Since its discovery in 2006, the fungal disease known as white-nose syndrome (WNS) has killed millions of bats. Of the 47 bat species native to the conterminous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Canada, 12 have been affected by WNS, including 3 endangered species and 1 proposed endangered species. WNS has also been detected in 40 States and 9 Canadian Provinces. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists have been critical in identifying the causal fungus for WNS (Pseudogymnoascus destructans [Pd]), characterizing the effects of WNS, and tracking the spread of Pd in many bat populations in North America.
The mission of the USGS WNS and Bat Health Science Team is to deliver integrated science in order to build resiliency into free-ranging bat populations through more effective WNS management, build capacity for bat health science, and enhance bat health information sharing across USGS science centers and cooperative research units as well as with stakeholders. The USGS can play an important role in supporting regional and national capacity building by providing resources and guidance to local, State, and Tribal management entities and by providing tools to enhance disease management. The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area’s Biological Threats and Invasive Species Research Program is the lead Federal program for free-ranging wildlife disease research and surveillance.
As of 2024, guided by the science priorities set by the WNS Steering Committee, USGS scientists are engaged in a nationwide response to WNS. This work is done in close coordination with our partners at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Defense, as well as State and Tribal agencies. In addition to conducting WNS research, the USGS is mapping the spread of WNS and coordinating the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat) to understand how WNS and other stressors affect the status and trends of native bats across their range. The USGS is supporting the national WNS response through four science goals: (1) provide situational awareness on the health of bat populations; (2) conduct ecological studies of bats along the gradient of disease vulnerability; (3) contribute actionable science to enhance the resiliency of bat populations; and (4) implement an adaptive, holistic approach to bat health.
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During 2023–24, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Edwards Aquifer Authority, revised a previous publication of the geologic framework and hydrostratigraphy of the Edwards and Trinity aquifers that was completed during 2018 within Hays County, Texas. The purpose of this report is to present the updated geologic framework and hydrostratigraphy of the rocks containing the Edwards and Trinity aquifers in Hays County from field observations of the surficial expressions of the rocks. The report includes a detailed 1:24,000-scale hydrostratigraphic map with names and descriptions of the geologic framework and hydrostratigraphic units (HSUs) in the study area. The study includes updates to the interpretation of the Kainer Formation of the Edwards Group with the addition of a burrowed unit between the basal nodular and dolomitic members. Hydrostratigraphy was also updated with the addition of the Seco Pass HSU for the burrowed member of the Kainer Formation. The study also includes updates to the interpretation of the hydrostratigraphy of the Trinity aquifer with the addition of the cavernous HSU at the top of the upper zone of the Trinity aquifer and the Herff Falls HSU between the Bulverde and Rust HSUs of the middle zone of the Trinity aquifer.
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","tableOfContents":"An ∼3 km long nodal array oriented approximately east–west was deployed in Chugiak, Alaska, by the U.S. Geological Survey during 2021. The array intersects with the permanent NetQuakes station NP.ARTY, where peak ground acceleration (PGA) value of 1.98g was recorded during the 2018 Mw 7.1 Anchorage, Alaska, earthquake, in sharp contrast to the PGA of ∼0.3g at a site just 4 km to the west. Seismic data for Mw 1.8–4.3 aftershocks from the Mw 7.1 event recorded by the nodal array confirm the anomalously large ground motions obtained at NP.ARTY as well as similar amplifications at nodes within ∼1 km to the east. Here, we performed 0–10 Hz 3D finite‐difference simulations, including high‐resolution surface topography, to explore the cause of the unexpectedly large amplification. As expected, the simulations computed with a regional 3D tomography velocity model severely underpredict the 0–10 Hz acceleration records at almost all sites. Adding a near‐surface low‐velocity taper to 300 m depth amplifies the accelerations by up to a factor of 5 and enables a reasonable match between the nodal data and simulations at sites to the west of NP.ARTY. However, this model still underpredicts the spectral energy in the area covered by glacial sediments by up to an order of magnitude. The addition of a till layer using a depth‐dependent shear‐wave velocity (Vs) profile along with a homogeneous, 8 m thick low‐velocity layer with Vs = 250 m/s representing the kame terraces improves the fit to data to within a factor of 2 at nodes located on top of the glacial sediments. Our study shows that the anomalously large high‐frequency amplification recorded at and near NP.ARTY can be explained by a combination of topographic effects and near‐surface low‐velocity material with amplification effects on the high‐frequency ground motion by up to about 40% and an order of magnitude, respectively.
