Publications - Colorado Natural Heritage Program
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Plant community survey of Soapstone Prairie Natural Area
We visited the Soapstone Prairie Natural Area on August 27 and 29 of 2018 to document the quality, condition, and landscape context of plant communities of interest in the area. We timed our visits to maximize the chance ... -
Sensitive species survey, Schriever Air Force Base, 2017-2018
Schriever Air Force Base (AFB) is located in El Paso County, Colorado, eight miles east of the Colorado Springs developed urban corridor. Colorado Natural Heritage Program (CNHP) zoologists and botanists visited Schriever ... -
Sensitive species survey, Peterson Air Force Base, 2017-2018
The plant survey identified 165 species, of which 124 were native species. Six B‐List Colorado noxious weed species were found in 2017‐2018. The rare plant species targeted in the survey included two federally threatened ... -
West Horsetooth field botanical surveys
We visited the parcels recently obtained by Larimer County to the west of Horsetooth Rock (Map 1) on June 13 (Susan Panjabi, Zac Wiebe, John Sovell), July 2 (Susan and Zac), July 10 (Susan and Debbie Eley), and September ... -
Fen mapping for the Dixie National Forest
This report and associated dataset provides the Dixie National Forest with a critical tool for conservation planning at both a local and Forest-wide scale. These data will be useful for the ongoing Dixie National Forest ... -
Pawnee montane skipper monitoring study for the Upper South Platte Watershed Protection and Restoration project, August 2017
In 2000, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), in cooperation with the Colorado State Forest Service, Denver Water, and other entities, implemented a program of forest thinning treatments to reduce the risk of large fires that ... -
Fen mapping for the Bridger-Teton National Forest
The Bridger-Teton National Forest contains a rich resource of fen wetlands. This report and associated dataset provides the BTNF with a critical tool for conservation planning at both a local and Forest-wide scale. These ... -
Colorado Wetlands Mobile App : a user's guide
The Colorado Wetlands Mobile App delivers information about Colorado's wetlands to users via smartphones or tablets. It was created by the Colorado Natural Heritage Program (CNHP) through a U.S. Environmental Protection ... -
Colorado Watershed Planning Toolbox : bridging the gap between eocological data, applied restoration and water resource management
Wetlands are an essential component of Colorado's landscape that greatly benefit the people of Colorado by performing a number of vital functions, including water quality improvement, flood attenuation, and wildlife habitat. ... -
Colorado Natural Heritage Program : connecting conservation and science
The Colorado Natural Heritage Program is a part of Colorado State University's Warner College of Natural Resources. Our mission is to facilitate conservation of Colorado's biodiversity. We collect, manage, and share detailed ... -
Colorado Natural Heritage Program : 2017-2022 Five-Year Strategic Plan
The Colorado Natural Heritage Program (CNHP) is Colorado's key source of information on our natural heritage, which is the nature we have inherited as residents of Colorado. We know that nature is worth a great deal to us, ... -
Common wetland plants of Colorado's Western Slope : a pocket guide
The Pocket Guide highlights common wetland plants, both native and non-native located within the Western Slope. It builds upon CNHP's ongoing effort to provide wetlandprofessionals and the general public with essential ... -
Butterfly community monitoring on City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks property : analysis of the changes in species richness and diversity from 2002 to 2016
Butterfly populations are naturally patchy and undergo extinctions and recolonizations. Recent published research indicates that butterfly fauna show a net loss over time in species richness and diversity, when populations ... -
Common wetland plants of Colorado's eastern plains : a pocket guide
The Pocket Guide highlights common wetland plants, both native and non-native located within the Eastern Plains. It is designed to help landowners and other wetland managers correctly identify common wetland plants, manage ... -
Common wetland plants of Colorado's southern Rocky Mountains : a pocket guide
The Pocket Guide highlights common wetland plants, both native and non-native located within the Southern Rocky Mountains. It builds upon CNHP's ongoing effort to provide wetland professionals and the general public with ... -
Colorado Natural Heritage Program amphibian surveys on Soapstone Prairie Natural Area
The Colorado Natural Heritage Program (CNHP) is Colorado's only comprehensive source of information on the status and location of Colorado's rarest and most threatened species and plant communities. CNHP tracks and ranks ... -
Hand-built structures for restoring degraded meadows in sagebrush rangelands : examples and lessons learned from the Upper Gunnison River Basin, Colorado
Purpose: Gully erosion and channel incision are widespread problems reducing the function and resilience of wet meadows and riparian areas. The loss of natural water storage capacity in these systems is of concern in ... -
Fens mapping for the Salmon-Challis National Forest
The Salmon-Challis National Forest (SCNF) covers 4.3 million acres in five discontinuous units within east-central Idaho. Wetlands within the SCNF provide important ecological services to both the Forest and lands downstream. ... -
Noxious weed monitoring at the U.S. Air Force Academy : year 13 results
This report summarizes the results of the past thirteen years of population monitoring of targeted noxious weeds at the U.S. Air Force Academy ("the Academy"), emphasizing changes that were observed from 2012 to 2017.
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