Contacts

Environmental Communication & Public Involvement
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Los Alamos, NM 87545
Phone: 505-667-0216
FAX: 505-665-1812
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Site Index

Biological Resources Publications & Reports

Baseline

Baseline and Multiple Media Studies

Baseline Concentrations of Radionuclides and Trace Elements in Soils, Sediments, Vegetation, Small Mammals, Birds, and Bees around the DARHT Facility: Construction Phase (1996 through 1999) (LA-13808-MS)
Capture - Recapture and Removal Methods for Sampling Closed Populations (LA-8787-NERP)
The Characterization of Biotic and Abiotic Media Upgradient and Downgradient of the Los Alamos Canyon Weir: Revision 1 (LA-14308)
Concentrations of Radionuclides and Trace Elements in Environmental Media around the Dual-Axis Radiographic Hydrodynamic Test Facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LA-14291)
Ecological Baseline Studies in Los Alamos and Guaje Canyons County of Los Alamos, New Mexico: A Two-Year Study (LA-13065-MS)
Organic Biocontaminants in Food Chains at Two Canyons at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Internal Progress Report (LA-CP-01-33)
Screening Level Model for Ecological Risk Assessment at EF-Site Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico: Final Report (LA-SUB-96-9)

Birds

Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Los Alamos County, New Mexico: Pajarito Ornithological Survey (LA-12206)
Avian Individual and Population Health on Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2001 Update (LA-UR-02-0779)
Avian Individual and Population Health in Mortandad Canyon on Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1997-2001 (LA-UR-01-5600)
Avian Individual and Population Health on Los Alamos National Laboratory 2004: Foraging Home Range Overlap and Potential Release Sites in Mortandad Canyon (LA-UR-05-0142)
Avian Individual and Population Health on Los Alamos National Laboratory 2005: Foraging Effects and Egg Contaminant Residues (LA-UR-05-7272)
Bird Surveys at DARHT Before and During Operations: Comparison of Species Abundance and Composition and Trace Element Uptake (LA-14355)
Breeding Bird Surveys on Los Alamos National Laboratory: 2001 (LA-UR-01-4825)
Contaminants in Eggs of Western Bluebirds and Ash-throated Flycatchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico (LA-UR-04-0991)
Early Reproductive Success of Western Bluebirds and Ash-throated Flycatchers: A Landscape-contaminant Perspective. 2002. Environmental Pollution 118(3):321-330.
Ecological Risk Bird Survey Results Conducted in the Los Alamos and Pueblo Canyon Systems (LA-UR-03-8693)
Immune and Growth Response of Western Bluebirds and Ash-throated Flycatchers to Soil Contaminants. 2003. Ecological Applications 13(6):1817-1829.
Piñon Pine Tree Mortality, Tree Thinning, and Summer Avian Use in Piñon-juniper Woodlands in New Mexico (LA-UR-03-7363)
Prey Remains Found in Pellets of Mexican Spotted Owls (Strix occidentalis lucida) from Los Alamos, New Mexico (LA-UR-06-6757)
The Ecological and Physiological Costs of Lead Shot and Immunological Challenge to Developing Western Bluebirds. 2002. Ecotoxicology 11(3):199-208.

ESRs

Environmental Surveillance Reports

These annual reports summarize environmental data that comply with applicable federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations, Executive Orders, and DOE policies. Additional data, beyond the minimum required, are gathered and reported as part of the Laboratory's efforts to ensure public safety and to monitor environmental quality at and near the Laboratory.

