Energy Development and Natural Resources in the Northern Great Plains
Summary
The STEPPE (Science Team about Energy and Prairie Pothole Environments) project is a multidiciplined collaboration of USGS scientists who are examining the effects of energy development on natural resources within the geographic extent of the Willison Basin and the Bakken Formation. We have partnered with other Federal and State Agencies to better understand the complicated interactions between environmental systems and energy development. Our approach is to combine site specific field studies focused on ecological, hydrological and surficial geological components into landscape level assessments using state-of-the-art modelling and spatial analysis. LC MAP and Science Base provides a central location to catalog data and information [...]
Summary
The STEPPE (Science Team about Energy and Prairie Pothole Environments) project is a multidiciplined collaboration of USGS scientists who are examining the effects of energy development on natural resources within the geographic extent of the Willison Basin and the Bakken Formation. We have partnered with other Federal and State Agencies to better understand the complicated interactions between environmental systems and energy development. Our approach is to combine site specific field studies focused on ecological, hydrological and surficial geological components into landscape level assessments using state-of-the-art modelling and spatial analysis. LC MAP and Science Base provides a central location to catalog data and information resources related to energy development, natural resources, and ecosystem services.
