Ecological Requirements for Pallid Sturgeon Reproduction and Recruitment in the Lower Missouri River: A Research Synthesis 2005–08

This report provides a synthesis of results obtained between 2005 and 2008 from the Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Program, an interagency collaboration between the U.S. Geological Survey, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Missouri River Recovery―Integrated Science Program. The goal of the Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Program is to improve fundamental understanding of reproductive ecology of the pallid sturgeon with the intent that improved understanding will inform river and species management decisions. Specific objectives include: • Determining movement, habitat-use, and reproductive behavior of pallid sturgeon; • Understanding reproductive physiology of pallid sturgeon and relations to environmental conditions; • Determining origin, transport, and fate of drifting pallid sturgeon larvae, and evaluating bottlenecks for recruitment of early life stages; • Quantifying availability and dynamics of aquatic habitats needed by pallid sturgeon for all life stages; and • Managing databases, integrating understanding, and publishing relevant information into the public domain

Bandgap Engineering of Conjugated Nanoporous Poly-benzobisthiadiazoles via Copolymerization for Enhanced Photocatalytic 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroquinoline Synthesis under Visible Light

National Fish Habitat Action Plan. 2006. http://fishhabitat.org/documents/plan/National_Fish_Habitat_Action_Plan.pd

Directorate geo framework report 6-12 Woods and Morey

Woods, T, and S. Morey. 2009. Methods and Results of Structured Decision Making Process for Selecting a Geographic Framework for Implementing Strategic Habitat Conservation. Final Report. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of the Science Advisor, Arlington VA. 15 pp

Conservation_in_transition

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2009. Conservation in transition: leading change in the 21st century. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 13 pp. Available from: http://library.fws.gov/SHC/Conservation_in_transition.pd

Directorate geo framework report 6-12 Woods and Morey

Woods, T, and S. Morey. 2009. Methods and Results of Structured Decision Making Process for Selecting a Geographic Framework for Implementing Strategic Habitat Conservation. Final Report. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of the Science Advisor, Arlington VA. 15 pp

NABCI BCR descriptions

U.S. North American Bird Conservation Initiative Committee. 2000. North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI) Bird Conservation Region Descriptions: A Supplement to the North American Bird Conservation Initiative Bird Conservation Regions Map. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Migratory Birds, Arlington VA USA. http://www.nabci-us.org/aboutnabci/bcrdescrip.pdf

Data from: A national geographic framework for guiding conservation on a landscape scale

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, along with the global conservation community, has recognized that the conservation challenges of the 21st century far exceed the responsibilities and footprint of any individual agency or program. The ecological effects of climate change and other anthropogenic stressors do not recognize geopolitical boundaries and, as such, demand a national geographic framework to provide structure for cross-jurisdictional and landscape-scale conservation strategies. In 2009, a new map of ecologically based conservation regions in which to organize capacity and implement strategic habitat conservation was developed using rapid prototyping and expert elicitation by an interagency team of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Geological Survey scientists and conservation professionals. Incorporating Bird Conservation Regions, Freshwater Ecoregions, and U.S. Geological Survey hydrologic unit codes, the new geographic framework provides a spatial template for building conservation capacity and focusing biological planning and conservation design efforts. The Department of Interior's Landscape Conservation Cooperatives are being organized in these new conservation regions as multi-stakeholder collaborations for improved conservation science and management

FWS memo on LCC boundary change guidance (Final)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2006. Landscape Conservation Cooperatives. Operational Memo for Addressing Requests for Consideration of LCC Geographic Boundary Changes. Office of the Science Advisor, Dec. 2011

Adaptive Mgt TechGuide

Williams, B. K., R. C. Szaro, and C. D. Shapiro. 2007. Adaptive Management: The U. S. Department of the Interior Technical guide. Adaptive management Working Group, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC

NAWMP ImplementationFramework 2004

North American Waterfowl Management Plan, Plan Committee. 2004. North American Waterfowl Management Plan 2004. Implementation Framework: Strengthening the Biological Foundation. Canadian Wildlife Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, 106 pp. http://www.fws.gov/birdhabitat/NAWMP/files/ImplementationFramework.pd