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Species at Risk on Department of Defense Installations
Species at Risk on Department of Defense Installations Revised Report and Documentation Prepared for: Department of Defense U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Submitted by: January 2004 Species at Risk on Department of Defense Installations: Revised Report and Documentation CONTENTS 1.0 Executive Summary..........................................................................................iii 2.0 Introduction – Project Description................................................................. 1 3.0 Methods ................................................................................................................ 3 3.1 NatureServe Data................................................................................................ 3 3.2 DOD Installations............................................................................................... 5 3.3 Species at Risk .................................................................................................... 6 4.0 Results................................................................................................................... 8 4.1 Nationwide Assessment of Species at Risk on DOD Installations..................... 8 4.2 Assessment of Species at Risk by Military Service.......................................... 13 4.3 Assessment of Species at Risk on Installations ................................................ 15 5.0 Conclusion and Management Recommendations.................................... 22 6.0 Future Directions............................................................................................. -
Integrated Noxious Weed Management Plan: US Air Force Academy and Farish Recreation Area, El Paso County, CO
Integrated Noxious Weed Management Plan US Air Force Academy and Farish Recreation Area August 2015 CNHP’s mission is to preserve the natural diversity of life by contributing the essential scientific foundation that leads to lasting conservation of Colorado's biological wealth. Colorado Natural Heritage Program Warner College of Natural Resources Colorado State University 1475 Campus Delivery Fort Collins, CO 80523 (970) 491-7331 Report Prepared for: United States Air Force Academy Department of Natural Resources Recommended Citation: Smith, P., S. S. Panjabi, and J. Handwerk. 2015. Integrated Noxious Weed Management Plan: US Air Force Academy and Farish Recreation Area, El Paso County, CO. Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. Front Cover: Documenting weeds at the US Air Force Academy. Photos courtesy of the Colorado Natural Heritage Program © Integrated Noxious Weed Management Plan US Air Force Academy and Farish Recreation Area El Paso County, CO Pam Smith, Susan Spackman Panjabi, and Jill Handwerk Colorado Natural Heritage Program Warner College of Natural Resources Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado 80523 August 2015 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Various federal, state, and local laws, ordinances, orders, and policies require land managers to control noxious weeds. The purpose of this plan is to provide a guide to manage, in the most efficient and effective manner, the noxious weeds on the US Air Force Academy (Academy) and Farish Recreation Area (Farish) over the next 10 years (through 2025), in accordance with their respective integrated natural resources management plans. This plan pertains to the “natural” portions of the Academy and excludes highly developed areas, such as around buildings, recreation fields, and lawns. -
Multi-Year Occupancy of the Hops Blue Butterfly (Celastrina Humulus): Habitat Patch Colonization And
1 Multi-year occupancy of the hops blue butterfly (Celastrina humulus): habitat patch colonization and 2 extinction 3 4 R. A. Schorr*,1 · R..M. Maison2 · C. P. Puntenney3 5 6 1Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA 7 2current address: Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, 8 USA 9 3current address: Department of Human-Environment Systems, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, 10 USA 11 *Corresponding author: [email protected] 12 13 1 14 Abstract The hops azure (Celastrina humulus) is a locally-abundant, rare butterfly in Colorado and 15 Montana, that uses wild hops (Humulus lupulus) as a host plant. Because of the patchy distribution of wild 16 hops and current land use changes, the butterfly is a species of conservation concern. The hops azure is 17 abundant along the riparian systems of the U.S. Air Force Academy (Academy) because wild hops is readily 18 available and most land-use impacts have not reached much of the Academy. However, the riparian systems 19 of the Academy are experiencing increased flooding from off-base, hard-surface development, making it 20 harder for riparian vegetation, like wild hops, to thrive. To describe the prevalence and persistence of the 21 hops azure, we conducted multi-year occupancy sampling to understand habitat-patch occupancy changes, 22 such as patch extinction and colonization, and to identify factors that impact detectability. Wind speed, the 23 area of wild hops, and the amount of cloud cover and solar exposure influenced probability of hops azure 24 detection. -
