http://www.werc.usgs.gov/WERCOutreachBlogFeed.ashxUSGS - Western Ecological Research Center's(WERC) Outreach ArticlesWERC research roundups are in a biweekly format, complete with PDF version. Check back every two weeks for a run down of new research and events from the USGS Western Ecological Research Center. To add your name to the email distribution list for the PDF newsletter, please contact blandis@usgs.gov <a href="http://www.werc.usgs.gov/outreach.aspx?RecordID=137"><strong>...more</strong></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Usgs-WercOutreachBlogFeed/~4/RGkbAH3IJ6o" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Usgs-WercOutreachBlogFeed/~3/RGkbAH3IJ6o/outreach.aspxhttp://www.werc.usgs.gov/outreach.aspx?RecordID=137Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.werc.usgs.gov/outreach.aspx?RecordID=137This is the first of hopefully a continuing series highlighting the research and careers of the many amazing scientists at the USGS Western Ecological Research Center… At the 2012 USGS Open House this weekend, one of the many USGS scientists the public will meet is Laura Valoppi. A biologist with <a href="http://www.werc.usgs.gov/outreach.aspx?RecordID=136"><strong>...more</strong></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Usgs-WercOutreachBlogFeed/~4/VIexdYPdDU0" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Usgs-WercOutreachBlogFeed/~3/VIexdYPdDU0/outreach.aspxhttp://www.werc.usgs.gov/outreach.aspx?RecordID=136Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.werc.usgs.gov/outreach.aspx?RecordID=136This weekend is the 2012 USGS Open House in Menlo Park, California -- a great family-friendly event that takes place every three years and gives USGS a chance to showcase its amazing science and scientists to the public. Games, exhibits, lectures and films span the gamut of USGS science, inclu <a href="http://www.werc.usgs.gov/outreach.aspx?RecordID=135"><strong>...more</strong></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Usgs-WercOutreachBlogFeed/~4/CzkwBJIRCKw" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Usgs-WercOutreachBlogFeed/~3/CzkwBJIRCKw/outreach.aspxhttp://www.werc.usgs.gov/outreach.aspx?RecordID=135Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.werc.usgs.gov/outreach.aspx?RecordID=135WERC research roundups are now in a biweekly format, complete with PDF version. Check back every two weeks for a run down of new research and events from the USGS Western Ecological Research Center. To add your name to the email distribution list for the PDF newsletter, please contact blandis@usgs <a href="http://www.werc.usgs.gov/outreach.aspx?RecordID=134"><strong>...more</strong></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Usgs-WercOutreachBlogFeed/~4/t1deyfusNoM" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Usgs-WercOutreachBlogFeed/~3/t1deyfusNoM/outreach.aspxhttp://www.werc.usgs.gov/outreach.aspx?RecordID=134Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.werc.usgs.gov/outreach.aspx?RecordID=134Who you callin' a shrimp? With the help of some ecologists, a species of freshwater prawn just might lend a big hand to combating one of the most devastating diseases in Africa. Caused by a trematode parasite, schistosomiasis leads to internal organ and tissue damage in humans, sometimes indu <a href="http://www.werc.usgs.gov/outreach.aspx?RecordID=133"><strong>...more</strong></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Usgs-WercOutreachBlogFeed/~4/jEG-P6jlOWg" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Usgs-WercOutreachBlogFeed/~3/jEG-P6jlOWg/outreach.aspxhttp://www.werc.usgs.gov/outreach.aspx?RecordID=133Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.werc.usgs.gov/outreach.aspx?RecordID=133WERC research roundups are now in a biweekly format, complete with PDF version. Check back every two weeks for a run down of new research and events from the USGS Western Ecological Research Center. To add your name to the email distribution list for the PDF newsletter, please contact blandis@usgs <a href="http://www.werc.usgs.gov/outreach.aspx?RecordID=132"><strong>...more</strong></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Usgs-WercOutreachBlogFeed/~4/fs2Lzcg38Vo" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Usgs-WercOutreachBlogFeed/~3/fs2Lzcg38Vo/outreach.aspxhttp://www.werc.usgs.gov/outreach.aspx?RecordID=132Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.werc.usgs.gov/outreach.aspx?RecordID=132Duke the college basketball team may have stumbled out of the gate this March, but Duke the bobcat was able to defeat malnourishment and mange and bounce back to the victory of health and freedom. Bobcats (Lynx rufus) are a common carnivore denizen of suburban southern California, and USGS Wester <a href="http://www.werc.usgs.gov/outreach.aspx?RecordID=131"><strong>...more</strong></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Usgs-WercOutreachBlogFeed/~4/E-1ZBVDHRus" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Usgs-WercOutreachBlogFeed/~3/E-1ZBVDHRus/outreach.aspxhttp://www.werc.usgs.gov/outreach.aspx?RecordID=131Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.werc.usgs.gov/outreach.aspx?RecordID=131In February, research cameras located just west of the famed Hollywood Sign in Los Angeles captured photos of a mountain lion (Puma concolor), providing new evidence that mountain lions may utilize corridors to travel between the Santa Monica Mountains and the Griffith Park wilderness. The remote <a href="http://www.werc.usgs.gov/outreach.aspx?RecordID=130"><strong>...more</strong></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Usgs-WercOutreachBlogFeed/~4/TFf0B4n-qvw" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Usgs-WercOutreachBlogFeed/~3/TFf0B4n-qvw/outreach.aspxhttp://www.werc.usgs.gov/outreach.aspx?RecordID=130Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.werc.usgs.gov/outreach.aspx?RecordID=130WERC research roundups are now in a biweekly format, complete with PDF version. Check back every two weeks for a run down of new research and events from the USGS Western Ecological Research Center. To add your name to the email distribution list for the PDF newsletter, please contact blandis@usgs <a href="http://www.werc.usgs.gov/outreach.aspx?RecordID=129"><strong>...more</strong></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Usgs-WercOutreachBlogFeed/~4/7ceoiUvwEJM" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Usgs-WercOutreachBlogFeed/~3/7ceoiUvwEJM/outreach.aspxhttp://www.werc.usgs.gov/outreach.aspx?RecordID=129Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.werc.usgs.gov/outreach.aspx?RecordID=129WERC research roundups are now in a biweekly format, complete with PDF version. Check back every two weeks for a run down of new research and events from the USGS Western Ecological Research Center. To add your name to the email distribution list for the PDF newsletter, please contact blandis@usgs <a href="http://www.werc.usgs.gov/outreach.aspx?RecordID=128"><strong>...more</strong></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Usgs-WercOutreachBlogFeed/~4/PvhfT_rrjQo" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Usgs-WercOutreachBlogFeed/~3/PvhfT_rrjQo/outreach.aspxhttp://www.werc.usgs.gov/outreach.aspx?RecordID=128Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.werc.usgs.gov/outreach.aspx?RecordID=128