Current Projects

This list of citations is an overview of the types of projects currently underway:

Andrus, R.E. and Y.I. Kosovich-Anderson. 2011. Two Sphagnum Sect. Cuspidata, new to the western conterminous United States. Evansia 28(2): 54-57.

Beauvais, G.P., et al. 2011 in preparation. Natural resource data compilation, mapping, and abstracting in service of the Wyoming State Wildlife Action Plan. Report prepared for the Wyoming Governor’s Office and Wyoming Game and Fish Department by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Beauvais, G.P., M. Andersen and D. Keinath. 2011 in preparation. Predictive distribution models for vertebrates in the Northwest ReGAP region. Report prepared for the USDI Geological Survey - Gap Analysis Program by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Bowe, A. and G.P. Beauvais. 2011 in preparation. Assessment of species and subspecies identity of Zapus observed in southeastern Wyoming. Report prepared for the USDI Fish and Wildlife Service - Wyoming Field Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Bowe, A. and G.P. Beauvais. 2011. Literature compilation: Preble’s meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius preblei) in Wyoming, with attention to potential effects of petroleum development. Report prepared for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and USDI Fish and Wildlife Service – Wyoming Field Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database – University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming

Estes-Zumpf, W. and D. Keinath. 2011 in preparation. Inventory and monitoring of amphibians and reptiles in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management - Buffalo Field Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Estes-Zumpf, W. and D. Keinath. 2011 in preparation. Inventory of sensitive animal species in the Ferris Mountain Wilderness Study Area, Wyoming. Report prepared for the National Landscape Conservation System and the USDI Bureau of Land Management - Rawlins Field Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Estes-Zumpf, W. and D. Keinath. 2011 in preparation. Monitoring amphibian population responses to a changing environment: 2011 pilot study in the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest and Thunder Basin National Grassland.Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service - Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest and Thunder Basin National Grassland by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, Laramie, Wyoming.

Estes-Zumpf, W. and D. Keinath. 2011 in preparation. Wyoming toad monitoring on Safe Harbor reintroduction sites: 2011. Report prepared for the Laramie Rivers Conservation District and the USDI Fish and Wildlife Service by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Estes-Zumpf, W., D. Keinath and Z. Walker. 2011 in preparation. Distribution and status of sensitive amphibian species in the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming. Report prepared for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and the Big Horn National Forest by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Estes-Zumpf, W., D. Keinath and Z.Walker. 2011 in preparation. Western Amphibian Monitoring Initiative. Report prepared for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Estes-Zumpf, W., H. Griscom, M. Andersen, A. Pocewicz, H. Copeland and D. Keinath. 2011 in preparation. Minimizing conflict between migratory birds and wind development. Report prepared for the Mayer & Morris B. Kaplan Foundation by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming (Laramie, Wyoming) and the Wyoming State Office of The Nature Conservancy (Lander, Wyoming).

Fertig, W. 2011 in preparation. Rare plant field inventory, Fossil Butte National Monument. Report prepared for the USDI National Park Service-Fossil Butte National Monument by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Fertig, W. 2011 in preparation. Status of Ericameria winwardii (Winward’s goldenweed) in southwestern Wyoming. Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management – State Office and Kemmerer Field Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Griscom, H. 2011 in preparation. Summary of songbird monitoring and inventory on the Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service – Rocky Mountain Region by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Griscom, H. 2011. Summary of songbird monitoring and inventory on the Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service, Region 2 by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Griscom, H. and D.A. Keinath. 2011 in preparation. Inventory and modeling of bats in central and southwest Wyoming. Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management – Wyoming State Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Griscom, H. and D.A. Keinath. 2011 in preparation. Inventory and status of bat species at Devil’s Tower National Monument. Report prepared for the USDI National Park Service – Devil’s Tower National Monument by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Griscom, H. and D.A. Keinath. 2011 in preparation. Survey for breeding birds on Crow Creek, F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming: 2011 project report. Report prepared for the U.S. Air Force-F.E. Warren Air Force Base by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. 2011 in preparation. Boechera pusilla (Small rockcress) monitoring report. Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management – Rock Springs Field Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. 2011 in preparation. Elymus simplex var. luxurians (Long-awned alkali wildrye) status report, southcentral Wyoming. Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management – Rawlins Field Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. 2011 in preparation. Penstemon haydenii (Blowout penstemon) status report, southcentral Wyoming.Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management – Rawlins and Rock Springs Field Offices by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. 2011 in preparation. Sensitive and rare plant species inventory in the Salt River and Wyoming Ranges, Bridger-Teton National Forest. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service - Bridger-Teton National Forest by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. 2011 in preparation. Status report on sensitive plant species of fen habitats, Big Horn Mountains, north-central Wyoming. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service - Bighorn National Forest by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. and J. Handley. 2011 in preparation. 24-year population trends of Colorado butterfly plant (Gaura neomexicana ssp. coloradensis; Onagraceae), a short-lived riparian species on F.E. Warren Air Force Base. Report prepared for the U.S. Air Force-F.E. Warren Air Force Base by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B., W. Fertig, S. Mellmann-Brown and K. Houston. 2011 in preparation. Biology of fens in the Beartooth Mountains, Shoshone National Forest – a technical report. General technical report prepared for the USDA Forest Service - Rocky Mountain Research Station by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Jones, G. 2011 in preparation. Green River Basin wetland profile and condition assessment. Report prepared for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; The Nature Conservancy – Wyoming Chapter; and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Jones, G.P. 2011 in preparation. Classification of lodgepole pine forest-types on the Medicine Bow / Routt National Forest for characterizing habitat of Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis). Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service – Rocky Mountain Regional Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Jones, G.P. and B. Heidel. 2011 in preparation. Surveys for sensitive plant species and selected vegetation types on public lands in the BLM’s High Desert District, Wyoming. Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management – Wyoming State Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Jouseau, M. 2011 in preparation. Surveys for Penstemon acaulis (stemless beardtongue) in southwestern Wyoming. Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management – Rock Springs Field Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Keinath, D. 2011 in preparation. Update to the wildlife checklists of Devil’s Tower National Monument. Report prepared for the USDI National Park Service – Devil’s Tower National Monument by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Keinath, D. and M. Andersen. 2011 in preparation. Potential exposure of Wyoming’s Species of Greatest Conservation Need to energy development. Report prepared for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming; in cooperation with the Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and the Wyoming State Office of The Nature Conservancy.