2007 ESR: LA-14369-ENV
All Chapters (pdf)
Executive Summary (pdf)
Chapters 1-2 (pdf)
Chapters 3-5 (pdf)
Chapters 6-9 (pdf)
Appendices (pdf)
Supplemental data table files (zip)
All Chapters and supplemental data (zip)
2006 ESR: LA-14341-ENV
All Chapters (pdf)
Executive Summary (pdf)
Chapters 1-2 (pdf)
Chapters 3-5 (pdf)
Chapters 6-10 (pdf)
Supplemental data table files (zip)
All Chapters and supplemental data (zip)
2005 ESR: LA-14304-ENV
All Chapters (pdf)
Executive Summary (pdf)
Chapters 1-2 (pdf)
Chapters 3-5 (pdf)
Chapters 6-9 (pdf)
Supplemental data table files (zip)
All Chapters and supplemental data (zip)
2004 ESR: LA-14239-ENV
All Chapters (pdf)
Executive Summary (pdf)
Front Cover-Chapter 3 (pdf)
Chapters 4-6 (pdf)
Chapter 7-Back Cover (pdf)
Supplemental data table files (zip)
All Chapters and supplemental data (zip)
2003 ESR: LA-14162-ENV
All Chapters (pdf)
Supplemental data table files (zip)
All Chapters and supplemental data (zip)
2002 ESR: LA-14085-ENV
All Chapters (pdf)
2001 ESR: LA-13979-ENV
All Chapters (pdf)
1999 ESR: LA-13775-ENV (pdf)
Overview (pdf)
1998 ESR: LA-13633-ENV (pdf)
Overview (pdf)
1997 ESR: LA-13487-ENV
Chapters 1-4 (pdf)
Chapters 5-6 (pdf)
1996 ESR: LA-13343-ENV
Chapters 1-4 (pdf)
Chapters 5-6 (pdf)
1995 ESR: LA-13210-ENV
Chapters 1-4 (pdf)
Chapters 5-6 (pdf)
1994 ESR: LA-13047-ENV
Chapters 1-4 (pdf)
Chapters 5-8 (pdf)
1993 ESR: LA-12973-ENV (pdf)
1992 ESR: LA-12764-ENV (pdf)
1991 ESR: LA-12572-ENV (pdf)
1990 ESR: LA-12271-MS (pdf)
1989 ESR: LA-12000-ENV (pdf)
1988 ESR: LA-11628-ENV (pdf)
1987 ESR: LA-11306-ENV (pdf)
1986 ESR: LA-10992-ENV (pdf)
1985 ESR: LA-10721-ENV (pdf)
1984 ESR: LA-10421-ENV (pdf)
1983 ESR: LA-10100-ENV (pdf)
1982 ESR: LA-9762-ENV (pdf)
1981 ESR: LA-9349-ENV (pdf)
1980 ESR: LA-8810-ENV (pdf)
1979 ESR: LA-8200-ENV (pdf)
1978 ESR: LA-7800-ENV (pdf)
1977 ESR: LA-7263-MS (pdf)
1976 ESR: LA-6801-MS (pdf)
1975 ESR: LA-6321-MS (pdf)
1974 ESR: LA-5977-PR (pdf)
1973 ESR: LA-5586 (pdf)
1972 ESR: LA-5184 (pdf)
1971 ESR: LA-4871-MS
January - June (pdf)
July - December (pdf)
1970 ESR: LA-4672-MS (pdf)

Fish

Fish and Invertebrates

Aquatic Invertebrate Sampling at Selected Outfalls in Operable Unit 1082; Technical Areas 9, 11, 16, and 22 (LA-13019-MS)
Aquatic Macroinvertebrates and Water Quality in Sandia Canyon (LA-12738-MS)
Aquatic Macroinvertebrates and Water Quality of Sandia Canyon, Los Alamos National Laboratory: December 1992-October 1993 (LA-12734-SR)
Aquatic Macroinvertebrates and Water Quality of Sandia Canyon, Los Alamos National Laboratory, November 1993 to October 1994 (LA-12971-SR)
Aquatic Macroinvertebrates and Water Quality of Springs and Streams in White Rock Canyon along the Rio Grande, 1995 (LA-UR-96-510)
Evaluation of Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Communities and Habitats in Los Alamos and Pueblo Canyons (LA-UR-04-1623)
Evaluation of Macroinvertebrate Communities and Habitat for Selected Stream Reaches at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LA-14171-SR)
Organic Contaminant Levels in Three Fish Species Downchannel from the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LA-13612-MS)
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Catfish and Carp Collected from the Rio Grande Upstream and Downstream of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LA-14001)
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Predator and Bottom-feeding Fish from Abiquiu and Cochiti Reservoirs in North-central New Mexico (LA-14289)
Polychorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in the Rio Grande Sampled using Semipermeable Membrane Devices ("Fat Bags") (LA-14200)
Radioactive Bees--Honey Bees as Indicators of Radionuclide Contamination (LA-UR-00-4491)
Radionuclide and Heavy Metal Concentrations in Fish from the Confluences of Major Canyons that Cross Los Alamos National Laboratory Lands with the Rio Grande (LA-13564-MS)
Radionuclide and Heavy Metal Concentrations in Soil, Vegetation, and Fish Collected around and within Tsicoma Lake in Santa Clara Canyon (LA-13144-MS)
Radionuclide Concentrations in Bed Sediment and Fish Tissue within the Rio Grande Drainage Basin (LA-13366)
Radionuclide Concentrations in Fish Collected from Jemez, Nambe, and San Ildefonso Tribal Lakes (LA-12899-MS)
Radionuclide Concentrations in Game and Nongame Fish Upstream and Downstream of Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1981-1993 (LA-12818-MS)
Radionuclide Concentrations in Predator and Bottom-feeding Fish Upstream and Downstream of Los Alamos National Laboratory: 1976 to 2002 (LA-13998)
Radionuclides and Heavy Metals in Rainbow Trout from Tsichomo, Nana Ka, Wen Povi, and Pin De Lakes in Santa Clara Canyon (LA-13441-MS)
Trace Elements, with Special Reference to Mercury, in Fish Collected Upstream and Downstream of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LA-13658-MS)

