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  • 2023-02-07
    Mapping Vermont Moose Habitat Use to Aid Wildlife Managers (Score: 1.25)

    Tracking radio-collared moose in the Northeast Kingdom pinpoints habitat hotspots for management consideration.

    Tags:

    • habitat selection
    • moose
    • tracking

    Themes:

    • Forest Ecosystems
    • Wildlife

  • 2015-09-29
    Community-Level Strategies for Land Use Planning and Forestland Conservation (Score: 1.02)

    Web-based tools and user-friendly guides help Vermont communities and landowners make informed decisions about land use planning and conservation.

    Tags:

    • conservation
    • land use
    • forests
    • habitat
    • development
    • fragmentation

    Themes:

    • Forest Ecosystems

  • 2014-09-04
    Vermonters' "Acceptable" Levels of Town Development May Decrease Occurrence of Black Bear and Bobcat (Score: 1.02)

    Development of natural land may pose a threat to native wildlife species in Vermont and globally.

    Tags:

    • land use
    • forests
    • habitat
    • wildlife
    • development
    • fragmentation

    Themes:

    • Forest Ecosystems
    • Biodiversity

  • 2014-04-04
    Black Bass Health Following Tournaments (Score: 1.02)

    Assessing the stress of increasingly popular fisihing tournaments on black bass populations.

    Tags:

    • habitat
    • bass
    • fisheries
    • wildlife
    • lake champlain
    • fish

    Themes:

    • Water Quality

  • 2017-02-20
    Frog Distribution in a Changing Landscape (Score: 0.91)

    Thirty percent of the world's amphibian species are threatened, and researchers suspect that land use change may be implicated.

    Tags:

    • agriculture
    • land use
    • monitoring
    • roads
    • habitat
    • amphibians
    • wildlife
    • development

    Themes:

    • Biodiversity

  • 2014-10-01
    Cisco Provide Linkage Between Nearshore and Offshore Habitats (Score: 0.91)

    Cisco eggs provide an important food source for fish in the nearshore region of lakes during winter.

    Tags:

    • habitat
    • food web
    • non-native species
    • lake champlain
    • fish

    Themes:

    • Invasive Species
    • Water Quality
    • Biodiversity

  • 2014-06-26
    Lake Trout Spawning (Score: 0.91)

    Shallow reefs in Lake Champlain may provide ideal habitat for spawning lake trout.

    Tags:

    • habitat
    • lake trout
    • spawning
    • fisheries
    • wildlife
    • lake champlain
    • fish

    Themes:

    • Water Quality
    • Biodiversity

  • 2017-04-18
    New Study Reveals Decline in Vermont Forest Birds (Score: 0.86)

    A 25-year study of Vermont’s forest birds has documented a 14.2 percent overall population decline, raising concerns about birds and…

    Tags:

    • invasive species
    • climate change
    • conservation
    • monitoring
    • forests
    • habitat
    • birds
    • fragmentation

    Themes:

    • Biodiversity

  • 2016-04-27
    New Report Unravels the Complex Issue of Forest Fragmentation in Vermont (Score: 0.78)

    The iconic landscape and economically viable forests of Vermont are yielding to the driving forces behind fragmentation.

    Tags:

    • conservation
    • land use
    • disturbance
    • forests
    • habitat
    • wildlife
    • development
    • sustainability
    • fragmentation
    • forest products

    Themes:

    • Forest Ecosystems