CURRENT PROJECTS

 This list of citations is an overview of the types of projects currently going on at WYNDD.

WYNDD reports in progress
1 November 2004

Beauvais, G.P., N. Brown, and L. Master. 2004 in preparation.  Element distribution modeling to prioritize field inventories of sensitive species in western forests.  Report prepared for NatureServe (Arlington, Virginia) by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming. 

Beauvais, G.P. 2004 in preparation.  Predicted distribution of Preble’s meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius preblei) in Wyoming: an update. Report prepared for State of Wyoming - Governor’s Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming.   

Beauvais, G.P., D.A. Keinath, and R. Smith. 2004 in preparation.  Predictive distribution models for 60 taxa of management concern in USDA Forest Service Region 2. Report prepared for the USDI Geological Survey - Gap Analysis Program by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Beauvais, G.P., D.A. Keinath, R. Thurston, and A. Redder. 2004 in preparation. Predictive distribution modeling for rare taxa using Heritage Program occurrence data.  Workshop series produced for NatureServe (Arlington, Virginia) by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Handley, J. and B. Heidel. 2004 in preparation.  Amerorchis rotundifolia (round-leaved orchid): a technical conservation assessment. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service - Rocky Mountain Region (R2) by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Handley, J. and B. Heidel. 2004 in preparation.  Penstemon laricifolius var. exilifolius (white larch-leaved penstemon): a technical conservation assessment. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service - Rocky Mountain Region (R2) by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. 2004 in preparation.  Floristic inventory of Fort Laramie National Historic Monument – Final Report. Report prepared for the USDI National Park Service - Fort Laramie National Historic Monument by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. 2004 in preparation.  Status of western bladderpod (Lesquerella multiceps) in Wyoming.  Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management - Wyoming State Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. 2004 in preparation.  Status of small rockcress (Boechera pusilla) in Wyoming.  Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management - Wyoming State Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. 2004 in preparation.  Monitoring Penstemon haydenii (blowout penstemon) in  Wyoming – establishment report. Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management - Wyoming State Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. 2004 in preparation.  Survey of Penstemon haydenii (blowout penstemon) in Rawlins and Casper Field Offices, Wyoming. Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management - Wyoming State Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. 2004 in preparation.  Survey of Spiranthes diluvialis (Ute ladies-tresses) in Rawlins, Casper, Newcastle and Worland Field Offices, Wyoming. Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management - Wyoming State Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. 2004 in preparation.  17-year trends and competing species correlations of a short-lived riparian species, Gaura neomexicana ssp. coloradensis (Onagraceae) on F.E. Warren Air Force Base. Report prepared for the U.S. Air Force-F.E. Warren Air Force Base by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. 2004 in preparation.  Systematic peatland inventory on Shoshone National Forest. Report prepared for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. and J. Handley. 2004 in preparation.  Selaginella selaginoides (low spike-moss): a technical conservation assessment. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service - Rocky Mountain Region (R2) by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. and G. Jones. 2004 in preparation.  Botanical and ecological characteristics of peatlands on the Medicine Bow National Forest. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service - Medicine Bow / Routt National Forest by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. and S. Laursen. 2004 in preparation.  Long-term trends and climate collelations of a short-lived riparian species, Garua neomexicana ssp. coloradensis (Onagraceae). Technical publication; anticipated submission date fall 2004. 

Jones, G.P. 2004 in preparation.  Plant community mapping in the Sweetwater Canyon Wilderness Study Area. Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management-Wyoming State Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Jones, G.P. 2004 in preparation.  Characteristics of cushion-plant vegetation in the Rawlins Field Office. Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management-Rawlins Field Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Jones, G.P. 2004 in preparation.  Composition and structure of vegetation of tall sagebrush vegetation in the Jack Morrow Hills Coordinated Management Area.  Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management-Rock Springs Field Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Jones, G.P. 2004 in preparation.  Vegetation around dune ponds in the Greater Sand Dunes Area of Critical Environmental Concern and the Sand Dunes Wilderness Study Area, BLM Rock Springs Field Office, Wyoming.  Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management - Rock Springs Field Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming.  Laramie, Wyoming.

Jones, G.P. 2004 in preparation.  A survey of the condition and composition of aspen woodlands on public lands in southwestern Wyoming.  Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management - Rock Springs Field Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming.  Laramie, Wyoming.

Keinath, D.A.  2004 in preparation.  Bat inventory of the Greater Yellowstone Network.  Report prepared for the USDI National Park Service - Greater Yellowstone Network by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming 

Keinath, D.A.  2004 in preparation.  Terrestrial mammal inventory of the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area.  Report prepared for the USDI National Park Service - Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Keinath, D.A. 2004 in preparation.  [Species assessments for 11 vertebrates of management concern].  Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service-Region 2 by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Keinath, D.A. and G.P. Beauvais. 2004 in preparation.  [Species assessments and habitat models for 60 vertebrates of management concern].  Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management-Wyoming State Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming. 

Mellman-Brown, S. and B. Heidel. 2004 in preparation.  Sensitive species survey summary in the Clarks Fork of the Shoshone National Forest. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service - Shoshone National Forest by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Marriott, H. and D. Horning. 2004 in preparation.  Survey of Aquilegia laramiensis (Laramie columbine) in Rawlins Field Office, Wyoming. Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management - Wyoming State Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Smith, H. 2004 in preparation. Survey for Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) on the Shoshone National Forest. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service – Shoshone National Forest by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database – University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Smith, B. and G.P. Beauvais. 2004 in preparation.  Herpetological inventories of 8 National Park Service units in the Great Plains.  Report prepared for the USDI National Park Service by Black Hills State University (Spearfish, South Dakota) and the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming (Laramie, Wyoming).

Smith, B.H., D.A. Keinath, and G.P. Beauvais. 2004 in preparation.  Known and potential distribution of Preble’s meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius preblei) on the Medicine Bow / Routt National Forest, Wyoming.  Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service – Medicine Bow / Routt National Forest by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming. 

Smith, B.H. and G.P. Beauvais. 2004 in preparation. Survey for Preble's meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius preblei) on F. E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, September 2004. Unpublished report prepared by WYNDD for F. E. Warren Air Force Base. 

Smith, B.H., J.C. Gruver, D.A. Keinath, and G.P. Beauvais. 2004 in preparation.  On the distribution and status of the black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) in Wyoming.  Report prepared for USDI Bureau of Land Management-Wyoming Field Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Taylor, A., K. Taylor and B. Heidel. 2004 in preparation.  Sensitive species survey summary in the North Fork of the Shoshone National Forest. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service - Shoshone National Forest by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Taylor, A., K. Taylor and B. Heidel. 2004 in preparation.  Sensitive species survey summary in the Wood River of the Shoshone National Forest.  Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service - Shoshone National Forest by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.