In the first ever study to examine how insects respond to reclamation in a natural gas field within a sagebrush steppe ecosystem, Dr. Michael Curran and a team of researchers from University of Wyoming, University of Californina- Davis, Jonah Energy, and QEP Resources showed insect diversity and abundance was far greater on reclaimed well pads…
Michael Curran and a research group from University of Wyoming, University of California-Davis, Jonah Energy and QEP Resources found insect abundance and diversity were significantly higher on reclaimed natural gas well pads in Sublette County, Wyoming’s Pinedale Anticline Natural Gas Field. Aside from pollination and nutrient cycling as key ecosystem services, it’s estimated that 96%…
Michael Curran worked with a team including Sam Cox (Bureau of Land Management – WY State Office), Blair Robertson (University of Canterbury, School of Mathematics and Statistics), Tim Robinson (Univ. of Wyoming – School of Mathematics and Statistics), Karen Rogers (WY Game & Fish Deparment), Zoe (Sherman) Craft (University of Wyoming), Todd Adams (Environmental Field…
Michael Curran’s reclamation monitoring research has begun to receive international attention. Curran and a team of researchers including Sam Cox (Bureau of Land Management – Wyoming State Office), Blair Robertson (University of Canterbury – School of Mathematics and Statistics), Tim Robinson (University of Wyoming – School of Mathematics and Statistics), Calvin Strom, and Pete Stahl…
