Oil and gas development does not reduce duck pair abundance in the Prairie Pothole Region

• Published in: Ornithological Applications
• Main Authors: Charles R. Loesch, Kaylan M. Kemink, Ryann Cressey-Smith, C. Tanner Gue, Mason Sieges, Mike L. Szymanski
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: American Ornithological Society 2021
• Subjects: Bakken; Northern Shoveler; Shoveler
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithapp/duaa075

Conservation partners are concerned that oil and gas development in the Prairie Pothole Region may reduce the abundance of breeding duck pairs using associated wetland habitat. We conducted wetland-based surveys for breeding pairs of 5 species of dabbling ducks in the Bakken oil field during 2015–20...