Vertebrate and floristic inventories at Minuteman Missile National Historic Site: 2007 status report
Wilson MH, Gitzen RA, Bynum M. 2008. Vertebrate and floristic inventories at Minuteman Missile National Historic Site: 2007 status report. Natural Resource Technical Report. NPS/NGPN/NRTR—2008/124. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site (MIMI), established in 1999, is one of the nation’s newest national park units. The park consists of two former U.S. military installations: a Launch Control Facility (Delta-01) and a missile silo (Delta-09). Although the park focuses on providing an opportunity for visitors to explore the history of the Cold War, visitors may also encounter a surprising number of plant and animal species. To increase its knowledge about which species are present at MIMI, the park requested that the Northern Great Plains Inventory and Monitoring Network conduct a general biological inventory of the two sites. The objectives of this study were to assess species occurrence of small to medium-sized mammals, birds, and vascular plants as well as to document incidental observations of larger wild mammals, reptiles, and amphibians in and around Delta-01 and Delta-09.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Wilson, Marcia; Gitzen, Robert; Bynum, Michael
- Date of Issue
- 2008-09
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- NGPN , NRSS
- Keywords
- Amphibians, Bird Inventory, Birds, Herpetofaunal Inventory, Inventory, Mammal Inventory, Mammals, Minute Man Missile National Historic Site, Plant Inventory, Plants, Reptiles