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Scientists at the USGS Western Ecological Research Center study the many ecosystems of the Pacific Southwest. Follow our expeditions and projects through this outreach page, and learn more about your local landscape with our library of Outreach Factsheets and photos. Thanks for joining us!

Ben Young Landis
Outreach and Communications Coordinator

WERC Headquarters
3020 State University Drive East
Sacramento, CA 95819
Phone: (916) 278-9495
Fax: (916) 278-9475
Email: blandis@usgs.gov
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A new USGS ARMI study monitored amphibian population trends in public lands and national parks, like this Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog (Rana sierrae) in Yosemite National Park. --Photographer: Devin Edmonds
More Silent Springs: New Study Confirms Amphibian Decline Trends in U.S.
THURSDAY MAY 23 2013
Frogs, toads, salamanders and other amphibians are less commonly found today in the United States than they were nine years ago, according to a new st ...more
A photo of a southern California neighborhood scarred by wildfire --Photographer: Jon Keeley/USGS
Why Are Biologists Studying Housing Loss from Wildfires?
THURSDAY JUN 28 2012
Why is housing loss to wildfire relevant to ecological science? That's a question some have asked after reading our recent study on San Diego and Ve ...more
Least Bell's Vireo near La Paz, Mexico --Photographer: Courtesy of Steve Mlodinow
"It's Winter -- Do You Know Where Your Vireos Are?"
MONDAY FEB 13 2012
The least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) is federally listed as endangered. This small songbird -- it weighs less than an empty aluminum soda ca ...more
Caribou --Photographer: USGS
The Real Lives of Wild Reindeer
TUESDAY DEC 20 2011
If reindeer had red, glowing noses, they'd probably be a lot easier to study in the wild. Reindeer, of course, is another common name for caribou ( ...more
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