Office of the Regional Executive for Biology - Central Region
BIN TITLE: Identify Threats to Water Quality and Design Monitoring
Programs
SUBMITTING PARTNER BUREAU:
National
Park Service
BIN NUMBER: NPS01CR99
BUREAU CONTACT: Steve Cinnamon, (402)221-3437
RESULTS OF BRD-INITIATED COMMUNICATION:
After a visit to the Agate Fossil Beds National Monument in the summer
of 1998, a proposal covering aspects of inventory and monitoring of the
Monument and the response to geomorphological
changes in the Niobrara River of fish and benthic macroinvertebrate communities
was developed. This proposal was
submitted first to the Monument for funding out of their site allocation and
later through the NRPP cyclical call for proposals. In both cases, the
proposal was unsuccessful in getting funded.
DATE SUBMITTED: 26 January 2000
PREPARED BY: Terence P. Boyle,
Midcontinent Ecological Science Center, Fort Collins, CO; (970)491-1452; tpboyle@picea.cnr.colostate.edu
BIN TITLE: Erosion Processes,
Effects on Resources, and Erosion Control
SUBMITTING PARTNER
BUREAU: National Park Service
BIN NUMBER:
NPS03CR98
BUREAU CONTACT:
Jerry McRea, (505)988-6024
RESULTS OF
BRD-INITIATED COMMUNICATION: The Southwest
Cluster has geologic/hydrologic erosion issues (e.g., urban development runoff
at Petroglyph NM) which have been
referred to other USGS divisions (i.e., Geologic Division or Water Resources
Division). In Southwest Cluster,
ongoing livestock grazing is an issue
at some units (e.g., Coronado NM).
Significant BRD activity is underway to address erosion issues at
Bandelier National Monument, including long-term measurements of hillslope
runoff and erosion and development of restoration methods in pinyon-juniper
woodlands. Many (more than 5) field
tours of erosion research were conducted by Craig Allen in support of NPS
management efforts to address erosion issues, along with several office slide
presentations in various locations.
Some of those research results from Bandelier may be transferable to
other NPS units in the Southwest (e.g., Pecos).
DATE SUBMITTED: 25 January 2000
PREPARED BY: Craig D. Allen, Midcontinent Ecological Science Center
-Jemez Mts. Field Station, Los Alamos, NM; (505)672-3861, X541; craig_allen@usgs.gov
BIN TITLE: Regional Ecosystem Planning and
Management
SUBMITTING PARTNER BUREAU: National
Park Service
BIN NUMBER: NPS06CR98
BUREAU CONTACT: Steve Cinnamon, (402)221-3437
RESULTS OF BRD-INITIATED COMMUNICATION:
In the summer of 1999, the Social, Economic, and Institutional Analysis
Section (SEIAS) of MESC consulted with representatives of several land
management agencies in an attempt to identify new studies to meet this BIN. In late summer, the SEIAS developed three
draft project plans that focus social science research on the southern Greater
Yellowstone Area. These draft plans
were circulated to land managers at Grand Teton National Park, National Elk
Refuge, and Bridger-Teton National Forest.
Final project plans were completed and peer reviewed. These plans were revised and approved by the
MESC Director on 11/15/99.
January 17-21, 2000, members of the SEIAS attended a
planning session of the elk-bison management team in Jackson Hole,
Wyoming. Presentations describing each
of the approved projects were conducted for the team and discussions were held
describing how the research project supports the ecosystem-wide planning for management
of elk and bison.
DATE SUBMITTED: 24 January 2000
PREPARED BY: Berton Lee Lamb,
Midcontinent Ecological Science Center, Fort Collins, CO; (970)226-9314;
lee_lamb@usgs.gov_
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