Horsetooth Mountain Park Management Plan
Horsetooth Mountain Park RResourceesource CConservationonservation aandnd VisitorVisitor EExperiencexperience MManagementanagement PPlanlan May 2006 Larimer County Parks and Open Lands Charlie Johnson, Cover Photograph (rendered by EDAW) Horsetooth Mountain Park Resource Conservation And Visitor Experience Management Plan April 2006 Larimer County Parks and Open Lands Horsetooth Mountain Park Resource Conservation and Visitor Experience Management Plan Contents Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................2 1.1 Purpose and Objectives of the Plan ........................................................................2 1.3 Scope And Organization Of The Plan ......................................................................6 1.4 Public And Agency Involvement ..............................................................................6 2. EXISTING CONDITIONS .............................................................................................9 2.1 Overview .................................................................................................................9 2.2 Natural Resources ...................................................................................................9 2.3 Cultural Resources ................................................................................................19 2.4 Visitor Experiences and Resources .......................................................................22 2.5 Park Administrative -
Rts Denver Museum of Nature & Science Reports
DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE REPORTS DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE REPORTS DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE & SCIENCE OF NATURE DENVER MUSEUM NUMBER 1, NOVEMBER 7, 2014 WWW.DMNS.ORG/SCIENCE/MUSEUM-PUBLICATIONS Denver Museum of Nature & Science Reports (Print) ISSN 2374-7730 2001 Colorado Boulevard Denver, CO 80205 Denver Museum of Nature & Science Reports (Online) ISSN 2374-7749 The Denver Museum of Nature & Science inspires curiosity and excites minds of all ages through REPORTS scientific discovery and the presentation and • NUMBER 1 • NOVEMBER 7, 2014 7, • NUMBER 1 NOVEMBER preservation of the world’s unique treasures. Cover photo: Melemaea magdalena Hulst (Geometridae), collected by DMNS Associate, Barbara Bartell, at her house in Gilpin County, Colorado (DMNS collection). Photo: Chris Grinter. The Denver Museum of Nature & Science Reports (ISSN Frank Krell, PhD, Editor and Production 2374-7730 [print], ISSN 2374-7749 [online]) is an open- access, non peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing papers about DMNS research, collections, or other Program and Abstracts Museum related topics, generally authored or co-authored by Museum staff or associates. Peer review will only be 25th Annual Meeting arranged on request of the authors. of the High Country Lepidopterists The journal is available online at www.dmns.org/Science/ November 7 and 8, 2014 Museum-Publications free of charge. Paper copies are Denver Museum of Nature & Science exchanged via the DMNS Library exchange program ([email protected]) or are available for purchase from our print-on-demand publisher Lulu (www.lulu.com). Frank-Thorsten Krell (Ed.) DMNS owns the copyright of the works published in the Reports, which are published under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial license. -
Celastrina Humulus), a Rare North American Endemic Butterfly: Insights for Monitoring and Conservation
J Insect Conserv (2016) 20:215–222 DOI 10.1007/s10841-016-9855-0 ORIGINAL PAPER Patch occupancy and habitat of the hops azure (Celastrina humulus), a rare North American endemic butterfly: insights for monitoring and conservation 1 1 C. P. Puntenney • R. A. Schorr Received: 22 October 2015 / Accepted: 17 February 2016 / Published online: 25 February 2016 Ó Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 Abstract The hops azure (Celastrina humulus Scott & D. Introduction Wright 1998) is a rare butterfly found along the Front Range of Colorado. Data on the prevalence of the butterfly Historically, invertebrates have not been the focus of and its preferred habitats are lacking. To describe the landscape management but, as evidence grows that inver- habitat of C. humulus at the southern part of its range, tebrates are valuable indicators of ecosystem health, they explore what factors impact C. humulus detectability, and have received more attention (Niemela¨ 1997; Anderson estimate C. humulus habitat use along a riparian area and Majer 2004; Maleque et al. 2009), and rare species known to support it, we conducted an occupancy analysis have been recognized as conservation priorities (New along the largest riparian system at the U.S. Air Force 2012). Butterflies are particularly useful for assessing Academy (USAFA) in Colorado, USA. We used environ- management and conservation actions because some spe- mental and site-specific covariates to model the probability cies have strong host-plant specificity (Thompson and of detection and the probability of occupancy. Probability Pellmyr 1991), are sensitive to environmental conditions of detecting C. humulus was influenced by the amount of (Oostermeijer and van Swaay 1998), and correlate to plant cloud cover during sampling, while the probability of and animal biodiversity (Kremen et al. -