Keinath, D. and M. Andersen. 2011. Technical input to a status assessment of the midget-faded rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus concolor). Report prepared for Project Orianne by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Keinath, D. and W. Estes-Zumpf. 2011 in preparation. Targeted surveys for Preble’s meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius preblei) in southeastern Wyoming. Report prepared for the USDI Fish and Wildlife Service – Wyoming Field Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming. 

Keinath, D., T. Morrison and W. Estes-Zumpf. 2011 in preparation. Evaluating the use of computer-assisted photo identification to monitor the Wyoming toad (Anaxyrus baxteri). Report prepared for the USDI Fish and Wildlife Service by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Kosovich-Anderson, Y. 2011 in preparation. Interim annotated checklist of bryophytes of the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service - Shoshone National Forest by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Kosovich-Anderson, Y.I. 2011. Two Dicranaceae species from the Beartooth Plateau, new to Wyoming. Evansia 28(2): 50-53.

Redder, A.J. 2011 in preparation. Western toad (Anaxyrus boreas): a technical conservation assessment. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service - Intermountain Region (R4) by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Scott, L. and G.P. Beauvais. 2011. Observation data standards for the network of State Natural Heritage Programs. Report prepared for NatureServe (Arlington, Virginia) by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Tronstad, L.M. 2011 in preparation. Statewide assessment of rare invertebrates in Wyoming. Report prepared for the Office of the Governor of Wyoming by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Tronstad, L.M. and H. Griscom. 2011 in preparation. Assessment of biological and physical relationships of springs and seep ecosystems across a gradient of human impacts. Report prepared for the USDI National Park Service - Devil’s Tower National Monument by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Tronstad, L.M. 2011 in preparation. Assessing climate change using aquatic invertebrate assemblages in high-elevation lakes and streams in Grand Teton National Park. Report prepared for the USDI National Park Service – Grand Teton National Park by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Tronstad, L.M. 2011 in preparation. Baseline research for long-term effects of wind farms on pollinators in sage grouse habitat. Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management – Wyoming State Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Tronstad, L.M. 2011 in preparation. Macroinvertebrates at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument. Report prepared for the USDI National Park Service – Great Plains Network by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database – University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming. 

Tronstad, L.M. 2011 in preparation. Monitoring macroinvertebrate communities in the Little Missouri River and Knife River. Report prepared for the USDI National Park Service – Great Plains Network by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database – University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming. 

Tronstad, L.M. 2011 in preparation. The land snails of Devils Tower National Monument. Report prepared for the USDI National Park Service – Devils Tower National Monument by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database – University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming. 

Tronstad, L.M. 2011 in preparation. The land snails of Mount Rushmore National Memorial prior to forest thinning and chipping. Report prepared for the USDI National Park Service – Mount Rushmore National Memorial by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database – University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming. 

Tronstad, L.M., and M.D. Andersen. 2011. Statewide surveys for Hygrotus diversipes in Wyoming. Report prepared for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Tronstad, L.M., R.O. Hall and T.M. Koel. 2011 in preparation. Comparing stream invertebrate assemblages before and after wildfire in Yellowstone National Park. Report prepared for the USDI National Park Service – University of Wyoming NPS Research Center and Yellowstone National Park by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database – University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming. 

Tronstad. L.M. 2011 in preparation. Evaluating monitoring protocols for macroinvertebrates in the river systems of the Northern Great Plains. Report prepared for the USDI National Park Service - Devils Tower National Monument, Fort Laramie National Historic Site, and Agate Fossil Beds National Monument by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Tuthill, D. 2011 in preparation. Preliminary checklist of lichens recorded from Wyoming and Yellowstone National Park. Report prepared for the Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center and Wyoming Natural Diversity Database (University of Wyoming), Laramie, Wyoming.

Wepprich, T., W. Morris and B. Heidel. 2011 in preparation. Population viability analysis of a Threatened riparian forb, Gaura neomexicana ssp. coloradensis (Colorado butterfly plant). Report prepared for the U.S. Air Force-F.E. Warren Air Force Base through the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.