Current Projects

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

Abernethy, I. 2012 in preparation.  Ecology of bats at Devil’s Tower National Monument. Interpretative program prepared for the USDI National Park Service- Devil’s Tower National Monument by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Abernethy, I. 2012.  Summary of songbird monitoring in the Thunder Basin National Grasslands, Medicine Bow, and Bighorn National Forests, Wyoming. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service-Region 2 by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Abernethy, I. and D.A. Keinath. 2012.  Flammulated Owl (Otus flammeolus) inventory in 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.

Abernethy, I. and G.P. Beauvais. 2012 in preparation.  Preble’s meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius preblei) 2012 survey report. Report prepared for the USDI Fish and Wildlife Service-Wyoming Field Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Abernethy, I. and G.P. Beauvais. 2012 in preparation.  Survey for Preble’s Meadow Jumping Mouse on F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming: 2013 survey report. Report prepared for North Wind Resource Consulting LLC by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Abernethy, I. and L. Yandow. 2012 in preparation.  Update of vertebrate animal checklist at Devil’s Tower National Monument. Report prepared for the USDI National Park Service by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Abernethy, I., D.A. Keinath and M.D. Andersen. 2012 in preparation.  Bats of southern Wyoming: distribution and migration, year 2 report. Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management-Wyoming State Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database-University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Aycrigg, J., G.P. Beauvais, M. Andersen, D. Keinath, and J. Lonneker. 2012 in preparation.  Novel approaches to mapping terrestrial vertebrate occurrence in the Northwest. Report prepared for publication by the USDI Geological Survey-Gap Analysis Program (Moscow, Idaho) and Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming (Laramie, Wyoming).  

Beauvais, G.P. and M.D. Andersen. 2012 in preparation.  Preliminary field validation of migratory bird concentration sites in Wyoming. Report prepared for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Beauvais, G.P., M. Andersen and D. Keinath. 2012.  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. 2012.  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.  

Copeland, H., S. Patla and G.P. Jones. 2012 in preparation.  Wetland condition assessment for the upper Green River Basin in Wyoming. 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.

Estes-Zumpf, W. and D. A. Keinath. 2012 in preparation.  Wyoming toad monitoring on Safe Harbor reintroduction sites: 2012. 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. and D. Keinath. 2012 in preparation.  Monitoring amphibian population responses to a changing environment: 2012 monitoring report and power analysis. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service-Medicine Bow/ Routt National Forest 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. 2012 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).

Estes-Zumpf, W., I. Abernethy and D. Keinath. 2012 in preparation.  Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) program: 2012 Lindzey banding station. Report prepared for Audubon Rockies and the Institute for Bird Populations by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Estes-Zumpf, W.A., D. Keinath, and Z. Walker. 2012 in preparation.  Western amphibian monitoring initiative 2012 annual report. Report prepared for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming

Estes-Zumpf, W.A., S.E. Zumpf, J.L. Rachlow, J.R. Adams and L.P. Waits. 2012 in preparation.  First record of the pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis) in Colorado. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management.

Fertig, W. 2012.  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.

Gresswell, R.E. and L.M. Tronstad. 2012 in press.  Trophic interactions and food webs: altered processes and the demise of Yellowstone cutthroat trout in Yellowstone Lake. In G. Plumb, R.A. Garrott, and P.J. White (editors). Yellowstone’s Wildlife in Transition. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Heidel, B. 2012 in preparation.  Plants of Devils Tower National Monument – completion of floristic inventory and development of public outreach materials for visitors at three interest levels. Report and interpretive material prepared for the USDI National Park Service - Devils Tower National Monument by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming. 

Heidel, B. 2012 in preparation.  Sensitive plant survey in the Dickinson Park Area, Shoshone National Forest. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service – Shoshone National Forest by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. 2012 in preparation.  Status of Antennaria arcuata (Meadow pussytoes) in southwestern Wyoming. Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management – Pinedale Field Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. 2012 in preparation.  Status of Cirsium aridum (Cedar Rim thistle) in southcentral and southwestern Wyoming. Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management – Pinedale and Rawlins Field Offices by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming. 

Heidel, B. 2012 in preparation. Status of Astragalus paysonii (Payson’s milkvetch) 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. 2012.  Status and monitoring of Boechera pusilla (small rockcress; Fremont County rockcress). 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. and J. Handley. 2012 in preparation.  25-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. and M. Andersen. 2012 in preparation.  Overlaps between the distributions of Wyoming Threatened, Endangered and Sensitive plants with energy developments. Report prepared by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database – University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B. and S. O’Kane. 2012.  Physaria species of Wyoming. Part 2; Physaria key. Castilleja 31:5-7.

