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Bathymetry, Morphology, and Lakebed Geologic Characteristics
SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP 3272 Bathymetry, Morphology, and Lakebed Geologic Characteristics Barton, G.J., and Dux, A.M., 2013, Bathymetry, Morphology, and Lakebed Geologic Characteristics of Potential U.S. Department of the Interior Prepared in cooperation with the Kokanee Salmon Spawning Habitat in Lake Pend Oreille, Bayview and Lakeview Quadrangles, Idaho science for a changing world U.S. Geological Survey IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME Abstract lake level of 2,062.5 ft above NGVD 1929 (figs. 4–6) has been maintained during the summer (normal maximum summer full Scenic Bay, includes 254 acres and 2.8 mi of shoreline bordered by a gentle-to-moderate-sloping landscape and steep mountains. Methods conditions vary within each study unit: 2,100 photographs were subsampled for Scenic Bay, 1,710 photographs were subsampled lake morphology, lakebed geologic units, and substrate embeddedness. Descriptions of the morphology, lakebed geology, and pool), with drawdowns in autumn to reach a minimum winter level. Before 1966, the winter lake level was variable, and an A second study unit, along the north shore of Idlewild Bay, includes 220 acres and 2.2 mi of shoreline bordered by a gentle-to- for Idlewild Bay, and 245 photographs were subsampled for Echo Bay. These photographs were reviewed, and additional embeddedness in the shore zone, rise zone, and open water in bays and the main stem of the lake are provided in figures 5–6. Kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) are a keystone species in Lake Pend Oreille in northern Idaho, historically exceptional fishery continued with the Albeni Falls Dam in operation. -
FALL 2016 Newsletter of the Washington Chapter of the Wildlife Society
Page | 1 The WashingtonTHE WASHINGTON WILDLIFER Wildlifer FALL 2016 Newsletter of the Washington Chapter of The Wildlife Society MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT meeting. During the banquet at the annual meeting each year Danielle Munzing we give out awards to biologists, organizations, and landowners. The last couple of years I have been involved Happy Fall, Wildlife Society with WA-TWS, I have been surprised that we haven’t members! Time for wool socks, a hot received more nominations. Last month during our board drink in the thermos, and dark skies at meeting, I asked everyone to do some homework and I would 1630. Across Washington, wildlife like to ask the same of each of you. biologists will be busy with their winter work, whether it’s surveying Do you know someone who deserves to be recognized? big game, writing reports, or planning Consider nominating that person for the 2017 awards season. the 2017 annual conference. That’s right, your Washington There are EIGHT different awards available from the Chapter is hard at work with the Washington State Society of Chapter. American Foresters to bring you an incredible 4 days of I think many of us know someone who: workshops, speaker sessions, delicious food, and opportunities to socialize and network. All of this will be Does more than they need to taking place in the heart of Central Washington, at the Red Makes valuable and unique contributions to wildlife Lion Hotel and Convention Center in Yakima. The theme for conservation this year is Forests and Wildlife: Responding to Change. Uses foresight to address problems early As you can imagine, there will be a lot to talk about and we Shows their dedication are bringing together experts in both forestry and wildlife to Shows exceptional leadership inspire discussions ranging from white-nose syndrome to Established partnerships that would not have existed forest health and ecological integrity and so much more. -
Map6-1 Priority Species Table
Conservation areas sorted by quartile for conservation value and vulnerability, and weighted toward species factors. Low, medium low, medium high, and high correspond to the first, second, third, and fourth quartiles, respectively. No marine areas are included in this list. Vulnerability Low Medium Low Medium High High Basket Butte Camp Creek Ridge Bald Hill Black River - Mima Prairie Central Texada Island Cranberry Creek Blackjack-Harewood Camassia Dunn Forest EE Wilson Ebey's Landing Corvallis-Philomath Oaks Grays Marsh Fern Ridge Reservoir Fidalgo Head, Burrows Island Drews Prairie Indian Head/Horse Rock Ridge James Island Fidalgo Island Green River Mt. Maxwell Jones Island Fort Lewis - McChord Lacamas Meadows Snoqualmie Foothill Forest McDonald Forest/Soap Creek Forest and Golden Valley North Santiam River Riparian Upper Siuslaw Site Balds Kingston Prairie Rocky Prairie - Beaver Creek Wasp-Yellow Islands Mt Pisgah Luckiamute River Riparian Sandy River Cypress-Sinclair Islands Reginald Hill Muddy Creek/Finley Satsop Watershed Lasqueti Island Rocky Point, BC North Texada Island Sauvie Island Saturna Island Rocky Point, WA Scatter Creek High Shumocher Creek Stout Mountain South Fork Yamhill River Trial Island Thetis-Frances Washougal Oaks - Steigerwald Weir Prairie and Forest Tuam-Bruce West Eugene/Spencer Creek Active Pass Willamette Narrows Comox Macrosite Discovery Island Ladysmith-Yellow Point Cowichan Pender Harbor Moran Deception Pass Conservation Value Quilcene Sea to Sea Greenbelt Discovery Passage Sucia-Matia-Patos Islands Thorndyke -