Biological Catalogue of North American Butterflies Scott
(NEW Dec. 3, PAPILIO SERIES) 2008 BIOLOGICAL CATALOGUE OF NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES By James A. Scott, Ph.D. in.Entomology, Univ. California, Berkeley, 1972, The 2008 catalogue ofU.S.-Canada butterflies by J. Pelham is an outstanding reference on the names given to those· butterflies, and their types and type localities. However, it is a work ofICZN nomenclature, and emphasizes technical details of types and names rather than their biological importance. Thus, many of the names are given the wrong status as synonyms or subspecies or species, the degree of distinctiveness of these names cannot be determined, many names are arranged by geography rather than by biological relationship to other names, and important biological forms are unrecognizably lost in lengthy lists ofICZN-criteria synonyms. So this is a good opportunity to present the first "Biological Catalogue" of North American butterflies. What is a Biological Catalogue? It is a list of the biological creatures of an area that emphasizes biology first, nomenclature second. The goal is to define the biological units actually existing in nature, and correctly present their status, and then apply the existing names to those units in a way that best represents their biological status. Here are examples of the differences between biology and nom((nclature: 1) In a list of names, all the subspecies names within a species are given equal importance, even if some are very weak near-synonyms and others are very distinct almost- species. In a biological catalogue, the subspecies are nested-less-distinctive ssp. are subordinated to more-distinct ssp.--to show their distinctiveness. -
MARYLAND ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY Executivecommittee: President ....Fredparas Celastrinaidella (Ijolly Azure) in Maryland and Delaware Vice President
THE October 2003 THE MARYLAND ENTOMOLOGIST Vol.4, No. 3 Contents Celastrina idella (Holly Azure) in Maryland and Delaware byDavidM.WrightandHarryPavulaan ....... 1 MARYLAND .Beak Red-banded Hairstreak with Tears" Taken in Baltimore City Beneath Lights at Night byA.P.Platt. ....11 Two Recent lnteresting Moth Records from the U.M.B.C. Campus byA.P. Platt . ... 15 ENTOMOLOGIST "Butterfly Food" by Joy Cohen Observations of Host Seeking Behavior in American Dog Ticks, Dermacentorvariabilis (Say) (Acari: lxodidae) in Ohio By Harold J. Harlan 23 Green Lacewing Life Stages by H.J. Harlan 34-36 I I Cover !llustration I l The type specimens of the new species, Celastrina idella Wright & Pavulaan, the'Holly Azure." (Upper left: Holotype Male (dorsalview); Upper right: Allotype Female (dorsal view) Below: Holotype Male (ventral view) (Photographs by Harry Pavulaan.) Volume 4, Number 3 July 2003 MARYLAND ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY ExecutiveCommittee: President ....FredParas Celastrinaidella (IJolly Azure) in Maryland and Delaware Vice President. Phil Kean Secretary . Richard H. Smith, Jr. David M. Wright and Harry Pavulaanr Treasurer ...JaySinha Newsletter Editor. Harold J. Harlan ABSTRACT. A new species of //ex-feeding Celastrina inhabiting the Atlantic Journal Editor . vacant- Harold J. Harlan (Acting) Coastal Plain was recently described by the authors (Wright & Pavulaan, 1999). The Historian ... RobertS. Bryant type locality of Celastrina idellaWight & Pavulaan is Chatsworth, Burlington Co., The Maryland Entomological Society (MES) was founded in November, -
The Effect of Climate on Population Dynamics of Butterfly Species Across Southeastern Virginia
W&M ScholarWorks Undergraduate Honors Theses Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects 4-2016 The Effect of Climate on Population Dynamics of Butterfly Species across Southeastern Virginia Morgan Nicole Thompson College of William and Mary Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses Part of the Biology Commons, Entomology Commons, and the Population Biology Commons Recommended Citation Thompson, Morgan Nicole, "The Effect of Climate on Population Dynamics of Butterfly Species across Southeastern Virginia" (2016). Undergraduate Honors Theses. Paper 956. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/956 This Honors Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects at W&M ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Undergraduate Honors Theses by an authorized administrator of W&M ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ABSTRACT Local climate affects the occurrence and turnover of butterfly populations in a variety of ways, demonstrating a need to explore these interactions in the face of climate change. This study aimed to investigate the influence of climate variation on the population dynamics of five butterfly species with differing life history traits (number of broods and overwintering strategy) and diet preference (sap vs. nectar). Detection/non-detection data were gathered for four consecutive years (2012-2015) across six annual surveys on 67 different sites. I used multi- season occupancy models to analyze the detection/non-detection data. Occupancy models estimate the probability that a species occupies a given area, but also the probability of expansion (previously unoccupied locations become occupied in current year) and contraction (previously occupied locations become unoccupied in current year). -
