Recommendations for raptor management in the Cave Gulch exploratory gas unit area
Subtitle: Casper BLM District, Platte River resource area
By: prepared by Mayo W. Call ; prepared for Hayden-Wing Associates and Barrett Resources Corporation
Contributors: Hayden-Wing Associates; Barrett Resources Corporation; United States. Bureau of Land Management. Casper District; United States. Bureau of Land Management. Platte River Resource Area
Publisher: Mayo W. Call
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Afton, Wyo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 35
Subjects: Birds of prey; Effect of habitat modification on; Golden eagle; Ferruginous hawk; Gas well drilling; Natural gas; Prospecting; Environmental aspects; Wyoming
Other titles: Recommendations for raptor management in the Cave Gulch exploratory gas unit area.
Notes: "December 1995"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 35-36).
Table of contents: title: Summary of report findings; title: Introduction; title: Overview of general situation; title: General description of raptor nesting habitat in Cave Gulch area; title: Population status and trends of golden eagles and ferruginous hawks; title: Considerations in public land resource uses and/or development; title: Problems created for nesting raptors by various public land uses; title: Legal protection for birds of prey; title: General considerations in raptor management; title: Importance of Cave Gulch to nesting raptors; title: Relative values between competing resources: raptors vs. natural gas; title: Recommendations for raptor management in the Cave Gulch area; title: Artificial nest structure design and construction; title: Plate I: Details of artificial nest construction for ferruginous hawks; title: Plate II: Examples of artificial nests and structures and their use by ferruginous hawks; title: Plate III: Ferruginous hawk nests on natural substrates, showing secure and insecure nests, and golden eagle nests on two artificial nest structures; title: Plate IV: Ferruginous hawk and golden eagle nests on storage tanks in the Rawlins BLM District; title: Plate V: Photos showing the primary prey species of the ferruginous hawk and the golden eagle.