","language":"English","publisher":"Seismological Society of America","doi":"10.1785/0120240283","usgsCitation":"Yeh, T., Olsen, K.B., Steidl, J.H., and Haeussler, P., 2025, Near-surface material and topography generate anomalous high-frequency ground motion amplification in Chugiak, Alaska: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 115, no. 6, p. 2793-2808, https://doi.org/10.1785/0120240283.","productDescription":"16 p.","startPage":"2793","endPage":"2808","ipdsId":"IP-173630","costCenters":[{"id":237,"text":"Earthquake Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"links":[{"id":498350,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg"}],"country":"United States","state":"Alaska","city":"Chugiak","geographicExtents":"{\n \"type\": \"FeatureCollection\",\n \"features\": [\n {\n \"type\": \"Feature\",\n \"properties\": {},\n \"geometry\": {\n \"coordinates\": [\n [\n [\n -149.0449585780233,\n 61.579337610698786\n ],\n [\n -150.32779349821365,\n 61.579337610698786\n ],\n [\n -150.32779349821365,\n 60.81067946634249\n ],\n [\n -149.0449585780233,\n 60.81067946634249\n ],\n [\n -149.0449585780233,\n 61.579337610698786\n ]\n ]\n ],\n \"type\": \"Polygon\"\n }\n }\n ]\n}","volume":"115","issue":"6","noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationDate":"2025-08-22","publicationStatus":"PW","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"Yeh, Te-Yang 0000-0002-9146-6804","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9146-6804","contributorId":364872,"corporation":false,"usgs":false,"family":"Yeh","given":"Te-Yang","affiliations":[{"id":6608,"text":"San Diego State University","active":true,"usgs":false}],"preferred":false,"id":953357,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1},{"text":"Olsen, Kim B.","contributorId":364874,"corporation":false,"usgs":false,"family":"Olsen","given":"Kim","middleInitial":"B.","affiliations":[{"id":6608,"text":"San Diego State University","active":true,"usgs":false}],"preferred":false,"id":953358,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":2},{"text":"Steidl, Jamison Haase 0000-0003-0612-7654","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0612-7654","contributorId":239709,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Steidl","given":"Jamison","email":"","middleInitial":"Haase","affiliations":[{"id":237,"text":"Earthquake Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"preferred":true,"id":953359,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":3},{"text":"Haeussler, Peter J. 0000-0002-1503-6247","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1503-6247","contributorId":353464,"corporation":false,"usgs":false,"family":"Haeussler","given":"Peter J.","affiliations":[{"id":84407,"text":"USGS ASC retired","active":true,"usgs":false}],"preferred":false,"id":953360,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":4}]}} ,{"id":70271727,"text":"70271727 - 2025 - Using periodic matrix models to simulate the effectiveness of alternative reintroduction strategies for lizards on a seasonal tropical island","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2025-09-22T14:01:26.626812","indexId":"70271727","displayToPublicDate":"2025-08-22T08:58:12","publicationYear":"2025","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":2,"text":"Article"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":10,"text":"Journal Article"},"seriesTitle":{"id":774,"text":"Animal Conservation","active":true,"publicationSubtype":{"id":10}},"title":"Using periodic matrix models to simulate the effectiveness of alternative reintroduction strategies for lizards on a seasonal tropical island","docAbstract":"Conservation translocations and reintroductions are widely used to improve conservation outcomes for declining species. Reintroductions are unlikely to be successful if the threats that led to the extirpation of the focal species, such as non-native predators, have not been ameliorated. The non-native brown treesnake (Boiga irregularis) was introduced to Guam in the mid-20th century and has devastated the native lizard fauna of this Pacific Island. Native lizard populations persist on small islands near Guam and could act as sources for reintroductions. Recently, trapping methods have been shown to greatly reduce the density of brown treesnakes, raising the possibility that native lizards could be reintroduced where brown treesnake abundance is controlled. Here we developed demographic models for four lizard species present on Guam to assess their validity as a trial for reintroducing species to meet native species recovery goals. These four species vary in their size, activity, and susceptibility to predation by brown treesnakes. We used periodic matrix models to simulate changes in lizard vital rates driven by the wet-dry seasonal cycle found on Guam. We found that the release of 60 individuals of each species was likely to result in successful reintroduction outcomes provided adult survival in the wild is similar to rates estimated based on life history parameters. Demographic models can be used to forecast reintroduction outcomes, including predicting the probability of success and evaluating causes of failure in the event that populations do not establish.