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv., Interior § 32.27
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv., Interior § 32.27 8. You may possess no more than 25 ap- 7. Waterfowl hunters may not possess more proved nontoxic shot per day while in the than 15 shotgun shells per day on the West field (see § 32.2(k)). and Young Waterfowlers Hunt Areas. 9. This is a waterfowl hunt only. We allow B. Upland Game Hunting. We allow hunting no more than two dogs per waterfowl hunt- of upland game on designated areas of the ing party. We prohibit dog training on the refuge subject to the following conditions: refuge. 1. We allow hunting only on the South Up- 10. During State-established youth days, li- land Hunting Area. censed junior hunters may hunt in the des- 2. We allow hunting from 1⁄2 hour before ignated hunting area when accompanied by a sunrise to 1⁄2 hour after sunset. licensed adult hunter age 18 or older. Adults 3. You may possess only approved nontoxic must possess a valid hunting license; how- shot while in the field. ever, we prohibit them carrying a firearm. C. Big Game Hunting. We allow hunting of 11. We prohibit the use of air-thrust and in- turkey and deer on designated areas of the board water-thrust boats such as, but not refuge subject to the following conditions: limited to, hovercrafts, airboats, jet skis, 1. We require a refuge permit except on the watercycles, and waterbikes on all waters South Upland Hunting Area. within the refuge boundaries. 2. Hunting on the Headquarters Deer Hunt 12. -
Map6-2 Priority Landscape Table
Conservation areas sorted by quartile for conservation value and vulnerability, and weighted toward landscape factors. Low, medium low, medium high, and high correspond to the first, second, third, and fourth quartiles, respectively. No marine areas are included in this list. Vulnerability Low Medium Low Medium High High Basket Butte Cowlitz Forest Corridor Bald Hill Black River - Mima Prairie Central Texada Island Cranberry Creek Blackjack-Harewood Camassia Indian Head/Horse Rock Ridge EE Wilson Clear Creek Clackamas Lilliwaup Forest Park-Coast Range Coast Fork/Middle Fork Willamette Corvallis-Philomath Oaks Mt. Maxwell Lower Skookumchuck Riparian Drews Prairie Snoqualmie Foothill Forest McDonald Forest/Soap Creek Forest and Ebey's Landing Eola Hills Upper Siuslaw Site Balds Fidalgo Head, Burrows Island Jackson Fraiser Wetlands Cypress-Sinclair Islands Mt Pisgah Fidalgo Island Lacamas Meadows Lasqueti Island Reginald Hill Fort Lewis - McChord North Santiam River Riparian Nelson Island Rocky Point, BC HABECK Oaks Rocky Prairie - Beaver Creek Saturna Island Kingston Prairie Satsop Watershed Shumocher Creek Lane Community College Basin Sauvie Island Sultan Foothill Forest Luckiamute River Riparian Scatter Creek High Timber Grove Muddy Creek/Finley Washougal Oaks - Steigerwald Trial Island Rocky Point, WA West Eugene/Spencer Creek Weir Prairie and Forest Thetis-Frances Comox Macrosite Active Pass Toutle Forest Corridor Cowichan Discovery Island Tuam-Bruce Deception Pass Quilcene Willamette Narrows Discovery Passage Conservation Value Tarboo-Dabob -
Branta Bernicla) in HOOD CANAL and LOWER PUGET SOUND
Washington Birds 10:1-10 (2008) BREEDING ORIGINS AND POPULATIONS OF WINTERING AND SPRING MIGRANT BRANT (Branta bernicla) IN HOOD CANAL AND LOWER PUGET SOUND Bryan L. Murphie Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 48 Devonshire Road, Montesano, Washington 98563 [email protected] Greg A. Schirato Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 48 Devonshire Road, Montesano, Washington 98563 [email protected] Don K. Kraege Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, Washington 98501 [email protected] Dave H. Ward U.S. Geological Service, Alaska Fish and Wildlife Research Center 1011 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99503 [email protected] James C. Sedinger University of Nevada 1000 Valley Road Reno, Nevada 89557 [email protected] James E. Hines Canadian Wildlife Service Suite 301 - 5204, 50th Ave. Yellowknife, Northwest Territories X1A 1E2 [email