Visitor and community survey results for Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge: Completion report
Natalie R. Sexton, Susan C. Stewart, Lynne Koontz, Phadrea Ponds, Katherine D. Walters
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1239
This study was commissioned by the Northeast Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in support of the Comprehensive Conservation Planning at Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge (Prime Hook NWR or Refuge). The National Wildlife Refuge Improvement Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-57, USC668dd) mandates a Comprehensive Conservation...
Oregon Spotted Frog (Rana pretiosa) movement and demography at Dilman Meadow: Implications for future monitoring
Nathan D. Chelgren, Christopher A. Pearl, Jay Bowerman, M. J. Adams
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1016
From 2001 to 2005, we studied the demography and seasonal movement of Oregon spotted frogs (Rana pretiosa) translocated into created ponds in Dilman Meadow in central Oregon. Our objectives were to inform future monitoring and management at the site, and to elucidate poorly known aspects of the species’ population ecology....
Road impacts on the Baca National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado, with emphasis on effects to surface- and shallow ground-water hydrology - A literature review
Douglas C. Andersen
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1052
A review of published research on unpaved road effects on surface-water and shallow ground-water hydrology was undertaken to assist the Baca National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado, in understanding factors potentially influencing refuge ecology. Few studies were found that addressed hydrological effects of roads on a comparable area of shallow slope in...
Herpetofaunal Inventories of the National Parks of South Florida and the Caribbean: Volume IV. Biscayne National Park
Kenneth G. Rice, J. Hardin Waddle, Marquette E. Crockett, Christopher D. Bugbee, Brian M. Jeffery, H. Franklin Percival
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1057
Amphibian declines and extinctions have been documented around the world, often in protected natural areas. Concern for this alarming trend has prompted the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service to document all species of amphibians that occur within U.S. National Parks and to search for any signs that...
Simulation of flow and habitat conditions under ice, Cache la Poudre River - January 2006
Terry Waddle
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1282
The U.S. Forest Service authorizes the occupancy and use of Forest Service lands by various projects, including water storage facilities, under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act. Federal Land Policy and Management Act permits can be renewed at the end of their term. The U.S. Forest Service analyzes the...
Understanding knowledge and perceptions of bats among residents of Fort Collins, Colorado
Natalie R. Sexton, Susan C. Stewart
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1245
As regional urbanization increases in Colorado, so do interactions between humans and wildlife. Where previous habitat has been reduced due to urbanization and development, a few bat species that easily adapt to new environments now roost in homes and buildings (Kunz and Reynolds, 2003). Bats frequently serve as reservoirs of...
Environmental effects of off-highway vehicles on Bureau of Land Management lands: A literature synthesis, annotated bibliographies, extensive bibliographies, and internet resources
Douglas S. Ouren, Christopher Haas, Cynthia P. Melcher, Susan C. Stewart, Phadrea D. Ponds, Natalie R. Sexton, Lucy Burris, Tammy S. Fancher, Zachary H. Bowen
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1353
This report and its associated appendixes compile and synthesize the results of a comprehensive literature and Internet search conducted in May 2006. The literature search was undertaken to uncover information regarding the effects of off-highway vehicle (OHV) use on land health, or “natural resource attributes,” and included databases archiving information...
A comparison of macroinvertebrate and habitat methods of data collection in the Little Colorado River Watershed, Arizona 2007
Patrice Spindler, Nick V. Paretti
2007, Open-File Report 10-05
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP), use different field methods for collecting macroinvertebrate samples and habitat data for bioassessment purposes. Arizona’s Biocriteria index was developed using a riffle habitat sampling methodology, whereas the EMAP method employs...
Preliminary testing of the role of exercise and predator recognition for bonytail and razorback sucker
Gordon A. Mueller, Jeanette Carpenter, Robert Krapfel, Chester Figiel
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1423
Hatchery-reared juvenile, <25-cm TL (total length), razorback suckers appeared curious and showed no sign of predator avoidance when initially placed with large (>45-cm TL) flathead catfish. Predator-naïve juveniles (20- to 25-cm TL) exhibited no discernable preference when provided areas with and without (52 percent and 48 percent, n = 16...
