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%…
From May 4-7, 2021, the Society for Ecological Restoration – Rocky Mountain Chapter hosted a webinar series focused on sampling designs and tools for ecological restoration monitoring. The SER-RM Outreach Commitee’s Dr. Michael Curran & Dr. Jana Heisler-White organized the workshop which included speakers Dr. Tim Robinson (Univ. of Wyoming – Dept. of Statistics), Dr.…
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…
