Current Projects

This list of citations is an overview of the types of projects currently underway:  

Beauvais, G.P. 2009 in preparation. Predictive distribution models for vertebrates in the Northwest ReGAP region - Phase II report. Report prepared for the USDI Geological Survey - Gap Analysis Program by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Estes-Zumpf, W. 2009 in preparation. Pre-drilling surveys of amphibian and reptile habitats in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming; year 2 project report. Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management - Buffalo Field Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database- University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Estes-Zumpf, W. and D.A. Keinath. 2009 in preparation. Wyoming toad monitoring on safe harbor reintroduction sites: 2009. Report prepared for the Laramie Rivers Conservation District and USDI Fish and Wildlife Service by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Estes-Zumpf, W. and D.A. Keinath. 2009 in preparation. Boreal toad surveys in the Shoshone National Forest; year 1 project report. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service Shoshone National Forest by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database- University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Estes-Zumpf, W.A., D.A. Keinath, and L.M. Tronstad 2009 in preparation. Shoshone National Forest amphibian and invertebrate surveys. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service - Shoshone National Forest by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Estes-Zumpf, W., H. Griscom, and D.A. Keinath. 2009 in preparation. Pygmy rabbit monitoring in the Pinedale Anticline Project Area, Sublette County, Wyoming: year 1 Report. Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management/ Wyoming Game and Fish Department/ Pinedale Anticline Project Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database- University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Fertig, W. and B. Heidel. 2009 in preparation. Rare plant field inventory, Fossil Butte National Monument. Report prepared for the USDI National Park Service-Fossil Butte National Monument by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Griscom, H. and D.A. Keinath. 2009 in preparation. Survey for breeding birds on Crow Creek, F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming: 2009 project report. 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.

Griscom, H. and D.A. Keinath. 2009 in preparation. Survey for migratory and upland breeding birds on Laramie Plains National Wildlife Refuges: 2009 project report. Report prepared for the USDI Geological Survey and Fish and Wildlife Service by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Griscom, H., D.A. Keinath., and A. Redder. 2009 in preparation. Wyoming pocket gopher (Thomomys clusius) surveys in central Wyoming; year 2 project report. Report prepared for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and USDI Bureau of Land Management by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Handley, J. and B. Heidel. 2009 in preparation. Status of Sphaeromeria simplex (Laramie false sagebrush) in the Laramie and Shirley Basins, south-central Wyoming. Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management Rawlins Field Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. 2009 in preparation. Status of Ipomopsis aggregata var. weberi (Weber's scarlet gilia) in south-central Wyoming. Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management Rawlins Field Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. 2009 in preparation. Boechera pusilla (Small rockcress) monitoring report year one of a three-year study. Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management Rock Springs Field Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. 2009 in preparation. Status of Lesquerella arenosa var. argillosa (Sidesaddle bladderpod) in northeast Wyoming. Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management Newcastle Field Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. 2009 in preparation. Status of Astragalus gilviflorus var. purpureus (Dubois milkvetch) in the Big Horn Basin, north-central Wyoming. Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management Worland Field Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. 2009 in preparation. Status of Shoshonea pulvinata (Shoshonea) in the Absaroka Mountains, north-central Wyoming. Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management Cody Field Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. 2009 in preparation. Environmental requirements of Yermo xanthocephalus and status report update. 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. 2009 in preparation. Checklist of vascular plants at Fort Laramie National Historic Site. Booklet prepared for the USDI National Park Service - Fort Laramie National Historic Site by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. 2009 in preparation. Plants that tell the Fort Laramie story. Booklet prepared for the USDI National Park Service - Fort Laramie National Historic Site by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. 2009 in preparation. Fen inventory and sensitive plant species of fens in the Big Horn Mountains. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service - Bighorn National Forest by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. 2009 in preparation. Status of Physaria lanata (Woolly twinpod) in the Big Horn Mountains. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service - Bighorn National Forest by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. 2009 in preparation. Status of Musineon vaginatum (Sheathed musineon) in the Big Horn Mountains. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service - Bighorn National Forest by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. 2009 in preparation. Status of Pyrrocoma clementis var. villosa (Hairy tranquil goldenweed) in the Big Horn Mountains. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service - Bighorn National Forest by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. 2009 in preparation. Sensitive plant species survey in the Wyoming and Salt River Ranges. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service - Bridger-Teton National Forest by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. and J. Handley. 2009 in preparation. 22-year population trends of Colorado butterfly plant (Gaura neomexicana ssp. coloradensis; Onagraceae), a short-lived riparian species 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., W. Fertig, S. Mellmann-Brown and K. Houston. 2009 in preparation. Biology of fens in the Beartooth Mountains, Shoshone National Forest a technical report. General technical report prepared for the USDA Forest Service - Rocky Mountain Research Station by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Jones, G.P. 2009 in preparation. A cooperative project to study vegetation on prescribed burns in sagebrush vegetation 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.

