A regional approach to wildlife monitoring related to energy exploration and development in Colorado

Product Type: Open-file Report

Year: 2008

Author(s): Kotliar, N.B., Z. Bowen, D. Ouren, and A. Farmer

Pages: 66

Suggested Citation: Kotliar, N.B., Z. Bowen, D. Ouren, and A. Farmer. 2008. A regional approach to wildlife monitoring related to energy exploration and development in Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1024. 66 p.

Abstract

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is currently developing a National Monitoring Strategy that will guide efforts to create an efficient and effective process for monitoring land health by BLM. To inform the ongoing development of the national strategy, BLM selected two States (Colorado, Alaska) to serve as focal areas on which to base a flexible framework for developing monitoring programs that evaluate wildlife responses to energy development. We developed a three-phase monitoring plan to serve as a template and applied it to the design of a monitoring program for the Colorado focal area (White River and Glenwood Springs Field Offices of the BLM)...