Field-based evaluations of sampling techniques to support long-term monitoring of riparian ecosystems along wadeable streams on the Colorado Plateau
Michael L. Scott, Elizabeth W. Reynolds
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1266
To better plan for and implement long-term ecological monitoring, we measured riparian vegetation and fluvial geomorphic features at pilot study sites on four wadeable perennial stream reaches, representative of drainages across the Colorado Plateau. Our primary objectives were to (1) collect field data, (2) evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of...
USGS national surveys and analysis projects: Preliminary compilation of integrated geological datasets for the United States: A section in Digital mapping techniques '06 - Workshop proceedings
Suzanne W. Nicholson, Douglas B. Stoeser, Frederic H. Wilson, Connie L. Dicken, Stephen Ludington
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1285
The growth in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has highlighted the need for regional and national digital geologic maps attributed with age and rock type information. Such spatial data can be conveniently used to generate derivative maps for purposes that include mineral-resource assessment, metallogenic studies, tectonic studies, human...
Major and Trace-Element Data from Stream-Sediment and Rock Samples Collected in the Taylor Mountains 1:250,000-Scale Quadrangle, Alaska
Elizabeth A. Bailey, Gregory K. Lee, Seth H. Mueller, Bronwen Wang, Zoe Ann Brown, Greg A. Beischer
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1196
In the summers of 2004, 2005, and 2006, the U.S. Geological Survey conducted a reconnaissance geochemical survey of the drainage basins throughout most of the Taylor Mountains 1:250,000-scale quadrangle, in southwestern Alaska. The purpose of the study was to locate areas of potential interest for ore minerals, provide data that...
Increase in nuisance blooms and geographic expansion of the freshwater diatom Didymosphenia geminata
S. A. Spaulding, E. Elwell
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1425
The diatom Didymosphenia geminata (Lyngbye) Schmidt is emerging as an organism with an extraordinary capacity to impact stream ecosystems on a global scale. In recent years, streams in New Zealand, North America, Europe, and Asia have been colonized by unprecedented masses of “didymo” and its extracellular stalks (fig. 1). This...
Initial report of the IMAGES VIII/PAGE 127 gas hydrate and paleoclimate cruise on the RV Marion Dufresne in the Gulf of Mexico, 2-18 July 2002
William J. Winters, T.D. Lorenson, Charles K. Paull
2007, Open-File Report 2004-1358
The northern Gulf of Mexico contains many documented gas hydrate deposits near the sea floor. Although gas hydrate often is present in shallow subbottom sediment, the extent of hydrate occurrence deeper than 10 meters below sea floor in basins away from vents and other surface expressions is unknown. We obtained...
Maps of Quadrangles 3060 and 2960, Qala-I-Fath (608), Malek-Sayh-Koh (613), and Gozar-E-Sah (614) Quadrangles, Afghanistan
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2007, Open-File Report 2005-1121
By selecting one of the four series options shown below, namely, -A, -B, -C, and -D for the geologic, topographic, Landsat natural-color, and Landsat false-color maps, respectively, the user will be taken to that map....
Maps of Quadrangles 3062 and 2962, Charburjak (609), Khanneshin (610), Gawdezereh (615), and Galachah (616) Quadrangles, Afghanistan
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2007, Open-File Report 2005-1122
By selecting one of the four series options shown below, namely, -A, -B, -C, and -D for the geologic, topographic, Landsat natural-color, and Landsat false-color maps, respectively, the user will be taken to that map....
