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Climate change and insect defoliation in the New Jersey Pine Barrens
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CBI, in collaboration with the US Forest Service, will assess and predict the effects of gypsy moth defoliation events, fire management, and climate change on forest productivity, species composition, and tree mortality in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Using management scenarios developed based on current management practices and potential carbon management practices; we will determine how interactions among these disturbances affect management goals. This project will help provide a predictive framework for working through landscape to regional management scenarios in areas with multiple, interacting management priorities that can be applied across the US, especially in areas where insect and fire disturbances interact. (ongoing)
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Southern Sierra Nevada Fisher Assessment
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The Pacific fisher (Martes pennanti) is a large member of the weasel family associated with dense, structurally complex, low- to mid-elevation forests in California and Oregon. Remaining populations are small, disconnected from one another, and threatened by habitat modification and fragmentation. In 2004, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service found that Pacific fishers were warranted protection under the Endangered Species Act, but that listing the species was precluded by higher priorities. (June 2008)
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Historic Agreement to Protect 240,000 acres at Tejon Ranch
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CBI worked closely with Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Planning and Conservation League, Audubon California, and Endangered Habitats League to negotiate the precedent-setting agreement with the Tejon Ranch Company to set aside up to 240,000 contiguous acres of spectacular and ecologically significant California wildlands. (May 2008)
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Conservation Vision for Bahía de San Quintín
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Bahía de San Quintín is the largest and only intact coastal lagoon system in the entire Mediterranean zone of North America. It is among the richest, most diverse, and most imperiled ecosystems on the planet, supporting dozens of species designated as Threatened or Endangered. (September 2007)
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A Population Monitoring Framework For Five Subspecies of Island Fox
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Due to their limited geographic distribution and small population sizes, foxes on all six islands have been listed as Threatened by the State of California, and all subspecies except those on San Nicolas and San Clemente have been listed as Endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service due to recent precipitous population declines and high risk of extinction. In response to a request from the Recovery Coordination Group of the Island Fox Integrated Recovery Team, the Conservation Biology Institute was commissioned to develop a monitoring framework for the foxes. (June 2007)
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Ramona Grasslands Habitat Management Planning
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A science-based adaptive habitat management plan for the approximately 3,000-acre Ramona Grasslands Open Space Preserve in central San Diego County. (January 2007)
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Comparative Review of Governance Structures for Ecosystem Management
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This study reviews a cross-section of ecosystem management efforts across the United States, with a focus on institutional structures for administering conservation actions, both for programs involving endangered species permits, such as NCCP programs and other HCP programs, as well as for non-regulatory conservation programs. (November 2006)
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Mapping Undisturbed Landscapes in Alaska: Overview Report and Interactive Atlas CD
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This report, written in collaboration with Global Forest Watch, presents an analysis and geographical representation of relatively large forest landscapes free of visual evidence of human disturbances across the State of Alaska, USA. (October 2006)
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Proposed Reserve Design for Tejon Ranch - A Threatened California Legacy
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Given the size, integrity, and geographic context of Tejon Ranch, and the regional significance of its resources, virtually all of Tejon Ranch merits protection for future generations. We propose a wildland reserve design for the Ranch that captures the broad array of landscape functions and conservation values that it supports (May 2006)
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Framework Monitoring Plan for the San Clemente Island Fox
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This document proposes a monitoring plan for the San Clemente Island fox (Urocyon littoralis clemente). It includes a specific monitoring plan for the 2006 field season, recommendations for future years, and a framework for a monitoring program across all Channel Islands supporting island fox populations. (March 2006)
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Protected Areas Database (PAD) Version 4
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A geographic information system (GIS) dataset that represents protected areas in the coterminous United States and Alaska and their associated protection levels presented as Gap Analysis Program (GAP) codes. (January 2006)
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Conservation Significance of Rancho Guejito