Mammals

Animal-related Vehicle Accidents at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico. 2004. The Southwestern Naturalist 49(3):384-394.
A Checklist of Mammals Found at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Surrounding Areas (LA-UR-97-4786)
A Comparison of Elk and Mule Deer Diets at Los Alamos National Laboratory in North-central New Mexico (LA-UR-03-9155)
Comparison of Small Mammal Species Diversity near Wastewater Outfalls, Natural Streams, and Dry Canyons (LA-12725-MS)
Continued Studies of Bat Species of Concern in the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico (LA-UR-98-5691)
Determination of Locational Error Associated with Global Positioning System (GPS) Radio Collars in Relation to Vegetation and Topography in North-central New Mexico (LA-13252-MS)
Development and Application of a Habitat Suitability Ranking Model for the New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse (Zapus hudsonius luteus) (LA-13659-MS)
Development and Evaluation of Movement Corridors used by Rocky Mountain Elk within the Vicinity of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LA-UR-06-1486)
Elk and Deer Study, Material Disposal Area G, Technical Area 54: Source Document (LA-13596-MS)
Elk and Mule Deer Diets in North-central New Mexico. 2005. Range Ecology & Management 58(4):366-372.
Ecological Impacts of the Cerro Grande Fire: Predicting Elk Movement and Distribution Patterns in Response to Vegetative Recovery (LA-14255-T)
Effects of Simulated Elk Grazing and Trampling (I): Intensity (LA-UR-01-1955)
Effects of Simulated Elk Grazing and Trampling (II): Frequency (LA-UR-01-1956)
Estimating Radiological Doses to Predators Foraging in a Low-level Radioactive Waste Management Area (LA-13999)
Evaluation of Habitat Use by Rocky Mountain Elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) in North-central New Mexico using Global Positioning System (GPS) Radio Collars (LA-13279-MS)
Hantavirus Testing in Rodents of North-central New Mexico 1993-1995 (LA-13136-MS)
Hantavirus Testing in Small Mammal Populations of North-central New Mexico (LA-12966-MS)
Medium-sized Mammals around a Radioactive Liquid Waste Lagoon at Los Alamos National Laboratory: Uptake of Contaminants and Evaluation of Radio-frequency Identification Technology (LA-13660-MS)
Persistence of the Meadow Jumping Mouse, Zapus hudsonius luteus, in New Mexico. 1992. The Southwestern Naturalist. 37(3):308-311.
Radionuclide Concentrations in Deer and Elk from Los Alamos National Laboratory: 1991–1998 (LA-13553-MS)
Radionuclide Concentrations in Elk that Winter on Los Alamos National Laboratory Lands (LA-12795-MS)
Radionuclide Contaminant Analysis of Small Mammals at Area G, TA-54, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1995 (LA-13242-MS)
Radionuclide Contaminant Analysis of Small Mammals at Area G, Technical Area 54, 1996 (with Cumulative Summary for 1994–1996) (LA-13345-MS)
Radionuclide Contaminant Analysis of Small Mammals at Area G, Technical Area 54, 1997 (with Cumulative Summary 1994–1997) (LA-13517-MS)
Radionuclide Contaminant Analysis of Small Mammals at Area G, Technical Area 54, 1998 (with Cumulative Summary 1994–98) (LA-13874-MS)
Radionuclide Contaminant Analysis of Small Mammals at Area G, Technical Area 54, 2001-2003 (with a Cumulative Summary for 1994 Through 2003) (LA-14193)
Radionuclide Contaminant Analysis of Small Mammals, Plants and Sediments within Mortandad Canyon, 1994 (LA-13104-MS)
Radionuclides in Small Mammals Collected at the Dual-Axis Radiographic Hydrodynamic Test (DARHT) Facility during 2001-2003 (LA-14192)
Radionuclides in Small Mammals Collected at the Dual-Axis Radiographic Hydrodynamic Test (DARHT) Facility during 2001-2006: Revision 1 (LA-14320)
Relationship of Ecological Variables to Sin Nombre Virus Antibody Seroprevalence in Populations of Deer Mice. 2000. Journal of Mammalogy 81(3):676-682.
The Relationship between Pocket Gophers (Thomomys bottae) and the Distribution of Buried Radioactive Waste at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LA-13719-MS)
Resource Use, Activity Patterns, and Disease Analysis of Rocky Mountain Elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LA-13536-MS, Parts 1-4)
Sin Nombre Virus Antibody Prevalence in Rodents of North-Central New Mexico. 2000. The Southwestern Naturalist 45(1):61-66.
Small Mammal Sampling in Mortandad and Los Alamos Canyons, 2005 (LA-14301)
Small Mammal Study of Sandia Canyon, 1994 and 1995 (LA-13199-MS)
Small Mammal Sampling in Sandia Canyon, 2007 (LA-14373)
Spotlight Survey Results (LA-UR-04-7158)
Spring and Fall Small Mammal Sampling Report for Cañon De Valle and Pajarito Canyon, 2001 (LA-13916-PR)
Study of Bat Populations at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Bandelier National Monument, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico (LA-UR-98-2418)
Summary of Animal-vehicle Collisions in Los Alamos County, 1990-2004 (LA-UR-04-7159)
Summer and Fall Small Mammal Sampling in Pueblo, Guaje, Acid, and Los Alamos Canyons, 2002 (LA-14047)
The Use of Line Transects to Evaluate the Abundance of Diurnal Mammalian Prey. 1989. Journal of Raptor Research 23(4):172-175.