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With this decline comes increasing difficulty in monitoring imperiled bat species due to lower detection probabilities of both mist-netting and acoustic surveys. Lure technology shows promise to increase detection while decreasing sampling effort; however, to date research has primarily focused on increasing physical captures during mist-net surveys using sound lures. Because much bat monitoring is now performed using acoustic detection, there is a similar need to increase detection probabilities during acoustic surveys. Ultraviolet (UV) lights anecdotally have been shown to attract insects and thereby attract foraging bats for observational studies and to experimentally provide a food source for WNS-impacted bats before and after hibernation. Therefore, we constructed a field-portable and programmable UV lure device to determine the value of lures for increasing acoustic detection of bats. We tested if the lure device increased both the echolocation passes and feeding activity (feeding buzzes) across a transect of bat detectors. There was an increase in feeding activity around the UV light, with a nuanced, species-specific and positionally dependent effect on echolocation passes received. The UV light lure increased echolocation passes for the eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis), little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus), and evening bat (Nycticeius humeralis), but decreased passes of the North American hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus). The northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) showed a negative response within the illuminated area but increased echolocation activity outside the illuminated area during lure treatment and activity was elevated at all positions after the lure was deactivated. Our study demonstrates some potential utility of UV lures in increasing the feeding activity and acoustic detection of bats. Additional research and development of UV lure technology may be beneficial, including alternating on and off periods to improve detection of light-averse species, and improving echolocation call quality along with the increase in received passes.
","language":"English","publisher":"MDPI","doi":"10.3390/ani15162458","usgsCitation":"Freeze, S.R., Deeley, S.M., Litterer, A.S., Freeze, J.M., and Ford, W., 2025, The bat signal: An ultraviolet light lure to increase acoustic detection of bats: Animals, v. 15, no. 16, 2458, 31 p., https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15162458.","productDescription":"2458, 31 p.","ipdsId":"IP-179561","costCenters":[{"id":199,"text":"Coop Res Unit Leetown","active":true,"usgs":true}],"links":[{"id":497711,"rank":0,"type":{"id":40,"text":"Open Access Publisher Index Page"},"url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15162458","text":"Publisher Index Page"},{"id":497492,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg"}],"country":"United States","state":"Virginia","otherGeospatial":"Prince William Forest Park","geographicExtents":"{\n \"type\": \"FeatureCollection\",\n \"features\": [\n {\n \"type\": \"Feature\",\n \"properties\": {},\n \"geometry\": {\n \"coordinates\": [\n [\n [\n -77.4388964315137,\n 38.6362469072904\n ],\n [\n -77.4388964315137,\n 38.55055265494616\n ],\n [\n -77.33478490822863,\n 38.55055265494616\n ],\n [\n -77.33478490822863,\n 38.6362469072904\n ],\n [\n -77.4388964315137,\n 38.6362469072904\n ]\n ]\n ],\n \"type\": \"Polygon\"\n }\n }\n ]\n}","volume":"15","issue":"16","noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationDate":"2025-08-21","publicationStatus":"PW","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"Freeze, Samuel R.","contributorId":363959,"corporation":false,"usgs":false,"family":"Freeze","given":"Samuel","middleInitial":"R.","affiliations":[{"id":12694,"text":"Virginia Tech","active":true,"usgs":false}],"preferred":false,"id":952132,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1},{"text":"Deeley, Sabrina M.","contributorId":363962,"corporation":false,"usgs":false,"family":"Deeley","given":"Sabrina","middleInitial":"M.","affiliations":[{"id":36188,"text":"U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service","active":true,"usgs":false}],"preferred":false,"id":952133,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":2},{"text":"Litterer, Amber S.","contributorId":363965,"corporation":false,"usgs":false,"family":"Litterer","given":"Amber","middleInitial":"S.","affiliations":[{"id":12694,"text":"Virginia Tech","active":true,"usgs":false}],"preferred":false,"id":952134,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":3},{"text":"Freeze, J. 