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  • A black and white illustration of a group of fish reading a sign at the bottom of a lake that reads "This Space Available".
    Cutthroat trout are a type of salmon. The scientists in this study wanted to find out if cutthroat trout behave…
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    Big Fish in a Small Pool: Habitat Preferences of Cutthroat Trout

  • PDF preview of Spanish version of "Big Fish in a Small Pool"
    Cutthroat trout are a type of salmon. The scientists in this study wanted to find out if cutthroat trout behave…
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    Big Fish in a Small Pool: Habitat Preferences of Cutthroat Trout (Spanish)

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    Animals play an important role in maintaining the health of our natural environment. It is important to know the status…
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    Born To Be Wild: The Current Situation and Possible Future of Wildlife in the United States

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    Animals play an important role in maintaining the health of our natural environment. It is important to know the status…
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    Born To Be Wild: The Current Situation and Possible Future of Wildlife in the United States (Spanish)

  • Cover of the "Can We Grow Now?" article featuring a close up photo of a bristlecone pine cone.
    Bristlecone pines have an interesting relationship with fire. When a fire occurs, it may open a once-closed area to sunlight.…
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    Can We Grow Now? Helping Bristlecone Pine Trees To Take Root and Grow

  • The cover of "Can You Hear Me Now? Using the Telephone to Discover People's Opinions About Wilderness" featuring an illustration of a girl on the phone thinking about herself on a hike.
    In 1964, Congress passed a law that established the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS). This law identified areas of Federal…
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    Can You Hear Me Now? Using the Telephone to Discover People’s Opinions About Wilderness

  • Caribbean Cruise cover for the article. The main image is of a stream bed.
    Particulate organic matter (POM), which consists of small pieces of twigs, leaves, soil, and other items found in the water,…
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    Caribbean Cruise: Examining the Movement and Quality of Organic Matter Over Time From Two Caribbean Watersheds

  • Cover for the 'Cave Conundrum' article. The main image is a photo of a small brown bat hanging upside down inside a cave.
    Hibernating bat populations across the Eastern United States have suffered declines since the 2000s. Little brown bat populations have declined…
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    Cave Conundrum: Is White-Nose Syndrome Responsible for All Declining Bat Populations?

  • Cover for the 'Cedar Waxing or Waning' article. The main image is a photograph of a heavily wooded forest.
    As the climate changes, the tree species living in a forest may also change. This change means that some trees…
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    Cedar Waxing or Waning? The Potential to Save Yellow-Cedar Trees Using Adaptive Management

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    In this research study, scientists try to understand the impact of termites on forest wood decomposition in the Southern United…
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    Chew on This! Measuring the Impact of Termites on Forest Wood

  • Illustration of a building site where a yellow tractor is dropping tree trunks into a wood chipper, that is then processing wood chips to a red truck.
    In the Western United States, many of the forests have too many small trees. These small trees increase the risk…
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    Chip and Truck: Comparing the Cost of Using Trees to Heat Buildings

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    Fusiform Rust Disease is one of the most destructive diseases to pine forests in the southeastern United States. Research on…
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    Controlling the Rust Is a Must! Detection of a Major Gene for Rust Resistance to Fusiform Rust Disease