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North America's endemic flock of ~300 species has been identified by The Nature Conservancy as the most imperiled group of plants or animals on the continent; dozens of species are already extinct and >100 species are in danger of extinction.
There is great interest in evaluating, and possibly ameliorating, the effects of forest soil base cation depletion caused by acidic atmospheric deposition in the northeastern U.S.
Early deer management pioneers knew herd survival and expansion depended on protecting female deer. This was conveyed to deer hunters, who reaped the benefits of doe protection by seeing more deer in some cases a lot more deer.
Approximately 1300 salmon-rearing facilities in the Northwestern US (WA, ID and OR) breed and release more than 8 types of salmonids in order to supplement endangered wild populations of salmon.
Dr. Weathers is co-Chair of the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON), a grassroots research network that conducts innovative science by sharing and interpreting high resolution sensor data to understand, predict and communicate the role and response of lakes in a changing global environment.