Bird Inventories of Big Hole National Battlefield, Nez Perce National Historical Park, and Whitman Mission National Historic Site 2005
Dixon R and Garrett LK. 2009. Bird Inventories of Big Hole National Battlefield, Nez Perce National Historical Park, and Whitman Mission National Historic Site 2005. Natural Resource Report. Natural Resource Report NPS/UCBN/NRR—2009/125. National Park Service
The objectives of this study were (1) to compile a comprehensive species inventory of at least 90% of all breeding, transient, and migratory bird species that, under normal circumstances, occur within the management units of interest; (2) to provide relative abundance measures for each of the documented species; and (3) to provide the baseline information needed to develop a general monitoring strategy and design that can be implemented by the park once inventories have been completed, tailored to specific park threats and resource issues. This study included eight Nez Perce National Historical Park sites: Buffalo Eddy, Spalding, Heart of the Monster, Lolo Trail and Lolo Pass / Musselshell Meadow, White Bird Battlefield, Old Chief Joseph Gravesite, Bear Paw Battlefield, and Big Hole National Battlefield. Four sites were in Idaho, two in Montana, one in Washington, and one in Oregon. Incidental to the study, Whitman Mission National Historical Site (WHMI) was visited once.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Dixon, Rita; Garrett, Lisa
- Date of Issue
- 2009-08-05
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- BIHO , NEPE , NRSS , UCBN , WHMI
- Keywords
- Absence (Biodiversity), Big Hole National Battlefield, Bird Inventory, Nez Perce National Historical Park, Presence (Biodiversity), Upper Columbia Basin Network, Whitman Mission National Historic Site