Jones, G.P. 2009 in preparation. Developing and refining ecological indicators and assessment methods for wetlands in Environmental Protection Agency Region 8. Report prepared by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Jones, G.P. 2009 in preparation. Vegetation classification for characterizing habitat for Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) on the Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Regional Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Jones, G.P. and B. Heidel. 2009 in preparation. Updated plant and vegetation information for Research Natural Areas and Special Botanical Areas on the Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service - Shoshone National Forest by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Keinath, D.A. 2009 in preparation. Bat inventory of Devil's Tower National Monument. Report prepared for the USDI National Park Service Devil's Tower National Monument by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Keinath, D.A. and M.D. Andersen. 2009 in preparation. Potential risk of Wyoming Species of Greatest Conservation Need from energy development. Report prepared for the USDI Geological Survey and Wyoming Game and Fish Department by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Keinath, D.A., G.P. Beauvais and M.D. Andersen. 2009 in preparation. Range maps and statistics for Wyoming's Species of Greatest Conservation Need. Report prepared for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Keinath, D.A., G.P. Beauvais and M.D. Andersen. 2009 in preparation. Predictive distribution models for Wyoming's Species of Greatest Conservation Need. Report prepared for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Kosovich-Anderson, Y. 2009 in preparation. Annotated checklist of bryophytes of the Beartooth Mountains of Wyoming. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service - Shoshone National Forest by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Krist, A.C., L.M. Tronstad, and T.M. Koel. 2009 in preparation. The effects of invasive lake trout on zooplankton of Yellowstone Lake: release from size-selective predation or rapid evolution? Report prepared for the USDI National Park Service Yellowstone National Park by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Lenz, M. 2009 in preparation. Annotated checklist of bryophytes in fens of the Bighorn National Forest. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service - Bighorn National Forest by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Marriott, H. and D. Horning. 2009 in preparation. Survey of Aquilegia laramiensis (Laramie columbine), Casper Field Office. Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management - Wyoming State Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Redder, A.J. 2009 in preparation. Western toad (Anaxyrus boreas): a technical conservation assessment. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service - Intermountain Region (R4) by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Redder, A.J. 2009 in preparation. Status assessment of freshwater mussel species in Wyoming. Report prepared by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Scott, L. and G.P. Beauvais. 2009 in preparation. Observation data standards for the network of State Natural Heritage Programs. Report prepared for NatureServe (Arlington, Virginia) and the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming

Tronstad, L.M. 2009 in preparation. Survey of land snails of special concern in the Black Hills National Forest. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service - Black Hills National Forest by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Tronstad, L.M. 2009 in preparation. Assessment of biological and physical relationships of spring and seep ecosystems across a gradient of human impacts. Report prepared for the USDI National Park Service - Devil's Tower National Monument by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Tronstad. L.M. 2009 in preparation. Evaluating monitoring protocols for macroinvertebrates in the river systems of the Northern Great Plains. Report prepared for the USDI National Park Service - Devils Tower National Monument, Fort Laramie National Historic Site, and Agate Fossil Beds National Monument by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Tronstad, L.M. 2009 in preparation. Statewide assessment of rare invertebrates in Wyoming. Report prepared for the Office of the Governor of Wyoming by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Tronstad, L.M. and K.J. Reddy. 2009 in press. Invertebrate assemblages and their relationship to trace element concentrations of coalbed natural gas ponds of northeastern Wyoming. In K.J. Reddy (editor) Coalbed Natural Gas: Energy and Environment. Nova Science Publishers. New York, USA.

Wepprich, T., W. Morris, and B. Heidel. 2009 in preparation. Population viability analysis of a Threatened riparian forb, Gaura neomexicana ssp. coloradensis (Colorado butterfly plant). 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.

Young, B.E., E. Byers, K. Gravuer, K. Hall, G. Hammerson, and A.J. Redder. 2009 in review. A natural history approach to rapid assessment of plant and animal vulnerability to climate change. In J. Brodie, E. Post, and D. Doak (eds). Conserving wildlife populations in a changing climate.

Young, B.E., E. Byers, K. Gravuer, K. Hall, G. Hammerson, A. Redder, K. Szabo, and J. Newmark. 2009 in review. Case study: using NatureServe's climate change vulnerability index to assess Nevada plant and animal species. In J. Brodie, E. Post, and D. Doak (eds). Conserving wildlife populations in a changing climate.

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