjYi1hMjJkLTRlMThhMWExMGY1ZCJ9.Water management and climate influence the surface elevation of lakes. We found that the quality and area of nearshore spawning habitat for a keystone fish, the Tui Chub, are impacted by water level fluctuations and warming trends.Saturday, 1 November 2025https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wlb3.01462Dusky grouse are a montane forest grouse species with a paucity of information regarding their temporal and spatial resource use during critical times of high mortality and reproductive output. Our objective was to evaluate dusky grouse resource selectionSaturday, 1 November 2025https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320725004926Rewilding is increasingly recognized as an impactful conservation strategy, but a key question remains: how do ecological systems respond to the return of species long absent from the landscape? We developed a priori predictions that grizzly recovery woulSaturday, 1 November 2025https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989425005001Ripple et al. (2025) recently argued that large carnivore recovery in Yellowstone National Park triggered one of the world’s strongest trophic cascades, citing a 1500 % increase in willow crown volume derived from plant height data. In this comment, we shSaturday, 1 November 2025https://clinlawell.dyson.cornell.edu/poln_yield_profit_paper.pdfThe relationship between managed pollination and production outcomes is important in theory and practice. In this paper we estimate semi-parametric production and profit functions with respect to honey bee use in the US apple sector. Our results suggest aFriday, 31 October 2025https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/eap.70126In arid and semiarid regions, extreme, extended droughts are becoming more frequent due to climate change. Drought is driving wildlife to seek out food or water resources where they are not as limited, such as in irrigated croplands. We collected GPS locaMonday, 20 October 2025https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.dist.lib.usu.edu/doi/10.1111/ele.70233For nearly half a century, ecologists have sought to explain animal space use through characteristics of the environment. Recent evidence suggests animals also use memory of previous experiences to decide when and where to move. Using six large ungulate sTuesday, 14 October 2025https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3571&context=extension_curallDeclining snowpack paired with a shorter period of snow accumulation is negatively impacting Utah because the state relies heavily on snowpack for its water supply, agriculture, and recreation. In this fact sheet, we describe what cloud seeding is, where Tuesday, 14 October 2025https://www.authorea.com/users/379080/articles/1345606-understanding-mammal-avoidance-of-human-settlements?commit=1e69fe8014a659958bea12c0c29a7c9f34ca06f0?utm_source=researchgate.net&utm_medium=articleAnthropogenic land conversion is increasingly affecting wildlife populations. To mitigate impacts, we must understand how animals are affected by different types of human activity. Here, we examine if terrestrial mammals altered their movements around buiMonday, 13 October 2025https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jwmg.70132?utm_source=researchgate.net&utm_medium=articleUnderstanding factors that influence the vulnerability of wild animals to harvest is of interest to wildlife managers as they strive to implement management strategies that achieve population and distribution objectives. Growing evidence suggests that ungMonday, 13 October 2025https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7159/5/4/57Understanding wild bee diversity is critical for pollinator conservation, particularly in understudied tropical regions like coastal Ecuador. This preliminary study provides a photography-based assessment of bee diversity at Finca Botánica, an organic andMonday, 6 October 2025https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40462-025-00591-0The popularity of the field of movement ecology has increased in recent decades in part due to advances in tracking and computing technology. Here we propose the use of rangeland-based livestock operations, where livestock range freely in large, heterogenTuesday, 30 September 2025https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3566&context=extension_curallIn the western United States, decades of wildfire suppression and grazing have led to changes in the amount and type of wildland fuels. These areas now threaten to burn at uncharacteristically high fire severity, a metric based on how much vegetation is kFriday, 26 September 2025https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wlb3.01484Increasing ecological perturbations resulting from global change processes are altering the environmental predictability (EP) of critical forage and water resources for wildlife. We examine how EP of forage in mule deer seasonal home ranges relates to aveMonday, 22 September 2025https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/adf07f/metaClimate