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This document provides an introduction to the intersecting cultural and biological conservation values of Rancho Guejito—its cultural history, rare biological resources, its ecological functions within surrounding conserved areas, its significance to past, present, and future generations of Californians—and a plea for conservation of the irreplaceable values it supports, the loss of which cannot be mitigated elsewhere. (October 2005)
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The importance of western Oregon BLM lands to fish and wildlife habitat conservation
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This report provides BLM with a scientific foundation for managing its lands to meet the ecological objectives of the NWFP, ESA, and Clean Water Act. (October 2005)
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Oregon's Legacy Wild Forests
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This report provides new information on the importance of roadless areas in Oregon that places these areas among the most ecologically valued in the nation, thereby providing a scientific foundation for protecting all of Oregon's roadless lands regardless of the method to achieve this outcome. (October 2005)
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Sierra Checkerboard Initiative
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The Trust for Public Land, the Sierra Nevada Forest Protection Campaign, California Wilderness Coalition, and others, commissioned this Science Assessment to initiate development of a vision for a more sustainable landscape in the central Sierra Nevadas. (July 2005)
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Maintaining Ecological Connectivity Across the “Missing Middle” of the Puente-Chino Hills Wildlife Corridor
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An analysis of studies of wildlife movement in this area of the LA basin with recommendations for conservation and management. (July 2005)
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Las Californias Binational Conservation Initiative: A Vision for Habitat Conservation in the Border Region of California and Baja California
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A science-based plan to identify priority conservation areas in the Las Californias region. (October 2004)
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Preliminary Aquatic Integrity Assessment for the Lower/Middle Klamath River and the Upper Sacramento River
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An analysis of relative aquatic integrity focused on human impacts on salmonid habitat variables. (August 2004)
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Living in fire prone natural landscapes - Reducing the risk to rural communities from wildfire
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An approach to mapping fire hazards at an intermediate scale to identify and prioritize fire management activities in the urban-wildland interface. (June 2004)
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Conservation Assessment of the Tejon Ranch
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An assessment of selected conservation values for Tejon Ranch, California. (January 2004)
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Ecological Issues Underlying Proposals to Conduct Salvage Logging in Areas Burned by the Biscuit Fire
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An independent examination of the post-fire management options being considered for the Biscuit Fire (2002) within the Siskiyou National Forest in Southwestern Oregon. (January 2004)
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Klamath - Siskiyou Private Lands Conservation Assessment
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An assessment of regional concentrations of conservation values on private lands in the Klamath-Siskiyou ecoregion. (September 2003)
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La Posta Linkage Portfolio
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A proposed initial strategy for conserving habitat linkages between existing conserved habitats along the border between San Diego County and Northern Baja California and existing conserved habitats in the Laguna Mountains. (September 2003)
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Habitat Management Plan - Lake Hodges/San Pasqual Valley Open Space
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The Lake Hodges/San Pasqual Valley open space is owned by the City of San Diego and serves as a major core resource area of the Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP) preserve system. The MSCP requires that a habitat management and monitoring plan be prepared for all conserved lands that includes area-specific directives for the land and the species it supports, especially species listed as "covered" under the take authorizations of the MSCP. The plan is currently considered an Administrative Draft Plan, until formally adopted by the San Diego City Council. (August 2003)
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Conservation Significance of the Tejon Ranch
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An assessment of selected conservation values for Tejon Ranch, California. (August 2003)
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Assessment of Aquatic Habitat Monitoring Data in the Rogue River Basin and Southern Oregon Coastal Streams
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An evaluation of the Rogue Basin Aquatic Integrity Assessment (2001) and the building of databases required to construct a cumulative effects model for aquatic integrity in the Rogue Basin. (May 2003)
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Issues of Ecological Concern Regarding the Proposed Luebbers Development in Corvallis, Oregon
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An assessment of the potential ecological consequences of a proposed housing development in the headwaters of Dixon Creek, Corvallis, Oregon. (May 2003)
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Prospectus for a Resource Support Service for Conservation Groups in San Diego County
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Over the next decade, approximately one-half million acres of habitat will be set aside for conservation in San Diego County to protect the region’s outstanding biological diversity. This draft report presents a potential strategy for initiating a conservation resource collaborative or center (CRC) to serve the conservation community. (March 2003)