Plants

A Checklist of Plant and Animal Species at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Surrounding Areas (LA-UR-97-4501)
A Notebook of Sedges and Rushes of the Jemez Mountains (LA-UR-99-5185)
A Preliminary Survey of Terrestrial Plant Communities in the Sierra De Los Valles (LA-13523-MS)
Annotated Checklist and Database for Vascular Plants of the Jemez Mountains (LA-13408, Parts 1-4)
Burn Severities, Fire Intensities, and Impacts to Major Vegetation Types from the Cerro Grande Fire (LA-14159)
Contaminant Concentrations in Conifer Tree Bark and Wood following the Cerro Grande Fire (LA-UR-01-6157)
Contaminant Concentrations in Burned Conifer Tree Bark Collected within the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LA-UR-02-705)
Cesium-137, Plutonium-239/240, Total Uranium, and Scandium in Trees and Shrubs Growing in Transuranic Waste at Area B (LA-11126-MS)
Distribution and Diversity of Fungal Species in and adjacent to the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LA-13385-MS)
Historical Botany of the Romero Cabin: A Family Homestead on the Pajarito Plateau (LA-13644-H)
La Mesa Fire Symposium: Los Alamos, New Mexico, October 6 and 7, 1981 (LA-9236-NERP)
Land Cover Map for the Eastern Jemez Region (LA-14029)
2007 LANL Riparian Area Inventory Results (LA-UR-08-06236)
Old-field Plant Succession on the Pajarito Plateau (LA-13350)
Out of the Ashes: A Story of Natural Recovery (LALP-01-20)
Piñon Pine Tree Study, Los Alamos National Laboratory: Source Document (LA-13693-MS)
Preliminary Vegetation and Land Cover Classification for the Los Alamos Region (LA-UR-97-4627)
Radionuclide Activity Concentrations in Conifer Trees at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Internal Report (LA-UR-03-7237)
Radionuclide Concentrations in Vegetation at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1998 (LA-13704-PR)
Radionuclide Concentrations in Vegetation at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2002/2003 (LA-14160)
Regional Vegetation Die-off in Response to Global-change Type Drought (LA-UR-05-4982)
Roadside Ecology of the Pajarito Plateau and Jemez Mountains: A Real Or Virtual Tour (LA-UR-02-3834)
Root Lengths of Plants on Los Alamos National Laboratory Lands (LA-10865-MS)
Rooting Depths of Plants on Low-level Waste Disposal Sites (LA-10253-MS)
Rooting Depths of Plants Relative to Biological and Environmental Factors (LA-10254-MS)
Status of the Flora of the Los Alamos National Environmental Research Park: Checklist of Vascular Plants of the Pajarito Plateau and Jemez Mountains (LA-8050-NERP, Volumes 1-3)
Strontium Concentrations in Chamisa (Chrysothamnus nauseosus) Shrub Plants Growing in a Former Liquid Waste Disposal Area in Bayo Canyon (LA-13050-MS)
Survey of Los Alamos County and Bandelier National Monument for Macroscopie Fungi (LA-UR-96-3581)
Vegetational Analysis of a Canyon Ecosystem at Los Alamos (LA-9576-MS)

