Restoration of Bighorn Sheep Metapopulations in and near 15 National Parks: Conservation of a Severely Fragmented Species - Volume I: Planning, Problem Definition, Key Findings, and Restoration
Singer FJ and Gudorf MA. 1999. Restoration of Bighorn Sheep Metapopulations in and near 15 National Parks: Conservation of a Severely Fragmented Species - Volume I: Planning, Problem Definition, Key Findings, and Restoration. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-102. U.S. Geological Survey, Midcontinent Ecological Science Center. Fort Collins, Colorado
This report is the first of three volumes describing a seven-year regional initiative to conduct research and population studies of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) and to plan and carry out restoration plans, in the national parks of the former Rocky Mountain Region (now the Intermountain and Midwest Regions). Research studies were conducted by scientists from the U.S.G.S. Biological Resources Division, National Park Service, six universities, and by veterinarians from state agencies. This volume describes the planning process, the seven-step assessment and restoration process including GIS-based habitat assessments, recommended restoration procedures and considerations, a summary of restoration efforts in each park unit, and a summary of key findings. The volume includes maps, a list of reports produced during this restoration initiative, and a lengthy reference list. The planning process included the elimination of Yellowstone, Glacier and Rocky Mountain National Parks from the initiative, because of budget limitations and the relative stability of the bighorn populations in these parks. Volume 2 provides a synopsis of research findings, and Volume 3 provides the research findings in full.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Singer, Francis; Gudorf, Michelle
- Date of Issue
- 1999
- Publisher
- U.S. Geological Survey, Midcontinent Ecological Science Center
- Units
- ARCH , BICA , BLCA , CANY , CARE , COLM , CURE , DEVA , DINO , HIST , JOTR , ZION
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Bighorn, Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis), Conservation, ehistory, GIS (Geographic Information System), Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Habitat Suitability, History, Mammals (Mammalia), Metapopulations, Monitoring, National Parks, Plan, Planning, Population Size, Reintroduction, Resources Management, Restoration, Sheep, Taxa Links To References, Threatened and Endangered Species, UT, Wildlife Management, WY-MT, Yellowstone National Park