change is reducing the extent of cold aquatic habitats and their unique biodiversity in mountain areas. However, a variety of cold rocky landforms (CRLs) are thermally buffered and feed cold springs (<2 °C) that may represent climate refugia for cTuesday, 2 September 2025https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479725026908Water development and the proliferation of invasive riparian vegetation have led to widespread habitat loss and simplification of rivers in the western United States, contributing to the imperilment of native fishes. Here, we quantify channel narrowing anMonday, 1 September 2025https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479725026908Water development and the proliferation of invasive riparian vegetation have led to widespread habitat loss and simplification of rivers in the western United States, contributing to the imperilment of native fishes. Here, we quantify channel narrowing anMonday, 1 September 2025https://repository.kaust.edu.sa/server/api/core/bitstreams/d99dbf71-6741-4fba-a7ba-004cdbbecc1a/contentAs droughts become longer and more intense, impacts on terrestrial primary productivity are expected to increase progressively. Yet, some ecosystems appear to acclimate to multi-year drought, with constant or diminishing reductions in productivity as drouMonday, 1 September 2025https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/4/9/pgaf286/8248211Responses of natural populations to climate change are driven by how multiple climatic and biotic factors affect survival and reproduction, and ultimately shape population dynamics. Yet, despite substantial progress to synthesize the sensitivity of populaMonday, 1 September 2025https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.2401042122Diverse factors, including environmental features and cognitive processes, can drive animals’ movements and space use, with far-reaching implications. By analyzing GPS movement tracks for 1,239 range-resident mammalian carnivores, we found strong evidenceMonday, 25 August 2025https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.71991Wildlife disease surveillance helps in protecting public health, agriculture, and biodiversity. Planning effective surveillance involves strategic methods for identifying an effective sampling design for a program's objectives.Friday, 15 August 2025https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167587725001072Wildlife surveillance programs often use serological data to monitor exposure to pathogens. Diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of a serological assay quantify the true positive and negative rates of the diagnostic assay, respectively. However, an assaFriday, 1 August 2025https://www.researchgate.net/publication/394853444_Native_American-focused_cultural_centers_Lessons_learned_and_insights_for_Bears_EarsThis study examines the feasibility, governance, and economic implications of developing a Native American–focused cultural center at Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah. Informed by a semi-systematic literature review of existing visitor anFriday, 1 August 2025https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165783625001912?ref=pdf_download&fr=RR-2&rr=99569b42ef4ae675This study explores how angler characteristics, perceived constraints, use of negotiations, and responses to crowding differ between lapsed, recruited, re-activated, and retained anglers. Using Utah’s fishing license database, we surveyed a stratified ranFriday, 1 August 2025https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article/292/2051/20251013/234569Given the importance of protected areas for biodiversity, the growth of visitation to many areas has raised concerns about the effects of humans on wildlife. We compiled GPS tracking data from 229 individuals of 10 mammal species in 14 parks and used thirWednesday, 30 July 2025https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204625000672Neighborhood greenspaces are widely known to benefit bird diversity and human mental health. However, whether bird richness mediates the relationship between greenspace and mental health is unknown. We ascertain such mediation effects in 294 census tractsFriday, 25 July 2025https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3551&context=extension_curallAs an arid state with limited water, Utah relies heavily on reservoir storage to maintain its water supply throughout the year. This vital water storage, however, is increasingly at risk due to contemporary wildfires. Wildfires pose a risk to water storagThursday, 24 July 2025https://academic.oup.com/treephys/article/45/8/tpaf087/8209746This study examined genetic variation in quaking aspen across four lineages, assessing leaf traits and stress responses. A common garden experiment with drought and heat revealed lineage-specific physiological and molecular adaptations.Monday, 21 July 2025https://academic.oup.com/isd/article/9/4/7/8205584Stoneflies are a widespread group of freshwater insects known for their