Amphibian and invertebrate monitoring in Canyonlands National Park, June 22-25. We will spend three days in the backcountry, in Salt Creek, in the Needles section of Canyonlands National Park. Note that this occurs in the second week of the course. Some time during the first week's meetings will be devoted to preparing for this effort. Radio telemetry of nesting females and characterization of nesting habitat of the Gunnison Sage Grouse, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.
Dates are yet to be determined.
Establishment of monitoring plots and conduct of monitoring of vegetation restoration efforts on the Gunnison National Forest, potentially including road closures, timber sale areas and ski runs. Monitoring of recolonization of mosses, fungi and lichens on disturbances in spruce-fir communities on the Gunnison National Forest. These species are believed to be critical in supporting the red-backed vole, which is, in turn, a major prey item of the boreal owl, a sensitive species requiring management attention on the Gunnison National Forest.