Fort Collins Science Center: Fiscal Year 2008 Science Accomplishments

摘要

In Fiscal Year 2008 (FY08), FORT's scientific and technical professionals continued research vital to DOI science and management needs. FORT work also supported the science needs of other Federal and State agencies as well as non-government organizations. Specifically, FORT research and technical assistance focused on client and partner needs and goals in the areas of biological information management and delivery, fisheries and aquatic systems, invasive species, status and trends of biological resources (including human dimensions), terrestrial ecosystems, and wildlife resources. In the process, FORT science addressed natural-science information needs identified in the USGS Science Strategy including understanding and predicting change in ecosystems, climate variability and change, energy development and land management, human health and wildlife, and freshwater ecosystems. Several science projects expanded in FY08 to meet these evolving needs.