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Wildlife Corridor Monitoring Study - Multiple Species Conservation Program
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CBI conducted wildlife corridor surveys for two consecutive years to assess uses by different mammal species. (March 2003)
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Review of Regional Habitat Linkage Monitoring Locations
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An assessment of the general locations of regional corridor monitoring locations identified in the MSCP Biological Monitoring Plan and refinement of the overall monitoring locations for the MSCP. (January 2003)
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The effects of watershed urbanization on stream hydrologic characteristics and riparian vegetation of Los Peñasquitos Creek
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A science-based analysis of alterations in riparian vegetation due to urban development induced changes of natural flow regimes. (July 2002)
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Scientific Basis for Roadless Area Conservation
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A comprehensive analysis of inventoried roadless areas within six ecoregions of the Pacific Northwest encompassing the range of the northern spotted owl east and west of the Cascade Mountains in Washington, Oregon, and northern California. (June 2002)
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Monitoring Plan for the Santa Margarita River
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A quantitative assessment of the key ecological processes and ecological integrity of the Santa Margarita river system below the Temecula-Murrieta Creek confluence, the potential effects of stressors on the system, and the success of stressor abatement strategies. (May 2002)
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On the Global and Regional Ecological Significance of Southern Orange County: Conservation Priorities for a Biodiversity Hotspot
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A science-based examination of the crucial role Orange County plays in biodiversity conservation in south-coastal California and recommendations for the Southern Orange County subregion of the Natural Community Conservation Planning (NCCP) program. (October 2001)
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Comments Supporting the Proposed Mineral Withdrawal for National Forest and Bureau of Land Management Lands in the Siskiyou Wild Rivers Area of Oregon and California
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An analysis of potential mining impacts on special status species and their supporting habitats in the Siskiyou Wild Rivers Area. (May 2001)
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Forest intactness database
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An assessment of relative forest intactness for the coterminous United States. Each unit of analysis has a database comprising a suite of fragmentation metrics, road density values, and relative ordinal scores. (April 2001)
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Landscape Change Analysis for the Klamath-Siskiyou Ecoregion
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An analysis of landscape change history using remote sensing (1972-1992) in the Klamath-Siskiyou ecoregion with special emphasis on forest disturbance. (March 2001)
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Conservation Planning for Aquatic Biological Integrity in the Klamath-Siskiyou Ecoregion Using Multiple Spatial Scales
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An analysis of the Klamath-Siskiyou region from an aquatics perspective demonstrating how a multi-scale approach could be used to make improvements in conservation planning and resource management. (March 2001)
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Review of Scientific Material Relevant to the Occurence, Ecosystem Role, and Tested Management Options for Mountain Goats in Olympic National Park
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A review of three conditions necessary to justify control or eradication of the mountain goat in Olympic National Park. (May 2000)
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Importance of BLM Roadless Areas in the Western US
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An analysis of the contribution of roadless areas on BLM managed lands to overall biological representation in the US western states. (March 2000)
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Environmental Analysis of Bahía San Quintín Development
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An analysis of the major deficiencies in the Manifestacion de Impacto Ambiental (MIA) for the "Cabo San Quintin" tourist development. (February 2000)
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Wolf Reintroduction Feasibility in the Adirondack Park
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A GIS-based modeling analysis of potential wolf reintroduction into Adirondack Park using habitat suitability and genetic factors. (October 1999)
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Global Forest Restoration: A Review
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A review of the concept of forest restoration, as well as individual reviews of the various ecological, technical, and socio-political factors relevant to the WWF Global 200 major habitat types. (August 1999)
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A Science-Based Conservation Assessment for the Klamath-Siskiyou Ecoregion
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A comprehensive GIS-based conservation assessment and regional plan for a globally outstanding ecoregion of southern Oregon and northern California. (May 1999)
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A GIS-Based Model for Assessing Conservation Focal Areas for the Redwood Ecoregion