ecological significance and sensitivity to environmental change. This diverse order encompasses over 4,000 species across 17 families, with the number of described species predicted tThursday, 17 July 2025https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3549&context=extension_curallWildfires are a natural part of the western U.S. landscape and provide numerous benefits, including enhanced nutrient cycling and habitat rejuvenation. Utah’s fish populations evolved with wildfire as a common disturbance. However, the increasing size andThursday, 17 July 2025https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecs2.70320The widespread practice of supplemental feeding, a bottom-up forcing of resource availability, is intended to improve wildlife population health and survival. However, supplemental feeding could trigger indirect effects by altering predation rates and disWednesday, 9 July 2025https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wat2.70028Healthy riverscapes have three principles identified by riverscape scientists and restoration practitioners. Understanding the context, anthropogenic influences, boundary conditions, and legacy effects influencing riverscapes is essential for the approprWednesday, 9 July 2025https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/acv.70028Finding methods to reduce livestock depredations is important for conserving recovering populations of large carnivores and mitigating impacts on ranching livelihoods. This is especially true for ensuring the successful reintroductions of endangered carniTuesday, 8 July 2025https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biaf088/8182068?utm_source=authortollfreelink&utm_campaign=bioscience&utm_medium=email&guestAccessKey=4857daea-1fdd-471a-8fc5-3e57f287d588&login=trueHuman–wildlife interactions (HWIs) influence the health of humans and wildlife but a unifying framework is needed to understand the causes of HWIs to anticipate health-associated outcomes. In this article, we present a novel conceptual framework that posiWednesday, 2 July 2025https://wafwa.org/wpdm-package/translocation-guidelines-for-greater-sage-grouse-gunnison-sage-grouse-and-sharp-tailed-grouse/?wpdmdl=34567&ind=1764615495080&refresh=bcf54251&filename=SG-Translocation-Guidelilnes_Final.pdfRestoration of grouse populations using conservation translocation, the movement of wild animals from one location to another, has become a fundamental component of grouse conservation and management. It is especially important in western North America, aTuesday, 1 July 2025https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025Auk...142af024B/abstractCalifornia Condor were reintroduced to southern Utah and northern Arizona in 1996, and their presence at carcasses may adversely impact the historic scavenger community. Little is known about their foraging patterns, including interactions among scavengerTuesday, 1 July 2025https://smz.waw.pl/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/newsletter___kelly.pdfUnderstanding social tolerance is essential for effective wildlife management and conservation policy. This study investigates social tolerance of European bison (Bison bonasus) in different Polish regions by measuring opinion on population size. Tuesday, 1 July 2025https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aqc.70174Metabarcoding of environmental DNA enables aquatic species detection but is often marker-dependent. We developed a redesigned 16S rRNA marker detecting amphibians, turtles, and fish, validated across 525 eDNA samples, demonstrating robust global applicabiThursday, 26 June 2025https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.12.658668v1.fullAccurately predicting animal movement across broad ecological contexts is vital for effective wildlife management, yet most models are developed for specific locations and fail to generalize across diverse landscapes. We developed a modeling framework to Sunday, 15 June 2025https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.71492This study outlines the rapid development of a landscape-scale targeted surveillance system for SARS-CoV-2 in free-ranging deer, highlighting the partnerships, adaptive sampling strategies, and research network needed to understand disease transmission meWednesday, 11 June 2025https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40510630/Efficient learning about disease dynamics in free-ranging wildlife systems can benefit from active surveillance that is standardized across different ecological contexts. Here, we describe our experience developing and rapidly deploying a landscape-scale Wednesday, 11 June 2025https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11056-025-10097-7Aspen forests provide wildlife, watershed, and aesthetic value, and the potential for reduced fire occurrence, behavior, and severity. There is interest in planting aspen to achieve various management objectives. However, few studies have investigated theFriday, 6 June 