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The purpose of this project was to pilot test a peer-reviewed,
long-term pika monitoring protocol for the American pika (Ochotona
princeps) in Glacier National Park. The pika is a climate-sensitive
species and this effort provided new information on the
distribution, survey methodologies, and habitat associations of the
species in the park. In particular, this project established
long-term monitoring sites to estimate the proportion of sample
sites occupied by pikas and assessed detectability of pika using
both direct and indirect evidence of pika presence (via visuals,
aurals, scat, and haypiles) for observers with various levels of
experience and training. The authors with the Crown of the
Continent Research Learning Center Citizen Science Program to
evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of citizen scientists in
protocol implementation.
As part of the Upper Columbia Basin Network's effort to conduct
vital signs monitoring, we completed monitoring of camas (Camassia
quamash) in Big Hole National Battlefield (BIHO) and Nez Perce
National Historical Park (NEPE). Camas is a unique resource for
these parks because it is both culturally and ecologically
significant. Camas was and remains one of the most widely utilized
indigenous foods in the Pacific Northwest and it is strongly
associated with the wet prairie ecosystems of the region that have
been degraded or lost due to historic land use practices. A
long-term citizen science-based monitoring program for detecting
status and trends in camas populations at BIHO and Weippe Prairie,
a unit of NEPE, serves as a central information source for park
adaptive management decision making and will provide essential
feedback on any eventual restoration efforts of park wet prairie
habitats. The involvement of student citizen scientists in this
particular program has been effective both in terms of leveraging
resources as well as in engaging communities in park stewardship
and science education. This annual report details the status and
trend estimates obtained from the first six years of monitoring,
2005-2010, at Weippe Prairie and BIHO.
As part of the Upper Columbia Basin Network's effort to conduct
vital signs monitoring, we completed monitoring of camas (Camassia
quamash) in Big Hole National Battlefield (BIHO) and Nez Perce
National Historical Park (NEPE). Camas is a unique resource for
these parks because it is both culturally and ecologically
significant. Camas was and remains one of the most widely utilized
indigenous foods in the Pacific Northwest and it is strongly
associated with the wet prairie ecosystems of the region that have
been degraded or lost due to historic land use practices. A
long-term citizen science-based monitoring program for detecting
status and trends in camas populations at BIHO and Weippe Prairie,
a unit of NEPE, serves as a central information source for park
adaptive management decision making and will provide essential
feedback on any eventual restoration efforts of park wet prairie
habitats. The involvement of student citizen scientists in this
particular program has been effective both in terms of leveraging
resources as well as in engaging communities in park stewardship
and science education. This annual report details the status and
trend estimates obtained from the first five years of monitoring,
2005-2009, at Weippe Prairie and BIHO.
The Upper Columbia Basin Network has identified 14 priority park
vital signs, indicators of ecosystem health, which represent a
broad suite of ecological phenomena operating across multiple
temporal and spatial scales. Our intent has been to monitor a
balanced and integrated "package" of vital signs that meets the
needs of current park management, but will also be able to
accommodate unanticipated environmental conditions in the future.
Camas is one particularly high priority vital sign for two UCBN
parks, Big Hole National Battlefield (BIHO) and Nez Perce National
Historical Park (NEPE). Camas is a unique resource for these parks
because it is both culturally and ecologically significant. Camas
was and remains one of the most widely utilized indigenous foods in
the Pacific Northwest and it is strongly associated with the wet
prairie ecosystems of the region that have been degraded or lost
due to historic land use practices. A long-term citizen
science-based monitoring program for detecting status and trends in
camas populations at BIHO and Weippe Prairie, a subunit of NEPE,
will serve as a central information source for park adaptive
management decision making and will provide essential feedback on
any eventual restoration efforts of park wet prairie habitats. The
involvement of student citizen scientists in this particular
program has been effective both in terms of leveraging resources as
well as in engaging communities in park stewardship and science
education. This annual report details the status and trend
estimates obtained from the first four years of monitoring,
2005-2008, at Weippe Prairie and BIHO.
In 2009, the authors initiated a small pilot survey of six limber
pine stands in CRMO following the Interagency Whitebark Pine
Monitoring Protocol for the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (Greater
Yellowstone Whitebark Pine Monitoring Working Group hereafter
referred to as GYWPMWG] 2007). No blister rust was found during
that survey, although mountain pine beetle galleries were found in
several trees, and dwarf mistletoe was ubiquitous. In 2010 the
authors tested a draft version of the protocol currently being used
by the Upper Columbia Basin Network (UCBN), as well as the Klamath
Network (KLMN) and Sierra Nevada Network (SIEN; McKinney et al.
2012). In 2011 the authors implemented the first full panel of 30
plots, plus two oversamples, following approval of the McKinney et
al. (2012) protocol. Results from 2011 are reported in Stucki and
Rodhouse (2012). This report presents the results for the second
full panel of 30 plots established and surveyed in August 2012.
Note that panel 2 includes the two oversample plots that were
established in 2011. This is the second formal year of protocol
implementation, and the permanent plots established in 2012
represent the second of 3 panels of plots that will be monitored
into the future.
This SOP describes the training of the field crew prior to field
sampling including overview of field data collection, data
recording, and the importance of correct identification of osprey
at Lake Roosevelt.
This protocol details the why, where, how, and when of the UCBN's
osprey monitoring program. It consists of a protocol narrative and
a set of standard operating procedures (SOPs), which detail the
steps required to collect, manage, and disseminate the data
representing the status and trend of osprey populations at LARO.
This report summarizes the results of the 2002 mammal (excluding
bats) and herpetological inventory for the Nez Perce National
Historical Park (NEPE). The mammal inventory did not include bats
within its scope due to logistical constraints. The inventory was
conducted by the University of Idaho Department of Fish and
Wildlife Resources under a cooperative agreement with the National
Park Service Northern Semi-Arid Network (now called the Upper
Columbia Basin Network). The inventory is part of a nationwide
inventory and monitoring (I&M) program initiated by the
National Park Service Natural Resource Challenge.
This report summarizes the results of the 2003 inventory of birds,
mammals, and herpetofauna, summarizes historic information, and
contains brief accounts of each species present or expected to
occur in the Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument (HAFO).
Information on species that are possible but unlikely to occur in
the monument is also included.
This report summarizes the results of the 2003 inventory of
mammals, summarizes historic information, and contains brief
accounts of each species present or expected to occur at Craters of
the Moon National Monument and Preserve (CRMO). Information on
species that are possible but unlikely to occur at CRMO is also
provided.
This report summarizes the data collected in 2012 for City of Rocks
National Reserve and Castle Rocks State Park. Both units are
co-managed by the National Park Service and Idaho State Parks and
Recreation. Throughout the rest of the report we refer to both
units together as the Reserve and by acronym as CIRO.
In 2009, the authors initiated a small pilot survey of six limber
pine stands in CRMO following the Interagency Whitebark Pine
Monitoring Protocol for the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (Greater
Yellowstone Whitebark Pine Monitoring Working Group hereafter
referred to as GYWPMWG] 2007). No blister rust was found during
that survey, although mountain pine beetle galleries were found in
several trees, and dwarf mistletoe was ubiquitous. In 2010 authors
tested a draft version of the protocol currently being used by the
Upper Columbia Basin Network (UCBN), as well as the Klamath Network
(KLMN) and Sierra Nevada Network (SIEN; McKinney et al. in
revision). The results reported in this report were generated in
2011 with data collected following an updated protocol by McKinney
et al. (in revision). This is the first formal year of protocol
implementation, and the permanent plots established in 2011
represent the first of 3 "panels" of plots that will be monitored
into the future.
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