Lake Mead National Recreation Area Monitoring and Evaluation of Sensitive Wildlife: Quartlerly Progress Report, Period Ending June 30, 2010

• Main Author: Rees, Margaret N.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Digital Scholarship@UNLV 2010
• 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/21; https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/context/pli_lake_mead_wildlife/article/1020/viewcontent/MRees_LakeMeadWildlifeQrtReport_06_30_2010.pdf

Project 1. Relict Leopard Frog Monitoring, Management, and Research All milestones and deliverables are on schedule Translocation program completed for this year Completed spring-season nocturnal monitoring surveys Completed spring-season mark-recapture efforts at Blue Point Spring Hosted RLFCT meeting Project 2. Bald Eagle Winter Monitoring and Evaluation This project has been completed and all associated deliverables have been met Project 3. Peregrine Falcon Monitoring and Evaluation This project has been completed and all final report deliverables have been met Although not specified in the scope of work for this project, call-broadcast surveys were conducted this quarter to provide a limited assessment of territory occupancy at easily accessed sites along lakes Mead and Mohave Project 4. Assessment of Six Covered and Three Evaluation Bird Species Milestones and deliverables are on schedule Targeted historical field surveys are ongoing, and analysis of these data have been initiated Habitat modeling of the nine bird species continues to be a major focus 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 Field efforts under the shorebird project have been completed Project 7. Desert Bighorn Sheep Habitat Use Monitoring in Relation to Highway Development This project has been completed