U.S. Department of Agriculture Colorado Natural Resources Conservation Service

TECHNICAL NOTES

INDEX: BIOLOGY July 2012

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COLORADO NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

Tech Issue Title Comments Date of Date of Note # Date on Notes Revision Review 1 11/92 Habitat Preservation-Sage Grouse & Cancelled 12/09 - Sagebrush Control (hard copy available in Field Office) 2 08/80 Stream Habitat Improvement Structures Cancelled 12/92 - 3 11/85 Habitat Considerations When Revised 02/93 Harvesting Timber 4 06/86 Food and Cover Values of Selected Revised 03/04 12/09 Plant Materials for Wildlife 5 02/89 Wetland Mapping Conventions for Revised 09/95 FSA Wetland Inventory 6 02/93 Guidance for Aquaculture Operations Cancelled 12/09 - 7 05/06/93 Guidance for Completing CO-ECS-07 Cancelled 10/04 - Environmental Worksheet 8 05/02/94 Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Guides Revised 07/12 07/12 (WHEG) Cropland Desert Shrub Eastern Plains Riparian Forest Hayland Marsh Mixed Grass Prairie Mountain Shrub Pasture Playa Pollinators Sagebrush-Steppe Shortgrass Prairie Wet Meadow 9 09/19/95 Aquaculture Resources Revised 12/09 12/09 10 04/09/97 Retention of Tall Wheat Stubble for Revised 03/04 Pheasant Habitat 11 04/09/97 Enhancing Instream Habitat for Trout New 04/97 12 04/09/97 Management Practices for Sage Revised 02/04 12/11 Grouse; Sage-grouse Management Leaflet 13 04/09/97 Management Practices for Columbian Revised 08/02 Sharp-tailed Grouse 14 04/09/97 Management Practices for Elk; Revised 08/02 12/11 American Elk Management Leaflet

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COLORADO NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 15 04/09/97 Management Practices for Pheasants; Revised 02/04 12/11 Ring-necked Pheasant Management Leaflet 16 04/09/97 Greater Prairie Chicken in Colorado Revised 08/02 12/11 Greater Prairie Chicken Management Leaflet 17 04/09/97 Management Practices for Wetlands New 04/97 (hard copy available in Field Office) 18 04/09/97 Lesser Prairie Chicken in Colorado; Revised 08/02 12/11 Lesser Prairie Chicken Management Leaflet 19 04/09/97 Meriam’s Turkey Fact Sheet; Revised 04/01 12/11 Wild Turkey Management Leaflet 20 10/06/97 Mountain Plover Fact Sheet; Revised 11/10 Mountain Plover Survey Guidelines; 21 10/06/97 Wildlife Watering Facility Cancelled 04/03 12/09 Specification; Wildlife Watering Facility Specification (Interactive) 22 10/13/98 Guidance for Establishing Wildlife Revised 07/99 12/09 Food Plots 23 03/11/99 Stream Visual Assessment Protocol 2 Revised 7/12 7/12 Stream Visual Assessment Protocol Ver. 2, Colorado SVAP2 Field Sheet (PDF) SVAP2 Field Sheet (Excel) 24 06/30/99 American Kestrel Management Leaflet New 12/09 12/09 25 03/22/00 Mule Deer Fact Sheet; New 03/00 12/11 Mule Deer Management Leaflet 26 05/06/00 Low Gradient, Fine Substrate, Riverine Revised 12/09 12/09 Interim HGM Model; Depressional Interim HGM Model 27 04/25/01 Scaled Quail Fact Sheet New 04/01 28 05/14/01 Burrowing Owls Revised 03/09 12/09 29 08/14/01 Fish Passages New 08/01 12/09 30 08/14/01 Colorado Coldwater Fish Stream New 08/01 12/09 Habitat 31 04/12/02 Fishpond Management Fact Sheet New 05/02 12/09 32 04/12/02 Wood Duck Management Leaflet New 12/09 12/11 33 04/12/02 Rainbow Trout Management Leaflet New 12/09 12/11 34 01/07/03 Northern Bobwhite Management New 12/09 12/11 Leaflet

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COLORADO NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 35 01/07/03 Grassland Birds Management Leaflet New 12/09 12/11 36 01/07/03 Shorebirds Management Leaflet New 12/09 12/11 37 01/07/03 Long-billed Curlew Management New 12/09 12/11 Leaflet 38 01/07/03 Bats Management Leaflet New 12/09 12/11 39 01/07/03 Butterflies Management Leaflet New 12/09 12/11 40 03/17/03 Wildlife Species Models Revised 7/12 7/12 Crane, greater Sandhill Deer, mule; Elk, American; Flycatcher, Southwestern willow Frog, leopard; Grouse, Columbian sharp-tailed; Grouse, plains sharp-tailed Grouse, sage Grouse, Gunnison sage Mallard Pheasant, ring-necked Plover, mountain; Prairie chicken, lesser Prairie chicken, greater Pronghorn Quail, Gambel’s Quail, northern bobwhite Quail, scaled Trout Turkey, Merriam’s & Rio Grande 41 12/15/03 Waterfowl Fact Sheet New 12/03 12/09 42 8/5/05 Threatened, Endangered, and Revised 3/08 12/09 Candidate Species and Species of Special Concern Spreadsheet 43 7/10/06 Watering Facility Escape Ladders New 7/06 12/09 44 6/14/07 Water for Wildlife: A Handbook for New 6/07 12/09 Ranchers and Range Managers 45 8/27/07 Environmental Compliance for Eagles New 8/07 12/09 46 10/8/07 Integrating Bird Conservation into New 10/07 12/09 Range Management 47 12/5/08 Pollinators; New 12/08 12/11 Pollinators Management Leaflet 48 7/24/09 Salinity HEP Models New 7/09 12/09 49 Amphibians and Reptiles Management New 12/11 Leaflet

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COLORADO NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 50 Native Freshwater Mussels New 12/11 Management Leaflet 51 Cutthroat Trout Management Leaflet New 12/11 52 Farm Pond Management Leaflet New 12/11 53 Managing Forests for Wildlife New 12/11 Management Leaflet 54 Cropped Wetlands and Wildlife New 12/11 Management Leaflet 55 Disturbance in Habitat Management New 12/11 Leaflet 56 Sharp-tailed Grouse Management New 12/11 Leaflet 57 Swift Fox Management Leaflet New 12/11 58 Mourning Dove Management Leaflet New 12/11 59 Black-tailed Prairie Dog Management New 12/11 Leaflet 60 Wading Birds Management Leaflet New 12/11 61 Wetland Mammals Management New 12/11 Leaflet 62 Management Leaflets Link New 12/11

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