The purpose of this technical note is to assist field offices in using current geographic information systems and image processing technologies to facilitate new, or improve on existing, visual resource management inventories. This technical note seeks to use technology available in the field to improve existing VRM inventory inventory procedures without changing the basic concepts the inventory is built on.
The purpose of this technical note is to assist field offices in using current geographic information systems and image processing technologies to fac...
Although substantial research has been directed at understanding accipiter nesting- habitat relationships, little attention has been paid to pinyon juniper vegitation of western United States. Previous surveys conducted by the Bureau of Land Management in Northwestern Colorado suggested that accipiter nesting in these habitats might be more common than previously acknowledged leading to a BLM- sponsored study of this phenomenon by HawkWatch International in the Piceance Basin of Colorado
Although substantial research has been directed at understanding accipiter nesting- habitat relationships, little attention has been paid to pinyon ju...
Raptor nest monitoring may be utilized to guide federal land-use planning, protect raptors, and assess the potential impacts of oil and gas development project. The utility of monitoring programs is compromised when a program is not designed to address specific objectives and when the survey protocols are incomplete or applied inconsistently
Raptor nest monitoring may be utilized to guide federal land-use planning, protect raptors, and assess the potential impacts of oil and gas developmen...