2009 MSHCP Progress Report Symposium

The Desert Conservation Program (DCP) held a symposium to highlight progress made to date on 31 current projects to implement the MSHCP on August 11 & 12, 2009 at US Geological Survey office in Henderson, Nevada.The presentations are linked below in  agenda order.

The DCP is grateful to USGS for use of the facility, and for hosting 6 scientists to attend and provide comments on each presentation.These scientists are: Dr. J. Whitfield Gibbons, University of Georgia; Dr. Dennis Hansen, National Security Technologies, LLC; Dr. Debra Hughson, National Park Service; Dr. James MacMahon, Utah State University; Phil Medica, US Geological Survey; and Dr. Daniel Rosenberg, Oregon State University.Thanks to each of the experts and the symposium audience members for their thoughtful questions and helpful comments.

Below are copies of the presentations.Please note that these reports are preliminary progress reports.Many of these projects also report their progress on a  quarterly basis.Final reports on each project will be received by the DCP upon completion.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Session 1

 Administration of the Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan, 2007-CC-711 & 2007-CC-719

 Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan Permit Conditions Report, 2007-CC-711, 2007-CC-719 & 2007-CC-737

 Permit Amendment, 2007-CC-1011

 Mojave Max Volunteer Training Program, 2005-RRCIA-559A

 Adaptive Management Program, 2005-CC-574

 Desert Conservation Program GIS and Other Data, 2005-CC-574

 Ecosystem Indicators: Change Detection, 2005-UNR-578

Session 2

 Boulder City Conservation Easement Management, 2007-CC-714

 Muddy River Property Management, 2005-TNC-561

 Effects of Fuel Management Treatments in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area, 2005-USGS-551

Session 3

 Interagency Weed Sentry, 2005-NPS-537

 Monitoring of Illegal Ground Disturbance in Response to Management Actions, 2005-NPS-526

 Monitoring of Road Conditions and Signs, 2005-NPS-529

 Effectiveness Monitoring for Saltcedar and Knapweed Control on the Upper Muddy River Floodplain, 2005-TNC-572

 Effectiveness Monitoring of Spring-fed Wetlands and Riparian Restoration Treatments, 2005-UCSB-552

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Session 4

 Inventory, Research, and Monitoring for Covered Plant Species, 2005-NPS-535

 Inventory & Research of Evaluation and Watch List Plant Species on Lake Mead National Recreation Area and Adjacent Lands, 2005-NPS-536

 Rare Plant Inventory & Soil Models, 2005-CC-497 & 2005-Terra Spectra-574L

 Sediment Transport to White-margined Penstemon Habitat, 2005-NSHE-502A

Session 5

 Desert Tortoise Monitoring (2007 - 2008), 2005-FWS-585A

 Desert Tortoise Monitoring (2007 - 2008), 2005-UNR-585

 Desert Tortoise Monitoring (2009 - 2011), 2007-FWS-785

 Epidemiology of Desert Tortoise, 2005-UNR-567

Session 6 

 Peregrine Falcon Monitoring at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, 2005-NPS-475

 Bald Eagle Monitoring, 2005-NPS-540

 Developing Habitat Models and Monitoring Techniques for Nine Rare Bird Species of the Clark County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan, 2005-GBBO-581

 Historical and Current Assessment of Six Covered and Three Evaluation Bird Species, 2005-NPS-542

 Population Status and Reproductive Ecology of the Western Burrowing Owl in Clark County, NV, 2005-USGS-582

Session 7

 Relict Leopard Frog Monitoring and Management, 2005-NPS-476

 Connectivity of Leopard Frog Populations, 2005-UNLV-575

 Long-term Conservation Strategy for Palmer's Chipmunk in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area, 2005-USGS-580