Member News - August 2021

The Natural Areas Association (NAA) is an engaged community of peers and colleagues who form a resource that can respond to questions, propose ideas, share methodologies and advance best practices. NAA's Member News is just one way of many that we use to share reliable science, emerging challenges, best practices, and to celebrate achievements.

 

Do you have something to share? Email us!

 

 

photo: Osmia aglaia via USGS.gov

NAA Member:

Bethanne Bruninga-Socolar

Bee communities in restored prairies are structured by landscape and management, not local floral resources

A study of the relationship between land management and wild bee populations comparing bison enclosures, Nachusa grasslands, and restoration planting. 

 

photo: Colorado Plateau via USGS.gov

NAA Member:

Matt Bahm

Drivers of seedling establishment success in dryland restoration efforts

An examination of restoration seedling outcomes to restore degraded dryland, mitigate climate disruption, reverse desertification, and protect the livelihoods of the 2 billion people that live in the area. 

 

photo: Interstate State Park, MN

NAA Student Member:

Laura Boggess

Impacts of rock climbing on cliff vegetation: A methods review and best practices

By comparing information from 19 different studies related to the effects of rock climbing on cliff vegetation, this study identifies some of the best management plans for cliff conservation. 

NAA Team Member: USDA Forest Service  

The Alaska Forest Health Protection Team uses creative solutions for forest health monitoring amid pandemic

NAA Team Member: United States Geological Service (USGS)

EROS Mapping Products to be Renamed Rangeland Condition, Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (RCMAP)

NAA Team Member: Central Indiana Land Trust

Trading for Nature's Sake - What does a land trust do when they secure an area of no conservation value? 

NAA Team Member: Western Pennsylvania Conservancy 

WPC Protects 152 Acres of Forestland in the First Fork Sinnemahoning Watershed for the State Forest System

NAA Team Member: Ohio Department of Land & Natural Resources 

Ultium Cells Partners with the ODNR and the Stream + Wetlands Foundation to Establish Large Wetland Mitigation Project at Mosquito Creek Wildlife Refuge

NAA Team Member: Missouri Department of Conservation

Nature Lab: Mead's Milkweed Recovery - Missouri State Botanist Malissa Briggler explains why you're likely to have never seen Mead's Milkweed in the wild. 

NAA Team Member: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Publishes Birds of Conservation Concern 2021 identifying 269 species of bird that are high conservation priorities. 

Facebook Twitter YouTube Instagram LinkedIn


Click here to unsubscribe. | Click here to forward
View this email as a web page
Message sent by Natural Areas Association, info@naturalareas.org
Natural Areas Association | PO Box 17646 | Pittsburgh, PA 15235