Pawnee montane skipper monitoring study for the Upper South Platte watershed protection and restoration project, August 2020

Abstract

The primary objective of the monitoring effort is to compare skipper use (measured by the number of adult butterflies seen within a known area) of untreated lower montane forest with butterfly use in lower montane forest that has been thinned to reduce fire danger, which is expected to improve Pawnee montane skipper habitat.