Strategic plan for the U.S. Geological Survey status and trends of Biological Resources Program: 2004-2009
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Abstract
The mission of the USGS Status and Trends of Biological Resources Program is to measure, predict, assess, and report the status and trends of the Nation's biological resources to facilitate research, enable resource management and stewardship, and promote public understanding and appreciation of our living resources. Determining the status (abundance, distribution, productivity, and health) and trends (how these variables change over time) of our living natural resources is critical for their Trumpeter swan with numbered wing tags. This tech- protection or restoration. The Progg ran nique allows birds to he monitored remotely without the provides the USGS, other agencies of need for recapture to identify individuals. Photo by the Department of the Interior (DOI), Wayne Miller. other federal and state agencies, and the public with science-based monitoring data and information for local, regional, and national assessment of biological resources and the ecosystems that support them.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Strategic plan for the U.S. Geological Survey status and trends of Biological Resources Program: 2004-2009 |
| Series title | Circular |
| Series number | 1277 |
| ISBN | 9790607962870 |
| DOI | 10.3133/cir1277 |
| Year Published | 2004 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Contributing office(s) | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | vii, 23 p. |
| Scale | 100000 |
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