Wyoming Science

 

Staff scientists study computer models

Our Science in the News

• Oil and gas drilling plans must accomodate grouse to avoid ESA
listing
 (10/22/09)
New York Times

• Mapping Oil and Gas Development Potential in the US Intermountain West and Estimating Impacts to Species (10/13/09) 
PLoS One

• Wyoming computer program to help wildlife habitat (1/9/09)
Wyoming Energy News

GIS Data

Oil and Gas Potential Dataset from PLoSONE Paper, Figure 1 (ERDAS .img file) 

Meet Our Science Team

Read about our dedicated team of staff scientists at The Nature Conservancy in Wyoming.

Publications

Find links to peer-reviewed papers published by staff at The Nature Conservancy in Wyoming.

How We Work
Conservation Gateway

Learn about Conservation by Design, the Conservancy's strategic, science-based planning process.

Visit our one-stop shop for conservation practitioners, including guidance, methods, tools and case studies.

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Research

At The Nature Conservancy, scientific research is critical to solve complex conservation challenges. Research translates into on-the-ground action that has lasting results for Wyoming’s most ecologically-important lands and waters. By publishing this research in peer-reviewed journals, Conservancy scientists ensure that our research is transparent and can be shared throughout the scientific community.

>>Read about current research projects

Conservation Planning

For more than a decade, The Nature Conservancy’s work has been guided by a framework we call Conservation by Design — a systematic approach that determines where to work, what to conserve, what strategies we should use and how effective we have been.

Conservation planning marries a collaborative, science-based approach with key analytical methods that we use to assess and plan our actions. In Wyoming, Conservation by Design enables the Conservancy to preserve healthy ecosystems that support people and host the diversity of life on Earth.

>>Read about current conservation planning

Nature picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): Photo © David Stubbs (sage grouse research); Photo © David Stubbs(scientists); Photo © Russ Schnitzer/TNC(cheat grass).