protected] Karen S. Bollinger U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird Management 1412 Airport Way, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 [email protected] Brant (Branta bernicla) migrate and winter along the west coast of North America (Reed et al. 1989). These geese originate from breeding colonies in Alaska, Northwest Territories, Yukon, and northeastern Russia (Einarsen 1965, Palmer 1976, Bellrose 1980, Reed et al. 1989). The population was recently estimated at approximately 130,000 birds (Trost 1998, Wahl et al. 2005). Mexico has been recognized as a major wintering area for 2 Murphie et al. Brant (Smith and Jensen 1970) and Washington, especially Puget Sound, supports the largest concentration of Brant north of Mexico in winter and >90% of the Brant during northward migration (Pacific Flyway Council 2002). -
Hierarchical Habitat Selection by Nebraska Pheasant Hunters Lyndsie Wszola University of Nebraska-Lincoln, [email protected]
University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Dissertations & Theses in Natural Resources Natural Resources, School of 8-2017 Mapping the Ecology of Information: Hierarchical Habitat Selection by Nebraska Pheasant Hunters Lyndsie Wszola University of Nebraska-Lincoln, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/natresdiss Part of the Behavioral Economics Commons, Behavior and Ethology Commons, Natural Resources and Conservation Commons, Natural Resources Management and Policy Commons, and the Other Environmental Sciences Commons Wszola, Lyndsie, "Mapping the Ecology of Information: Hierarchical Habitat Selection by Nebraska Pheasant Hunters" (2017). Dissertations & Theses in Natural Resources. 157. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/natresdiss/157 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Natural Resources, School of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations & Theses in Natural Resources by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. MAPPING THE ECOLOGY OF INFORMATION: HIERARCHICAL HABITAT SELECTION BY NEBRASKA PHEASANT HUNTERS by Lyndsie Wszola A THESIS Presented to the Faculty of The Graduate College at the University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of Requirements For the Degree of Master of Science Major: Natural Resource Sciences Under the Supervision of Professor Joseph J. Fontaine Lincoln, Nebraska August, 2017 MAPPING THE ECOLOGY OF INFORMATION: HIERARCHICAL HABITAT SELECTION BY NEBRASKA PHEASANT HUNTERS Lyndsie Wszola, M.S. University of Nebraska, 2017 Advisor: Joseph J. Fontaine Hunting regulations are assumed to moderate the effects of hunting consistently across a game population. A growing body of evidence suggests that hunter effort varies temporally and spatially, and that variation in effort at multiple spatial scales can affect game populations in unexpected ways. -
Idaho Moose Management Plan 2020-2025
Idaho Moose Management Plan 2020-2025 DRAFT December 10, 2019 1 This page intentionally left blank. 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Shiras Moose (Alces alces shirasi) occur across much of Idaho, except for the southwest corner of the state. Moose are highly valued by both hunters and non-hunters, providing consumptive and non-consumptive opportunities that have economic and aesthetic value. Over the past century their known range has expanded from small areas of northern and eastern Idaho to their current distribution. Population size also increased during this time, likely peaking around the late 1990s or early 2000s. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) is concerned that current survey data, anecdotal information and harvest data indicate moose have recently declined in parts of Idaho. Several factors may be impacting moose populations both positively and negatively including predation, habitat change (e.g., roads, development, timber harvest), changing climate, disease or parasites and combinations thereof. IDFG was established to preserve, protect, perpetuate and manage all of Idaho’s fish and wildlife. As such, species management plans are written to set statewide management direction to help fulfill IDFG’s mission. Idaho’s prior moose management plan (Idaho Department of Fish and Game 1990) addressed providing a quality hunting experience, the vulnerability of moose to illegal harvest, protecting their habitat, improving controlled hunt drawing odds and expanding moose populations into suitable ranges. The intent of this revision to the 1990 Moose Management Plan is to provide guidance for IDFG and their partners to implement management actions that will aid in protection and management of moose populations in Idaho and guide harvest season recommendations for the next 6 years. -
The Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer Atlas Preface Contents
The Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer Atlas Preface Contents The Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer Atlas presents a compre- Shaded Relief Map ...........................................Front Cover hensive summary of the region’s most precious groundwater resource and Using The is a basic reference of the geographic, geologic and hydrologic characteris- Preface and Contents........................... Inside Front Cover tics of this aquifer. Introduction ........................................................................ 1 Atlas The Atlas is designed in a narrative format supported by graphs, maps Aquifer from Space............................................................. 2 and images. It is intended for broad community use in education, plan- ning, and general technical information. The preparation and publica- Geography........................................................................... 3 tion of the atlas were partially funded by a United States Environmental Aquifer History................................................................... 4 Protection Agency aquifer wellhead protection grant. Climate and Population .................................................... 5 The information was collected and obtained from a variety of sources, If your interest in the Aquifer is including: United States Environmental Protection Agency, Idaho Depart- Geology................................................................................ 6 general, the authors suggest you page ment of Environmental Quality, Panhandle -
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Attachment 3 Game Bird Program Staff Summary
Attachment 3 GAME BIRD PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 2021–22 UPLAND and MIGRATORY GAME BIRD SEASONS FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE OREGON FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION April 23, 2021 Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife 4034 Fairview Industrial Dr. SE Salem, OR 97302 Wildlife Division (503) 947-6301 Winner of 2021 Oregon Waterfowl Stamp Art Contest by Guy Crittenden featuring Cinnamon Teal pair TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Figures.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Tables ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Upland Game Birds ................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Season Frameworks .......................................................................................................................................................... 4 Population Status and Harvest ...................................................................................................................................... 4 Upland Game Bird Season Proposals...................................................................................................................... -
Pheasant Hunt
YOUTH HUNTING OPPORTUNITIES Selected Wildlife TAKE A KID HUNTING Management Areas for the Pheasant Youth Pheasant Hunt Hunt: November 6, 2004 Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004 Guided Open Open The 2004 Take a Kid Hunting Pheasant Hunt WMA Morning After All will allow properly licensed hunters with a valid 1 pm Day youth license to hunt on one of nine stocked Whittingham X X Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) on Saturday Black River X X morning, Nov. 6, 2004. In a cooperative effort A proud hunter with his Flatbrook X between the Division of Fish and Wildlife and Youth Pheasant Hunt quarry. Clinton X X the NJ State Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs, Assunpink X X volunteer hunting mentors with trained bird dogs will guide youth hunters on a pheasant Colliers Mills X X hunt. This experience will increase the young hunters’ opportunity for harvesting a Glassboro X Millville X X pheasant in a setting which encourages responsible and safe hunting practices. Peaslee X X All participants must pre-register and be accompanied to the check-in by a parent or guardian. Parents or guardians are welcomed and encouraged to follow the hunters Guided: Pre-registration required. through the fields. All pre-registered hunters will receive an information packet. One Open—Afternoon: Any youth hunter with session will be offered, starting at 7 a.m. a valid youth hunting license accompanied Only 50 youth hunters will be allowed on each WMA during each session. If the by a licensed, non-shooting adult (aged number of applicants exceeds the number of slots available, a random drawing will be 21 or older), will be permitted to hunt on held to select participants.