Regrowth after forest fire, showing charred trunks of trees with wildflowers and plants beginning to grow back. For more information about Kenai NWR visit http://alaska.fws.gov/nwr/kenai/index.htm.
Abstract. Humboldt Bay is one of California's largest coastal estuaries, second only to San Francisco Bay in size. The bay is important ecologically, serving as habitat for many invertebrates, fishes, birds, and mammals. The bay attracts many...
This classification, to be used in a new inventory of wetlands and deepwater habitats of the United
States, is intended to describe ecological tax, arrange them in a system useful to resource managers,
furnish units for mapping, and provide...
The recognition and appreciation that natural wetlands are a valuable, non-renewable resource that can provide critical or essential habitat for natural vegetation and wildlife, including non-game and endangered species, are becoming wide-spread...
This document is part of the Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) model series [Biological Report 82(10)], which provides habitat information useful for impact assessment and habitat management. Several types of habitat information are provided. The...
Abstract. We report estimates of declines of natural ecosystems in the United States, provide a rationale for ecosystem-level conservation, discuss decline and threat as criteria for conservation, and relate ecosystem losses to endangerment of...
This is a handbook describing the framework for strategic habitat conservation that enables the efficient conservation of wildlife populations through habitat management. It provides details on applying the technical elements of SHC; biological...