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Methane dissolution within the water column affects the geochemistry of the surrounding water, leading to localized oxygen loss and potential escape to the atmosphere, particularly from shallower sites. Traditional methods for detecting and quantifying dissolved methane rely on collecting discrete water samples for ship- or land-based ex situ analysis and post processing. Here, we report on the use of a reduced response time, in situ methane sensor, the Sensor for Aqueous Gases in the Environment (SAGE), for detecting and quantifying dissolved methane concentrations in a wide range of seafloor environments. During a Fall 2022 research cruise on the R/V Thomas G. Thompson in Puget Sound, SAGE was integrated onto a towed conductivity/temperature/depth rosette and deep-sea camera system with live-stream 1 Hz telemetry and used to spatially map the concentration of methane approximately 1 m above the seafloor. The site had been previously identified as an active methane plume field characterized by gas bubbles, fluid venting, and a faulted seabed. The widespread background dissolved concentration of methane measured by SAGE was 83 nM, and a range of 78–670 nM was observed throughout the survey. The results highlight the capacity of SAGE to map the spatial and temporal variability of dissolved methane concentrations in situ and to identify and localize sites of variable methane emissions from the seafloor.
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Despite important early studies on the basic ecology of G. berlandieri, quantitative identification of habitat associations with specific environmental conditions has been limited. Gopherus berlandieri inhabits Tamaulipan thornscrub across its range, and coastal populations are historically associated with low-relief clay ridges with thick mesquital scrub surrounded by salt prairie grasslands. Our study examined tortoise home range size and association with canopy cover and potential ground moisture at a protected natural area in Cameron County, TX, USA. Twelve tortoises were outfitted with GPS loggers that recorded location once an hour from March 2020 to March 2022. To delineate home ranges, we estimated utilization distributions (UDs) for tortoises as autocorrelated kernel density estimates (AKDEs) at low-use (95%) and core-use (50%) levels for each tortoise. 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In seasons of extreme weather (hot or cold), tortoises seem to seek out areas of denser canopy cover that likely serve as thermal refugia. Based on our results, effective habitat identification may best be served by ensuring that canopy cover is at least equivalent to the values reported here to ensure sufficient refugia during extreme seasonal temperatures.
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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is using collaborative, interdisciplinary planning to develop data and tools needed to optimize the management of water resources and land use by resource management agencies during an ongoing, multidecadal drought in the Colorado River Basin. The USGS Actionable and Strategic Integrated Science and Technology team works to build relationships with resource management agencies and other stakeholders who can benefit from the use of USGS data and products. In 2023, the Actionable and Strategic Integrated Science and Technology team hosted a series of collaborative workshops to bring together representatives of resource management agencies and other stakeholders (any person or entity with interests in a resource or location) with USGS program managers, scientists, and multidisciplinary subject matter experts to codevelop concepts for interdisciplinary drought science and technology projects to address pressing needs related to drought in the Colorado River Basin. Workshop participants identified current and recent scientific data that could be shared through a centralized online data portal. Workshop participants also identified drought science and technology needs and developed project concepts to address those science needs. Participants categorized project concepts based on their potential to develop short-, mid-, and long-term drought science data and tools, provide for the spatial or temporal expansion of ongoing USGS science projects, and address high-priority science needs. Participants developed nine project concepts: (1) understanding shifting ecohydrologic baselines, (2) San Juan River Basin synthesis, (3) incorporating dynamic land cover into hydrologic models, (4) aridification compared to drought, (5) surface water-groundwater interactions, (6) cascading effects of drought on dust, (7) cascading effects of drought on water availability, (8) cascading effects of drought on socioeconomic factors, and (9) the value of water in the Colorado River Basin. This report provides an overview of the 2023 Codesign Workshop Series, synthesized outcomes from workshop materials and discussions, and science project concepts that emerged from the collaborative meetings that will continue to be refined into science project proposals through codevelopment processes. This report also highlights lessons learned and next steps needed to receive feedback and testing of the USGS Science Collaboration Portal, continue collaboration to develop detailed specifics and steps for short-term wins, develop interdisciplinary project proposals, and implement science planning and studies.
