Bosque del Apache NWR
Southwest Region
"Conserving the Nature of America"
 
biologists study research projects
Photo credit: USFWS

Current Research

The following posters were presented at the 2008 Festival of the Cranes Research Poster Session, held in November each year, and provide an example of the types of research currently being conducted at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.

 

 

 

Examples of Research Topics presented at the 2008 Festival of the Cranes Poster Session:
Agency or Institute
 
Topic
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Water Resources Office Groundwater Monitoring for Ecological Restoration and Management
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service   Avian Cholera Outbreaks at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
Rocky Mountain Research Station, U.S. Forest Service   Wildfire Effects on Flora & Fauna
Bureau of Reclamation   Willow Flycatcher, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, and Turtle Studies on the Middle Rio Grande
Albuquerque Biological Park   Rio Grande Silvery Minnow Egg Monitoring
American Southwest Ichthyologic Research Foundation   Rio Grande Silvery Minnow (RGSM) Monitoring
New Mexico Department of Game and Fish   Bank Swallow Status Surveys
University of New Mexico   Fish & Aquatic Food Webs
University of New Mexico   Rattlesnake Hibernacula Ecology
University of New Mexico & New Mexico State University   Monitoring Evapotraspiration from Riparian Vegetation
New Mexico Tech   Geologic Mapping of the Little San Pascual Wilderness Quadrangle
New Mexico Tech   A ten million year old Miocene mammal from the Popotosa Formation
Oklahoma State University   Human Disturbance Effects on Wintering Waterfowl
Save Our Bosque Taskforce   Private Landowner Conservation Efforts on the Rio Grande

 

 

 

 

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Last updated: January 8, 2013
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