2025https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kristina-Toderich/publication/394052588_Central_Asian_Cold_Winter_Desert_Rangelands_Timur_Khujanazarov_et_al_XII-IRC-Proceeding_2025/links/68871ebe07869379845538da/Central-Asian-Cold-Winter-Desert-Rangelands-Timur-Khujanazarov-et-al-XII-IRC-Proceeding-2025.pdf#page=1085This paper can be found on page 1050, as part of a larger document presented by the 12th International Rangeland Congress. Greater sage-grouse need forbs for chick diet and growth in sagebrush habitat. Sagebrush cover may limit the abundance of forbs in tMonday, 2 June 2025https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42532-025-00219-yPrevious research advocating for the use of systems thinking to tackle challenges in outdoor recreation management emphasizes the necessity for a paradigm shift in our perspectives and approaches to complex public land outdoor recreation management issuesSaturday, 31 May 2025https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204625001264Neighborhood greenspace has been linked to various disability risk factors, including immunoregulation, mental health issues, and neurological and degenerative diseases. However, the precise nature of the relationship between greenspace and disability remFriday, 30 May 2025https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/hwi/vol18/iss2/5/Many livestock producers find current methods of preventing conflicts through non-lethal deterrents inadequate for extensive systems with widely spread, minimally supervised livestock. To address this issue, we developed and tested FlashTags to reduce livWednesday, 28 May 2025https://academic.oup.com/fisheries/article/50/10/460/8152338Fisheries management often prioritizes game species, yet most fishes are nongame. Conserving nongame species prevents overlooked declines, sustains ecosystems, and can indirectly support game fish. This review highlights key functional roles of freshwaterWednesday, 28 May 2025https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecs2.70239Irruptions in plant and animal populations are not uncommon, but the factors underlying irruptions are rarely explored quantitatively. In addition, it has been suggested that these irruptions may be reduced by predators or herbivores, but there is a pauciFriday, 23 May 2025https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00442-025-05681-9Rapid climate change is increasing disturbances in arctic ecosystems, including land-surface failures from melting ground ice. These failures move sediment and organic material into surface waters, potentially altering ecosystem function and species interThursday, 15 May 2025https://bioone.org/journals/waterbirds/volume-47/issue-4/063.047.0407/Mercury-and-Selenium-Concentrations-in-Phalaropes-on-Great-Salt-Lake/10.1675/063.047.0407.fullThe worldwide population of Wilson's Phalaropes has declined by 70% since the 1980s, causing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to be petitioned to list Wilson's Phalaropes as a threatened species. The petition noted that Great Salt Lake (GSL) has been shThursday, 15 May 2025https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0320768Occupancy and N-mixture analyses are widely used to study habitat use, yet they answer different questions and can yield varying insights. Using long-term camera trap data from northeastern Türkiye, we compared these approaches to assess how modeling choiWednesday, 14 May 2025https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40342692/Human-driven change affects Rangifer population cycles. Empirical and modeled data show food scarcity and predation intensify booms and busts, echoing patterns seen in small mammals.Wednesday, 7 May 2025https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.71348Anthropogenic change is reshaping the regulation and stability of animal population dynamics across broad biogeographic gradients. For example, abiotic and biotic interactions can cause gradients in population cycle period and amplitude, but this researchWednesday, 7 May 2025https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecog.07626Mule deer adjust behavior based on varying risks from humans and cougars. Responses differ by site, hunting pressure, and individual exposure. Deer often view humans as dominant threats but adapt behaviorally, sometimes tolerating predators in high human-Monday, 5 May 2025https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecog.07626Prey species adjust their behavior along human-use gradients by balancing risks from predators and humans. During hunting seasons, prey often exhibit strong antipredator responses to humans but may develop tolerance in suburban areas to exploit human-mediMonday, 5 May 2025https://www.nature.com/articles/s44358-025-00049-6Glaciers and glacially influenced ecosystems host unique biodiversity spanning all kingdoms of life, but glaciers are retreating as the global climate warms, threatening specialist species, ecosystem functions and stability. We outline the impacts and conFriday, 2 May 