Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Rare Vertebrate Species Inventory
Sovell J, Bell J, Neid S, Colorado Natural Heritage Program - Colorado State University. 2008. Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Rare Vertebrate Species Inventory. Natural Resource Technical Report. NPS/SOPN/NRTR—2008/001. Fort Collins, Colorado
SAND is part of the Southern Plains Inventory and Monitoring Network (SOPN), but it was a late addition to the network and was not part of the Inventory and Monitoring Program’s original 270 target parks. The SOPN encompasses 11 park units in Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Through biological inventories the NPS Inventory and Monitoring Network provides park managers with information about selected biological resources occurring within their park boundaries. The information from biological inventories assists with the development of both effective monitoring programs and effective management strategies for resource management and protection. The SOPN has undertaken a series of inventories across its park units, which includes documenting the presence and distribution of vertebrate animals and vascular plants. However SAND was not included in the initial inventory work conducted by the SOPN. Consequently, the NPS and the SOPN contracted with Colorado State University and the Colorado Natural Heritage Program (CNHP) to perform a rapid assessment biological inventory of the vertebrate biological resources at SAND.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Sovell, John; Bell, Jodie; Neid, Stephanie; Colorado Natural Heritage Program - Colorado State University
- Date of Issue
- 2008-06
- Units
- SAND , SOPN
- Keywords
- Arkansas darter (Etheostoma cragini), Black-Tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus), Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia), ferruginous hawk (Buteo regalis), fish inventory, herpetofauna inventory, Lesser prairie chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), location and regional setting, Mammal Inventory, Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus), Plains Ambrosia (Ambrosia linearis), Scope of work, swift fox (Vulpes velox), Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum), Translocation of Lesser Prairie Chicken, Vegetation, Wildlife