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A model produced for Save-the-Redwoods League that was intended to help target future proactive conservation planning efforts in the region. (April 1999)
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Spatial Patterns in Land Use and Water Quality in the Tillamook Bay Watershed: A GIS Mapping Project
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A study to demonstrate how existing data can be used to analyze contamination of Tillamook Bay by waterborne pathogens as indicated by fecal coliform bacteria. (1997)
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Northern Rocky Mountain Enduring Features GAP Analysis - World Wildlife Fund Canada
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An enduring features conservation gap analysis for a pilot region in the northern Rocky Mountains using the WWF Canada methodology for consistent crossboundary conservation assessment. Includes 112 color plates. (August 1997)
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The Abundance and Distribution of Eelgrass (Zostera spp.) in Tillamook Bay Estuary, OR
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A study to accurately map eelgrass beds throughout Tillamook Bay in an effort to establish an initial baseline of eelgrass bed density and distribution for future monitoring. (September 1996)
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Landscape Change in the Tillamook Bay Watershed, Oregon
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An application of remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) technology to examine the changes that have occurred within the Tillamook Bay watershed from 1974/75 to 1992. (1995)
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Climate change and insect defoliation in the New Jersey Pine Barrens
CBI, in collaboration with the US Forest Service, will assess and predict the effects of gypsy moth defoliation events, fire management, and climate change on forest productivity, species composition, and tree mortality in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Using management scenarios developed based on current management practices and potential carbon management practices; we will determine how interactions among these disturbances affect management goals. This project will help provide a predictive framework for working through landscape to regional management scenarios in areas with multiple, interacting management priorities that can be applied across the US, especially in areas where insect and fire disturbances interact. (ongoing)
Southern Sierra Nevada Fisher Assessment
The Pacific fisher (Martes pennanti) is a large member of the weasel family associated with dense, structurally complex, low- to mid-elevation forests in California and Oregon. Remaining populations are small, disconnected from one another, and threatened by habitat modification and fragmentation. In 2004, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service found that Pacific fishers were warranted protection under the Endangered Species Act, but that listing the species was precluded by higher priorities. (June 2008)
Historic Agreement to Protect 240,000 acres at Tejon Ranch
CBI worked closely with Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Planning and Conservation League, Audubon California, and Endangered Habitats League to negotiate the precedent-setting agreement with the Tejon Ranch Company to set aside up to 240,000 contiguous acres of spectacular and ecologically significant California wildlands. (May 2008)
Conservation Vision for Bahía de San Quintín
Bahía de San Quintín is the largest and only intact coastal lagoon system in the entire Mediterranean zone of North America. It is among the richest, most diverse, and most imperiled ecosystems on the planet, supporting dozens of species designated as Threatened or Endangered. (September 2007)
A Population Monitoring Framework For Five Subspecies of Island Fox
Due to their limited geographic distribution and small population sizes, foxes on all six islands have been listed as Threatened by the State of California, and all subspecies except those on San Nicolas and San Clemente have been listed as Endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service due to recent precipitous population declines and high risk of extinction. In response to a request from the Recovery Coordination Group of the Island Fox Integrated Recovery Team, the Conservation Biology Institute was commissioned to develop a monitoring framework for the foxes. (June 2007)
Ramona Grasslands Habitat Management Planning
A science-based adaptive habitat management plan for the approximately 3,000-acre Ramona Grasslands Open Space Preserve in central San Diego County. (January 2007)
Comparative Review of Governance Structures for Ecosystem Management
This study reviews a cross-section of ecosystem management efforts across the United States, with a focus on institutional structures for administering conservation actions, both for programs involving endangered species permits, such as NCCP programs and other HCP programs, as well as for non-regulatory conservation programs. (November 2006)
Mapping Undisturbed Landscapes in Alaska: Overview Report and Interactive Atlas CD
This report, written in collaboration with Global Forest Watch, presents an analysis and geographical representation of relatively large forest landscapes free of visual evidence of human disturbances across the State of Alaska, USA. (October 2006)
Proposed Reserve Design for Tejon Ranch - A Threatened California Legacy
Given the size, integrity, and geographic context of Tejon Ranch, and the regional significance of its resources, virtually all of Tejon Ranch merits protection for future generations. We propose a wildland reserve design for the Ranch that captures the broad array of landscape functions and conservation values that it supports (May 2006)
Framework Monitoring Plan for the San Clemente Island Fox
This document proposes a monitoring plan for the San Clemente Island fox (Urocyon littoralis clemente). It includes a specific monitoring plan for the 2006 field season, recommendations for future years, and a framework for a monitoring program across all Channel Islands supporting island fox populations. (March 2006)