2025https://www.researchgate.net/publication/391912755_Homogenization_Reveals_Large-Scale_Dynamics_in_the_Spread_of_Chronic_Wasting_DiseaseThresholds in environmental transmission can significantly alter the dynamics of disease spread in wildlife. However, the impact of thresholds in landscapes with high spatial variability is not well understood. We investigate this phenomenon in chronic waThursday, 1 May 2025https://journals-sagepub-com.dist.lib.usu.edu/doi/10.1177/10925872251331384As bear populations increase in areas like the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, human-bear interactions are rising, with grizzly bear encounters more than doubling in the past decade. To reduce conflicts, land management agencies promote Leave No Trace behaSaturday, 26 April 2025https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320725000230Conservation translocation can be an extremely useful conservation action to increase the abundance of isolated populations following successful habitat restoration. However, managers seek to weigh the benefits against costs to the source population from Sunday, 20 April 2025https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/extension_curall/2507/Traditional methods to detect wildlife are not often successful at detecting small mammals, but modifying the trail cameras to include a portable tunnel has been successful.Monday, 14 April 2025https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02218-zFisheries’ effects on marine life have been widely acknowledged for decades, but only recently have we considered their impact on marine nutrient cycles. Through the removal of marine biomass, fisheries represent a unique and historically novel pathway foThursday, 10 April 2025https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2745.70036Our study highlights the potency of top-down forcing in African savannas. It suggests impressive robustness to drought and underscores the value of multi-decadal experiments for studying interactions among multiple drivers of ecosystem dynamics.Thursday, 10 April 2025https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/faf.12895Chinook salmon in Alaska are declining in size, age, and abundance. A literature synthesis links this trend to ocean factors like marine predation, pink salmon competition, and shifting sea surface temperatures.Wednesday, 2 April 2025https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11104-025-07383-wHerbivores create large differences in litter decomposition rates, but identifying how they do this can be difficult because they simultaneously influence both biotic and abiotic factors. To understand how geese affect decomposition, we tested the effectsWednesday, 26 March 2025https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/1583/2025/African elephants are the largest extant terrestrial mammals, with bodies containing enormous quantities of nutrients. Yet, we know little about how these nutrients move through the ecosystem after an elephant dies. Here, we investigated the initial effecTuesday, 25 March 2025https://journals-sagepub-com.dist.lib.usu.edu/doi/10.1177/10925872251325533The Grand County Trail Ambassador Program improves visitor experiences and encourages Leave No Trace behaviors, demonstrating effective partnership-based education to reduce environmental and social impacts in protected areas.Wednesday, 12 March 2025https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3516&context=extension_curallMany homeowners experience negative interactions with wildlife once they have become a pest or a nuisance. USU Extension can help homeowners modify their homes and landscapes to avoid many negative interactions; however, sometimes, to resolve the conflictThursday, 20 February 2025https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/extension_curall/2487/Unmanned aircraft have advanced so much that they are completing tasks and integrating into all aspects of our lives. They deliver, survey, collect data, and complete assigned tasks with more efficiency and lower cost than many currently used techniques. Thursday, 20 February 2025https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10592-025-01674-6Accurate species delimitation is vital for conservation. Using multiple genetic markers and methods, researchers support splitting Bombus occidentalis into two species. Findings improve conservation understanding and recommend best practices for phylogenoThursday, 13 February 2025https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/rra.4434Simplified road-crossing passability methods, like uniform or random sampling, effectively estimate river connectivity despite uncertainties. Barriers significantly reduce fish passage, highlighting the need to identify and prioritize problematic crossingWednesday, 5 February 2025https://academic.oup.com/fisheries/article/50/2/52/7984374The introduction of Rainbow Smelt in Horsetooth Reservoir, Colorado, increased Walleye growth but also led to poor Walleye recruitment and significant ecosystem shifts, including the decline of Daphnia and the disappearance of opossum shrimp from predatorMonday, 