Vol. 58, Number 3
________________________________________________________________________________________ Volume 58, Number 3 Fall 2016 www.lepsoc.org ________________________________________________________________________________________ Inside: Additions to the Butterflies of Pakistan Two special collections at the McGuire Center are digitized Murderers are touched by magic of Monarchs Status and distribution of Erynnis baptisiae in Maine Unique host records for Epargyreus clarus and Amphion floridensis News from the 65th Annual Lep Soc Meeting Marketplace, Metamorphosis, Announcements, Membership Updates ... ... and more! ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Contents ________________________________________________________www.lepsoc.org Additions to the knowledge of the butterflies of Pakistan ____________________________________ Khalid Mahmood, Muhammad Abbas, Mishkat Ullah, and Bertrand Volume 58, Number 3 Gerschel. .............................................................................................. 107 Fall 2016 Notes about early entomological type labels in the Museum of The Lepidopterists’ Society is a non-profit ed- Comparative Zoology, Harvard University ucational and scientific organization. The ob- John V. Calhoun and Rachel L. Hawkins. .......................................... 114 ject of the Society, which was formed in May Two special collections at the McGuire Center are digitized 1947 and formally constituted in December -
BSPMGILL Lepidopterana8.Pdf (13.55Mb)
Lepidoptera of North America 8. Butterfly Research in Boulder County, Colorado 2004- 2007 Contributions of the C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity Colorado State University Lepidoptera of North America 8. Butterfly Research in Boulder County, Colorado 2004 - 2007 by Janet Pattee Chu1 and Mike Sportiello2 1 Museum Associate, C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 964 Ravenwood Road, Boulder, CO 80303 2 Paleontology Researcher, University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Boulder, CO 80309 I Uinta Paleontological Associates, Vernal, UT 84078 May 7, 2008 Contributions of the C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity Colorado State University Cover illustration: Callophrys mossii schryveri (Hy. Edwards, 1881) perched on Prickly-pear (Opuntia macrorhiza) west of Lyons, Boulder County, April 9, 2007 by Janet Chu ISBN 1084-8819 This publication and others in the series may be ordered from the C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity, Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 Table of Contents Section Page Acknowledgments ................................................................................................................................. 7 I. Abstract . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 II. Introduction . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11 III. Objectives ............................................................................................................................... 13 IV. Research Methods and Locations -
2018 BUTTERFLY INVENTORIES in NINE OPEN SPACE AREAS Four Transects Included
Boulder County Open Space Department 2018 BUTTERFLY INVENTORIES IN NINE OPEN SPACE AREAS Four Transects Included By Janet Chu Rocky Mountain Parnassian at Caribou Ranch Background: Jeremy Hurst, Amy Chu, Asa Hurst, Jan Chu, Karen Kincy Photo: Dan Fosco [email protected] 0 Table of Contents I. Acknowledgments 3 II. Abstract 4 III. Objectives 4 IV. Research Methods 5 V. Introduction 7 VI. Trend – Summary for All Open Spaces 8 A. Individual Butterflies per Research Hour (I/RH) for All Species 9 B. Summary of Individual Pieris rapae per RH over 15 Years 10 VII. Narration for Each Open Space 11 A. Southeast Buffer 11 B. Heil Valley-Geer Watershed 12 C. Heil Valley-North-Red Gulch and Saddle, North Pointe 13 D. Heil Valley-Plumely Canyon 14 E. Walker Ranch-Meyer’s Homestead, Loop Trail 15 F. Reynold’s Ranch-Giggey Lake, North Bog 16 G. Caribou Ranch, Mud Lake-Sherwood Road, Bridge Meadow 18 H. Anne U. White Trail 19 I. Steamboat Mountain 20 J. Hall II 20 VIII. Weather 20 IX. Results 21 X. Conclusion 22 XI. Data Tables 22 A. Southeast Buffer 23 B. Heil Valley-Geer Watershed 25 C. Heil Valley-North 29 D. Heil Valley-Plumely Canyon 33 E. Walker Ranch 36 F. Reynold’s Ranch 44 G. Caribou Ranch-Mud Lake 47 H. Anne U. White 54 1 I. Steamboat Mountain 57 J. Hall II 57 XII. Email References 59 XIII. Literature Cited 59 Appendix I. Butterflies Observed During Surveys (2004-2018) 60 Appendix II. Transect Data 63 A. Heil Valley-Geer Watershed by Sue Hirschfeld 63 B.