Lake Mead National Recreation Area Monitoring and Evaluation of Sensitive Wildlife: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Ending December 31, 2008

• Main Author: Rees, Margaret N.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Digital Scholarship@UNLV 2008
• Subjects: Desert Ecology; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment; Environmental Monitoring; Environmental Sciences; Life Sciences; Physical Sciences and Mathematics; peregrine falcon
• Online Access: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/pli_lake_mead_wildlife/15; https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=pli_lake_mead_wildlife

Project 1. Relict Leopard Frog Monitoring, Management, and Research All milestones and deliverables associated with the MSHCP project are on schedule Completion of 2008 monitoring survey efforts Coordination is ongoing to identify potential translocation sites, including assisting efforts to identify a potential site in the western Grand Canyon RLFCT meeting hosted and minutes of meeting drafted Annual report provided to RLFCT, final draft in review Sampling for the amphibian chytrid fungus conducted at many sites Project 2. Bald Eagle Winter Monitoring and Evaluation All MSHCP milestones and deliverables are on schedule Planning and coordination of the 2009 Eagle Count conducted Pre-survey completed of one of the standard survey routes Project 3. Peregrine Falcon Monitoring and Evaluation The MSHCP projects are on schedule for all milestones and deliverables Conceptual models provided to Clark County Efforts continue to monitor off-season territory behavior at several sites Project 4. Assessment of Six Covered and Three Evaluation Bird Species Project is on schedule for all associated MSHCP milestones and deliverable Quality assurance completed for data from 2008 intensive area surveys Habitat assessments of the four 2008 intensive survey areas completed Surveys continuing at one site to better understand Le Contes’ thrasher breeding activity Thrasher habitat modeling ongoing; consultations held with UNLV biostatisticians and with a habitat modeling specialist at USGS Compilation of historical location data for targeted songbird species continuing and nearing completion. Planning for targeted surveys initiated. Project 5. Desert Tortoise Monitoring and Management. Efforts for this project have been completed under this task agreement (as modified) Project 6. Shorebird Monitoring on Lakes Mead and Mohave Twenty-four surveys were conducted on eight intensively monitored sites on Lakes Mead and Mohave Project 7. Desert Bighorn Sheep Habitat Use Monitoring in Relation to Highway Development. Data processing and ...