3 February 2025https://le.uwpress.org/content/101/1/89Research on agricultural prices and deforestation has mostly focused on cash crops and export-oriented commodities. We develop a theoretical framework to illustrate how a staple food price shock can lead to deforestation through various channels. We exploSaturday, 1 February 2025https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304380024002977Aquatic habitat suitability models are increasingly coupled with water management models to estimate environmental effects of water management. Many types of habitat models exist, but there are no standard methods to compare predictive performance of habiMonday, 20 January 2025https://wildlife-onlinelibrary-wiley-com.dist.lib.usu.edu/doi/10.1002/jwmg.22715Pathogen transmission risk in bighorn sheep remains stable despite annual changes in home range size, though major environmental shifts could alter contact risk and warrant reassessment of disease models.Monday, 20 January 2025https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wsb.1566GPS transmitter performance on sage-grouse varies by brand and usage. MTI transmitters generally outperformed GeoTrak, though GeoTrak had better nest fix accuracy. Refurbishing transmitters helps maintain data quality critical for sage-grouse management.Thursday, 16 January 2025https://www.presenttensejournal.org/current-issue/volume-10/writing-assignments-for-the-prefigurative-classroom-framing-the-rhetoric-of-workplace-writing/If you work with students, give writing prompts, and want to think about how to develop their technical writing skills, this piece could help you develop a framework for designing those writing assignments.Monday, 13 January 2025https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ibi.13387Seabird population trends were estimated using combined historical and modern at-sea survey methods, validated by breeding data, enabling robust, long-term monitoring despite methodological differences.Friday, 10 January 2025https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1365-2664.14856Controlling highly fecund invasive species becomes much more feasible if managers can identify an approach that targets all adult age classes. Explicitly considering sustainable harvest metrics provides a framework for evaluating a harvest control programMonday, 6 January 2025https://cwbm.ca/evaluating-the-efficacy-of-aversive-conditioning-of-mountain-lions-with-hounds/We explored the efficacy of using trained hounds to haze mountain lions. Our study provides information on a proactive technique that could have applications for mitigating human-wildlife conflict.Thursday, 26 December 2024https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecs2.70060We tested whether (1) sage-grouse selected for surrogate habitat and (2) selection behaviors related to surrogate habitat had demographic effects on the population.Wednesday, 25 December 2024https://arc.lib.montana.edu/snow-science/objects/ISSW2024_P5.10.pdfSierra Nevada bighorn sheep are an endangered species who inhabit avalanche-prone areas of the central and southern parts of the range. The sheep have a complex relationship with snow. To better understand how the sheep interact with snow and avalanches, Tuesday, 10 December 2024https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/extension_curall/2474/Our study supports using older naturally grown sagebrush plants (wildlings) for restoration efforts. Wildlings had already faced various environmental stresses before transplantation and then had a survival advantage when transplanted. Our study also demoMonday, 9 December 2024https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.70630The number of ground-nesting ducks in the marshes of Great Salt Lake (GSL), Utah has drastically decreased in the past few decades. One potential cause for this decline is the increase in climate extremes caused by global warming. We tested the hypothesisFriday, 6 December 2024https://www.fs.usda.gov/rm/pubs_journals/rmrs/sycu/2024/sycu5_2024_12_growing_consensus.pdfEvolutionary niches are great for species survival, but when humans get stuck arguing from viewpoint niches, it can mean bad news for ecosystem resilience. In a big first, an approach to agreement among divergent stakeholders in a step-by-step protocol foMonday, 2 December 2024https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/733068?journalCode=ijpsWe report floral visitors and traits, anthesis patterns, and tests for stigmatic receptivity and/or self-pollination. Our aim was to contribute critical empirical data on the pollination biology of seven North American species displaying different floralThursday, 21 November 2024https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecm.1627To the extent that temporal variation in elk density was attributable to wolf predation, our results suggest that the wolf–elk–aspen trophic cascade was primarily density-mediated rather than trait-mediated. This aligns with the alternative hypothesis thaWednesday, 23 October 