USGS and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Science Support (SSP) & Quick Response Program (QRP)

A nation-wide annual science collaborative program in which USGS scientists address priority research needs identified by the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

Abstract

A nation-wide annual science collaborative program in which USGS scientists address priority research needs identified by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. USFWS priorities for these funds change annually. The final USGS Alaska Science Center projects chosen by the USFWS Alaska and Pacific Region for funding in 2020-2022 are as follows: Assessing the population status of two rare taxa endemic to the central Bering Sea, Alaska: McKay's Bunting and Pribilof Rock Sandpiper; Status assessment of Spectacled Eider populations on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta; Investigating hybridization between the declining Gray-headed Chickadee and a recent colonizer, the Boreal Chickadee; and Quantifying fine-scale habitat selection and thermal stress in Deshka River Chinook salmon.

Products

Title	Type
Collaborative Science for Priority Information Needs	Project Website
Aerial Photo Imagery from Fall Waterfowl Surveys, Izembek Lagoon, Alaska, 2017-2019	Data
Counts of Birds in Aerial Photos from Fall Waterfowl Surveys, Izembek Lagoon, Alaska, 2017-2019	Data
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis) Measurement Data from Brazil, Texas, and Alaska	Data
Integrated population modeling provides the first empirical evidence of vital rates and abundance for polar bears in the Chukchi Sea	Publication
Habitat degradation affects the summer activity of polar bears	Publication
Spring fasting behavior in a marine apex predator provides an index of ecosystem productivity	Publication
Denning phenology and reproductive success of polar bears in a changing climate	Publication
Spatial distribution of band recoveries of black brant	Publication

Contacts

Flint, Paul L., 907-786-7183
Matsuoka, Steven , 907-786-7075
Sonsthagen, Sarah A., 907-786-7054
Tibbitts, Theresa , 907-786-7038
Von Biela, Vanessa , 907-786-7073

Status: onGoing
Start Year: 2020
End Year: 2022

Collaborators

FWS - Alaska Region

USGS Mission Area and Program

Ecosystems → Wildlife Program

Major Initiatives

FWS - Quick Response Program
FWS - Science Support Program
USGS - Changing Arctic Ecosystems Initiative

Keywords

Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Ground Water > Ground Water Discharge/Flow
Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Ground Water > Groundwater Chemistry
Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Ground Water > Springs
Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Surface Water > Lakes
Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Surface Water > Rivers/Streams
Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Surface Water > Surface Water Chemistry
Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Water Quality/Water Chemistry > Conductivity
Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Water Quality/Water Chemistry > Nutrients
Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Water Quality/Water Chemistry > Radioisotopes