Heidel, B., J. Handley and M. Arnett. 2012 in preparation.  Sensitive and rare wetland plants of Pole Mountain. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service - Medicine Bow/ Routt National Forest by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database – University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidel, B., W. Fertig, S. Mellmann-Brown and K. Houston. 2012 in preparation.  Fens of the Beartooth Mountains, Shoshone National Forest – a technical report. General technical report prepared for the USDA Forest Service - Rocky Mountain Research Station and Shoshone National Forest by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming. 

Jones, G.P. 2012 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. 2012 in preparation.  Condition of aspen woodlands on public lands managed by the BLM’s Rock Springs (Wyoming) Field Office – 2012 survey. Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management - Rock Springs Field Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Jones, G.P. 2012 in preparation.  Re-sampling weed transects and vegetation plots in the Sheep Mountain and Wild Horse Basin fires, Rock Springs Field Office. Report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management - High Desert District by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Keinath, D. A., D. Doak, M. Kauffman, H. Copeland, A. Pocewicz and M. Andersen. 2012 in preparation. Quantifying exposure of Wyoming’s species of greatest conservation need to energy development activities. 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., T. Morrison and W. Estes-Zumpf. 2012 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. 2012 in preparation.  Annotated checklist of bryophytes of the Beartooth Mountains, Wyoming. General technical report prepared for the USDA Forest Service - Rocky Mountain Research Station and Shoshone National Forest by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming. 

Kosovich-Anderson, Y. 2012 in preparation.  Annotated checklist of bryophytes of the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service-Shoshone National Forest and the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Lonneker, J., J. Aycrigg, G.P. Beauvais, M. Andersen, D. Keinath, L. Duarte, and M. Croft. 2012 in preparation.  Informing conservation priorities in the Northwestern US. Report prepared for publication by the USDI Geological Survey-Gap Analysis Program (Moscow, Idaho) and Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming (Laramie, Wyoming).  

Marriott, H. 2012 in preparation.  Survey and mapping of Black Hills montane grasslands. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service-Black Hills National Forest by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database – University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Pocewicz, A., W. Estes-Zumpf, M. Andersen, H. Copeland, D. Keinath and H. Griscom. 2012 in review.  Modeling the distribution of migration stopovers to minimize conflict between migratory birds and wind energy development in Wyoming.  Diversity and Distributions.

Polasik, J. and J. Lewis. 2012.  Summary report on the 2012 Wyoming toad (Anaxyrus baxteri) pilot study at Mortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge. Report prepared for the USDI Fish and Wildlife Service-Wyoming Field Office by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Swanson, K.M., L.M. Tronstad, and M.D. Andersen. 2012 in preparation.  Distribution survey of the rare predaceous diving beetle, Hygrotus diversipes Leech (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), in Wyoming. Report prepared for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and Wyoming Governor’s Office (Cheyenne, Wyoming) by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Tronstad, L.M. 2012 in preparation.  Evaluating monitoring protocols for macroinvertebrates in the river systems of the Northern Great Plains. Report prepared for the USDI National Park Service – Inventory and Monitoring Program by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database – University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming. 

Tronstad, L.M. 2012 in preparation.  Statewide assessment of rare invertebrates in Wyoming. Report prepared for the Office of the Governor of Wyoming and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Tronstad, L.M. 2012 in preparation.  Invertebrates inhabiting dune ponds in the Killpecker Dunes, Wyoming. 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. 2012.  Comparing aquatic invertebrate monitoring protocols in the Niobrara River at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument. Report prepared for the USDI National Park Service – Inventory and Monitoring Program by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database -  University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Tronstad, L.M. 2012 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. 2012 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. 2012 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. 2012 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., J.C. Bish, R.O. Hall, and T.M. Koel. 2012 in preparation.  Comparing stream invertebrate assemblages before and after wildfire in Yellowstone National Park. Report prepared for the University of Wyoming - National Park Service Research Center by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database - University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Tronstad, L.M., M.E. Dillon and A. Pilmanis. 2012 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.

Tuthill, D. 2012.  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. 

Tuthill, D. E. 2012 in press.  Preliminary checklist of lichens reported from Wyoming. Western North American Naturalist, Monograph 6.

Wepprich, T., W. Morris, and B. Heidel. 2012 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.

Zheljazkov, V., T. Astatkie, E. Jeliazkova, V. Schlegel, B. Heidel and L. Ciampa. 2012.  Essential oil content, composition, and bioactivity of sagebrush species in the Big Horn Mountains, Wyoming. 3rd Annual Conference of the American Council for Medicinally Active Plants. Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas.

Zheljazkov, V.D., C. L. Cantrell, M. Augusto Donega, T. Astatkie, and B. Heidel. 2012 in preparation.  Podophyllotoxin concentration in junipers in the Big Horn Mountains in Wyoming. HortScience.