2024https://avmajournals.avma.org/view/journals/ajvr/85/10/ajvr.24.04.0099.xml?tab_body=fulltextA randomized, controlled, experimental trial was performed, with each individual serving as its own control to evaluate the effects of topical naltrexone on wound healing in freshwater fish.Tuesday, 1 October 2024https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ecy.4492Animals within social groups respond to costs and benefits of sociality by adjusting the proportion of time they spend in close proximity to other individuals in the group (cohesion). Variation in cohesion between individuals, in turn, shapes important grMonday, 30 September 2024https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.27.615469v1.fullMetabarcoding of environmental DNA (eDNA) has revolutionized the detection of aquatic species across large geographic scales. However, the effectiveness of eDNA metabarcoding across taxa is marker-dependent, often requiring multiple markers to detect diveMonday, 30 September 2024https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rstb.2022.0527Human disturbance is altering wildlife distributions and densities through habitat loss, climate change, pollution, and direct human presence. Animal behavior plays a key role in linking these disturbances to population outcomes, with the spatial–social iWednesday, 4 September 2024https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rstb.2022.0532Host social and spatial structures, along with pathogen environmental persistence, influence the spread of environmentally transmitted diseases. Using an agent-based model, researchers examined how host mobility, social behavior, and pathogen decay rates Wednesday, 4 September 2024https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rstb.2022.0533The availability of social resources, such as access to mates, can influence animal movement decisions, but these effects are rarely measured. This study examined how breeding season duration affects long-distance foray movements in male bighorn sheep acrWednesday, 4 September 2024https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665972724001077#fig2Community context plays a crucial role in shaping perceptions of forest risks and land management preferences. This study examines how nine Colorado communities responded to the mountain pine beetle outbreak over time using longitudinal interviews and surMonday, 2 September 2024https://www.researchgate.net/profile/William-Macfarlane-2/publication/386046260_MONTANA_BEAVER_DAM_CENSUS_BEAVER_RESTORATION_ASSESSMENT_TOOL_BRAT_VERIFICATION/links/6740a9f1b5bd9d17d6fdaa9a/MONTANA-BEAVER-DAM-CENSUS-BEAVER-RESTORATION-ASSESSMENT-TOOL-BRAT-VERIFICATION.pdfThe focus of this report is on 1) the results of a Montana statewide imagery-based census of beaver dams along the entire perennial stream network and 2) a comparison of the beaver dam census to the Beaver Restoration Assessment Tool (BRAT) estimates of bSunday, 1 September 2024https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wlb3.01290As the most widespread large carnivore on the planet, domestic dogs can pose a major threat to wildlife, even within protected areas (PAs). Growing human presence in PAs, coupled with increasing pet dog ownership underscores the urgency to understand the Tuesday, 27 August 2024https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2406314121Animals may be able to adapt to human-induced environmental change, thereby rescuing their populations from extinction. Yet it is unclear whether long-term adaptive change in genotypes, known as evolutionary rescue, is possible for free-living animals. UsMonday, 12 August 2024https://academic.oup.com/condor/article/126/3/duae013/7721646Many species of birds, including grouse, are declining across natural ranges and need conservation actions to ensure long-term population stability. Translocation, the intentional capture, transport, and release of animals to a novel area, is one tool thaMonday, 5 August 2024https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.70097Results suggest that hunting (pursuit with hounds resulting in harvest) and non-lethal pursuit (pursuit with hounds but no harvest allowed) increase avoidance of anthropogenic landscapes during dispersal for juvenile mountain lions. By comparing populatioThursday, 1 August 2024https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40462-024-00490-wThis study used PIT‑tag tracking and multi‑scale antennas to show that Rio Grande silvery minnows exhibit nomadic, downstream‑biased movements, which contradicts traditional paradigms. The study can inform restoration efforts.Wednesday, 31 July 2024https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/extension_curall/2432/Pocket gophers can damage agriculture and human development infrastructure from consuming plants in agricultural fields to chewing through electrical cables. Understanding and managing pocket gopher habits is the key to effective control. This fact sheet Tuesday, 30 July 2024https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ecog.07225Habitat selection models often struggle to predict animal space use beyond the original study area and time due to individual and environmental variability. This study developed a modeling workflow that accounts for variation in habitat selection from 238Monday, 22 July 2024https://www.fs.usda.gov/rm/pubs_series/rmrs/gtr/rmrs_gtr439.pdfForest managers are searching for better approaches to manage low-value material resulting from fuels management and timber harvest. The conventional practice of slash pile burning emits pollutants and greenhouse gases, and leaves behind burn scars that dWednesday, 17 July 2024https://home.