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Monitoring Colonias along the United States-Mexico border
Laura M. Norman, Jean W. Parcher, Alven H. Lam
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3070
The Colonias Monitoring Program provides a publicly accessible, binational, GIS database to enable civic leaders and c itizens to inventory, analyze, and monitor growth, housing, and infrastructure in border communities. High-technology tools are provided to support planning efforts and development along the border, using a sustainable and comprehensive approach. The...
Development of a long-term sampling network to monitor restoration success in the southwest coastal Everglades: Vegetation, hydrology, and sediments
Thomas J. Smith III
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3015
Introduction and HistoryHurricane Andrew, a Category 5 storm, crossed the southern Florida peninsula on the morning of August 24, 1992. Following the storm, the National Park Service conducted an environmental damage assessment to gauge the storm's impacts on the natural resources of south Florida Park Service holdings. Although hurricanes have...
Wildlife health: Thirty years of science
Paul Slota
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3094
For three decades the USGS National Wildlife Health Center has responded to threats to the health of the Nation’s wildlife with unparallelled science and field support....
Natural restoration basics for wetlands
Beth A. Middleton
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3053
Around the world, dams, diversions, and drainage systems reengineer rivers for navigation, farming, and urban development, and this has caused vast changes in the environmental conditions of the flood plains adjacent to these rivers (Middleton, 2002). Even though “flood pulses,” the periodic overflow of these rivers, were once the most...
Changing Salinity Patterns in Biscayne Bay, Florida
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3108
Biscayne Bay, Fla., is a 428-square-mile (1,109-square-kilometer) subtropical estuarine ecosystem that includes Biscayne National Park, the largest marine park in the U.S. national park system (fig. 1). The bay began forming between 5,000 and 3,000 years ago as sea level rose and southern Florida was flooded. Throughout most of its...
Belowground dynamics in mangrove ecosystems
Karen L. McKee
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3126
Mangrove ecosystems are tropical/subtropical communities of primarily tree species that grow in the intertidal zone. These tidal communities are important coastal ecosystems that are valued for a variety of ecological and societal goods and services (fig. 1). Mangrove wetlands are important filters of materials moving between the land and sea,...
Global change impacts on mangrove ecosystems
Karen L. McKee
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3125
Mangroves are tropical/subtropical communities of primarily tree species that grow in the intertidal zone. These tidal forests are important coastal ecosystems that are valued for a variety of ecological and societal goods and services. Major local threats to mangrove ecosystems worldwide include clearcutting and trimming of forests for urban, agricultural,...
Partnerships - Working Together to Build The National Map
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3059
Through The National Map, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is working with partners to ensure that current, accurate, and complete base geographic information is available for the Nation. Designed as a network of online digital databases, it provides a consistent geographic data framework for the country and serves as a...
The USGS role in mapping the nation's submerged lands
Bill Schwab, John Haines
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3082
The seabed provides habitat for a diverse marine life having commercial, recreational, and intrinsic value. The habitat value of the seabed is largely a function of the geological structure and related geological, biological, oceanologic, and geochemical processes. Of equal importance, the nation's submerged lands contain energy and mineral resources and...