Reptiles

Reptiles and Amphibians

Amphibians and Reptiles of Los Alamos County, New Mexico (LA-13626-MS)
Evaluation of the Use of Satellite Imagery as a Tool to Predict Habitat of the Jemez Mountains Salamander, Plethodon neomexicanus (LA-UR-96-3392)
Pilot Study to Evaluate the Use of Microhabitat Plant Species Characteristics for Predicting the Presence of Jemez Mountains Salamander (Plethodon neomexicanus) (LA-UR-98-4576)
Studies of Annual and Seasonal Variations in Four Species of Reptiles and Amphibians at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LA-13476-MS)
Three Case Studies of the Effect of Wildfire on the Jemez Mountains Salamander (Plethodon Neomexicanus): Microhabitat Temperatures, Size Distributions, and a Historical Locality Perspective. 2007. The Southwestern Naturalist 52(1):26–37.
The Morphology of the Many-lined Skink (Eumeces multivirgatus) at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LA-CP-02-93)
The Status of the Jemez Mountains Salamander (Plethodon neomexicanus) at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LA-UR-08-0826)

Threatened|Endangered

Threatened and Endangered Species Management

An Analysis of Background Noise in Selected Canyons of Los Alamos County (LA-13372-MS)
1998 Annual Monitoring Report on the Status of Threatened, Endangered and Sensitive Species at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LA-UR-98-4698)
Development of a Predictive Model for Habitat of the Mexican Spotted Owl in Northern New Mexico. 2008. The Southwestern Naturalist 53(1):34-38.
Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Threatened and Endangered Species Habitat Management Plan — Year 2000 Report (LA-13871-PR)
Mexican Spotted Owl Surveys at the Valles Caldera National Preserve in 2004 (LA-UR-04-8382)
Modeled Ecological Risk to the Deer Mouse, Mexican Spotted Owl, and Western Bluebird at the Los Alamos National Laboratory using ECORSK.7 (LA-14118)
A Preliminary Reevaluation of Mexican Spotted Owl Habitat at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LA-UR-03-7219)
Preliminary Risk Assessment of the Mexican Spotted Owl under a Spatially-weighted Foraging Regime at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LA-13259-MS)
Preliminary Risk Assessment of the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LA-13508-MS)
A Spatially-dynamic Preliminary Risk Assessment of the American Peregrine Falcon at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LA-13321-MS)
A Spatially-dynamic Preliminary Risk Assessment of the Bald Eagle at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LA-13399-MS)
Temporal and Spatial Variation in Background Noise Levels at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LA-13684-MS)
The Effects of Explosives, Roads, and Public Access on Habitat Occupancy of Mexican Spotted Owls at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LA-CP-08-0673)
Tier 2 Ecological Risk Assessment of Los Alamos National Laboratory Institutional Issues on the Pajarito Plateau using ECORSK.6 (LA-13956)

Wetlands

Ecology-based Biodiversity Evaluation for Los Alamos National Laboratory: An Integrated GIS Spatial Analysis and Field Assessment Approach (LA-UR-99-5593)
Sandia Wetland Evaluation (LA-UR-01-66)
Stable Isotope Dynamics of Nitrogen Sewage Effluent Uptake in a Semi-arid Wetland. 2006. Environmental Pollution 140(3):500-505.
Wildlife Use of NPDES Outfalls at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LA-13009-MS)