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/upload/ELK-BOOK-FOR-WEB_accessible.pdfThis book explores the multifaceted importance northern Yellowstone elk play in the park’s history, maintaining its biodiversity, and captivating the minds and hearts of people who care about Yellowstone and wildlife. Throughout these chapters, we learn aMonday, 1 July 2024https://www.fs.usda.gov/rm/pubs_journals/rmrs/sycu/2024/sycu_70_2024_12_biochar_ready.pdfOver 14 years, biochar evolved into a viable, climate-smart forest management tool. Eight site-based production methods now help reduce wildfire risk and restore soil, with EPA-approved low-emission practices supporting broader adoption across diverse forThursday, 20 June 2024https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wlb3.01257Gray wolves comprise one of the most widely distributed carnivore species on the planet, but they face myriad environmental and anthropogenic pressures. Here, we look at how seasonal home range size and diel activity patterns among resident and non-resideWednesday, 19 June 2024https://bioone-org.dist.lib.usu.edu/journals/journal-of-zoo-and-wildlife-medicine/volume-55/issue-2/2022-0096/THE-MANAGEMENT-OF-LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE-NEOPLASIA-IN-FOUR-NORTHERN-SEA-OTTERS/10.1638/2022-0096.full?tab=ArticleLinkThese diseases are found in free-ranging otters and those in managed care, but management information is limited.Thursday, 13 June 2024https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/7/1003Quaking aspen landscapes are valued for their biodiversity, water retention, fire mitigation, aesthetics, and recreation opportunities, however, some aspen populations are experiencing population declines. At a popular recreational area in Utah, USA, idenMonday, 27 May 2024https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-024-02236-zDegradation of drylands has led to extensive efforts to restore big sagebrush in the western U.S., with interest in using greenhouse-grown seedlings ("tubelings") or locally collected transplants ("wildlings"). A study in southeastern Idaho compared the sMonday, 22 April 2024https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ecs2.4919Non‐native species can affect ecosystems by influencing native predator‐prey dynamics. Therefore, management interventions designed to remove non‐natives may inadvertently lead to increased predation on native species. Feral horses are widely distributed Tuesday, 16 April 2024https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000391The tourism industry needs strategies to reduce emissions and hasten the achievement of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emission reduction targets. A case study of Yellowstone National Park found that tourism generates approximately 1.03 megatons of CO2-equivWednesday, 3 April 2024https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320724000144This study examines genetic resiliency in two sibling bumble bee species of conservation concern by analyzing museum specimens collected between 1960 and 2020 using 15 microsatellite markers. The findings reveal a decline in allelic richness decades beforFriday, 1 March 2024https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/aqc.4240Understanding how invasive species affect the stability and function of ecosystems is critical for conservation. Here, we quantified the effect of an actively suppressed invasive species on the Yellowstone Lake ecosystem using a food web energetics approaThursday, 8 February 2024https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10871209.2023.2299870?scroll=top&needAccess=true#abstractThis study integrates moral norms and stewardship identity into the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to predict hunters' use of non-lead ammunition in southwestern Utah’s California condor recovery zone. Structural equation modeling showed that moral normThursday, 11 January 2024https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003097822-8/trophic-cascades-basis-rewilding-clark-wolf-mark-hebblewhiteTrophic cascades are often used as a justification for rewilding large carnivores, with the idea that they will have positive, trickle-down effects for plants and other species. This chapter aims to clarify trophic cascades first as an ecological phenomenTuesday, 1 November 2022https://caas.usu.edu/berryman-institute/research-and-projects/combining_camera_trap_surveys_and_IUCN_range_maps.php