Ecological Assessments
The following projects involve ecological assessments:
Conservation Assessment of Orange County, California
A conservation assessment to prioritize lands for acquisition for Measure M mitigation purposes in Orange County, California. (December 2009)
Assessing the Impact of Ecological Considerations on Forest Biomass Projections for the Southeastern U.S.
We assessed the potential effect that administrative and ecological restrictions could have on forest biomass available for biofuel development in the southeastern U.S. (September 2009)
Assessing the Impact of Ecological Considerations on Forest and Shrubland Biomass Projections for California
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) commissioned CBI to evaluate the effect that ecological constraints would have on estimates of forest and shrubland biomass resources available for energy production in California, as assessed by the California Energy Commission in 2005. (April 2009)
Conservation Assessment for the Yuba River Watershed Foothills
An assessment of the conservation values and opportunities in the foothills of the northern Sierra Nevada within the Yuba River watershed. (October 2008)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Conservation Significance of Rancho Guejito
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)
The importance of western Oregon BLM lands to fish and wildlife habitat conservation
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)