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Aeromagnetic and gravity surveys of the Skaergaard intrusion in East Greenland were carried out in July–August 1971 as part of a grant to the University of Oregon Center for Volcanology to refine the models of crystallization and differentiation of the intrusion, specifically to test whether the intrusion is underlain by dense rocks of a reservoir 20 kilometers (km) thick (referred to as a “hidden zone”). The Skaergaard intrusion is a source of platinum group elements that are critical mineral resources for many technologies, and because no new data have been collected these legacy datasets remain a valuable asset. The total-intensity aeromagnetic survey was flown in early July 1971 with a proton precession magnetometer at a constant barometric altitude of 1.5 km (5,000 feet) with a nominal line spacing of 1 km. Two gravimeters were used to acquire 168 stations of which 86 were at known altitudes (mainly sea level) and 82 had altitudes measured by altimetry in late July–August 1971. Finally, a north-south ground vertical-intensity magnetic traverse was completed across the intrusion together with collection of oriented hand specimens. The hand specimens were measured for remnant magnetization and density, along with density measurements of more specimens collected by expedition geologists for other purposes.
The intrusion is composed of layered gabbro with extensive crystal fractionation that is dense and strongly reversely polarized. After terrain correction and standard Bouguer gravity reduction, the gravity anomaly dataset was corrected for all rock above sea level using the density measurements of the various zones of the intrusion and the topographic and geologic maps (variable density Bouguer gravity reduction).
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Conventional dietary assessments are challenging in hematophagous species, particularly in sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). However, recent technological developments and molecular approaches have provided an attractive alternative through the use of DNA metabarcoding. While DNA metabarcoding has been used for dietary analyses in numerous species, including lampreys, applications of universal primers that detect a diverse set of prey items can be limited by the amplification of predator DNA. In this study, we designed and tested eight blocking primers designed to suppress the amplification of sea lamprey DNA with vertebrate-universal primers targeting the mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene. This approach allowed for the use of a single marker to amplify a taxonomically diverse suite of host species, in contrast to previous studies that used multiple taxon-specific primer pairs (e.g., Salmonidae, Cyprinidae, and Catostomidae). Candidate blocking primers evaluated in this study differed in base pair length, end sequence modification, and purification method. Samples with different sea lamprey-to-host DNA ratios were subjected to multiple detection methods including gel electrophoresis, quantitative PCR, and DNA metabarcoding to assess the ability of each blocking primer to selectively suppress amplification of the sea lamprey 12S gene region. All blocking primers tested performed well and demonstrated high effectiveness, suppressing sea lamprey reads by > 99.9% in mock communities and improving host DNA sequence recovery across various sample types, including wild-caught lamprey. Results show that the blocking primers evaluated can facilitate molecular diet analysis in sea lamprey, allowing the amplification of a taxonomically diverse range of host fish species with universal primers.
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The aquarium trade is a global industry responsible for the movement of live plants and animals, but it also serves as a major pathway for the introduction and spread of aquatic invasive species. Invasive species contribute to biodiversity loss, disrupt ecosystems, and can have widespread economic and societal impacts. A significant but poorly understood invasion risk in the plant aquarium trade is the transport of hitchhiking species, which are organisms unintentionally transported along with a species of primary interest in trade. Aquatic hitchhikers can persist in aquaria and later be released into the wild, potentially establishing invasive populations. While some studies have identified hitchhiking as a pathway for aquatic species spread, it remains largely unrecognized in international regulations. Increased awareness, triggered by incidents such as zebra mussels found in aquarium plants, highlights the need for further investigation into this emerging pathway of concern. As a response, we reviewed the current state of knowledge regarding aquatic plants in the aquarium trade as vectors for transporting invasive hitchhiking species, with a particular focus on how morphological complexity of plants influences associated hitchhikers. We found that although awareness of hitchhiking species in the aquarium trade is increasing, few studies have empirically examined aquarium plants as vectors for invasive species. Understanding this pathway can help to inform invasive species management around the plant aquarium trade and to keep aquarium organisms in a sustainable manner.
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