Distribution and abundance of California giant salamander (Dicamptodon ensatus) and signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) in the Upper Redwood Creek Watershed, Marin County, California
Darren Fong, Judd A. Howell
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1066
A survey was conducted in 1997-1998 to identify the distribution of non-native signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) and larval California giant salamanders (Dicamptodon ensatus) within the upper Redwood Creek watershed (Marin County, California). The crayfish is widely distributed along the mainstem Redwood Creek. It was found in lower Fern Creek but...
Relative Coastal Change-Potential Assessment of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Elizabeth A. Pendleton, E. Robert Thieler, S. Jeffress Williams
2006, Open-File Report 2005-1247
A change-potential index (CPI) was used to map the relative coastal change-potential of the shoreline to future sea-level fluctuation within Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve (GBNPP) in southeastern Alaska. The CPI ranks the following in terms of their physical contribution to coastal change: geomorphology, regional coastal slope, rate of...
Coastal vulnerability assessment of Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park to sea-level rise
Elizabeth A. Pendleton, E. Robert Thieler, S. Jeffress Williams
2006, Open-File Report 2005-1248
A coastal vulnerability index (CVI) was used to map the relative vulnerability of the coast to future sea-level rise within Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park in Hawaii. The CVI ranks the following in terms of their physical contribution to sea-level rise-related coastal change: geomorphology, regional coastal slope, rate of relative sea-level...
Coastal vulnerability assessment of Point Reyes National Seashore (PORE) to sea-level rise
Elizabeth A. Pendleton, E. Robert Thieler, S. Jeffress Williams
2006, Open-File Report 2005-1059
A coastal vulnerability index (CVI) was used to map the relative vulnerability of the coast to future sea-level rise within Point Reyes National Seashore in Northern California. The CVI ranks the following in terms of their physical contribution to sea-level rise-related coastal change: geomorphology, regional coastal slope, rate of relative...
Relative coastal change-potential assessment of Kenai Fjords National Park
Elizabeth A. Pendleton, E. Robert Thieler, S. Jeffress Williams
2006, Open-File Report 2004-1373
A change-potential index (CPI) was used to map the relative coastal change-potential of the shoreline to future sea-level changes within Kenai Fjords National Park (KEFJ) in south-central Alaska. The CPI ranks the following parameters in terms of their physical contribution to coastal change: geomorphology, regional coastal slope, rate of relative...
Mapping vegetation communities in Ozark National Scenic Riverways: final technical report to the National Park Service
Robert A. Chastain, Matthew A. Struckhoff, Keith W. Grabner, Esther D. Stroh, Hong He, David R. Larsen, Timothy A. Nigh, Jim Drake
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1354
Vegetation communities were mapped at two levels in Ozark National Scenic Riverways (ONSR) usign a hybrid combination of statistical methods and photointerpretation. The primary map includes 49 cover classes, including 24 cleasses that relate to vegetation associations currenly described by the United States National Vegetation Classification Standard (USNVC: The...
Summary of preliminary 2D inundation modeling for three Hattian landslide dam breach scenarios
Roger P. Denlinger, Daniel R.H. O’Connell, Matt Jones
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1094
On October 8, 2005, a M 7.6 earthquake near Muzafarrabad, Pakistan, triggered a landslide that dammed the Karli River and one of its tributaries about 4 km upstream of the confluence of the Karli and Jhelum rivers near the town of Hattian Bala. The smaller dam on the tributary of...
Map showing geology, oil and gas fields, and geologic provinces of the Gulf of Mexico region
2006, Open-File Report 97-470-L
This map was created as part of a worldwide series of geologic maps for the U.S. Geological Survey’s World Energy Project, available on CD-ROM and through the Internet. The goal of the project is to assess the undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources of the world. Geologic provinces were...
Genetic analyses of captive Alala (Corvus hawaiiensis) using AFLP analyses
Susan I. Jarvi, Kiara R. Bianchi
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1349
Population level studies of genetic diversity can provide information about population structure, individual genetic distinctiveness and former population size. They are especially important for rare and threatened species like the Alala, where they can be used to assess extinction risks and evolutionary potential. In an ideal situation multiple methods should...
