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North American Bird Monitoring Projects Database

The North American Bird Monitoring Projects Database site is dedicated to bird monitoring in North America. It provides easy access to descriptions of all major bird monitoring projects in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The information will be used in designing new continental projects to insure that existing efforts are used to the More...

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Guidelines for Long-term Monitoring Protocols

Guidelines for long-term monitoring protocols contains detailed study plans that explain how data are to be collected, managed, analyzed, and reported, and are a key component of quality assurance for natural resource monitoring programs.

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Protocols for Drawing Blood from the Brachial Plexus of Desert Tortoises

Instructions for ordering equipment and culture media; summary of how to draw blood and conduct nasal lavages; and information on how to contract for laboratory analysis and ship laboratory samples.

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Protocols Evaluation Program (Lee's Ferry Trout PEP) Final Report of the Lee's Ferry Rainbow Trout Monitoring Peer Review Panel

Lees Ferry was stocked with Rainbow Trout in the early 1960`s. Since then, it has been a nationally acclaimed and world renowned blue ribbon fishery. With its value as a recreational play land for fishermen and safe haven for wildlife, the function and impact of the Glen Canyon Dam has become increasingly important for study and monitoring.

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Procedures for collection, analysis, and display of data collected at several geographic scales: Migratory Bird Research at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (The Maryland-Delaware Miniroute Project)

Procedures for collection, analysis, and display of data collected at several geographic scales for migratory bird research at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center is designed to provide regional estimates of relative abundance for mapping and other uses. This website links to a specific protocol for conducting bird counts, as well as color maps More...

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Vegetation Data: Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center

Presently, the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program (LTRMP) conducts annual monitoring of vegetation using a stratified random sampling method (Yin et al. 2000) in five study reaches of the Upper Mississippi River System: Navigation Pools 4, 8, 13, and 26 on the Mississippi River; and La Grange Pool on the Illinois River. The LTRMP will continue More...

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North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS)

Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) is a project monitored by the USGS and the Canadian Wildlife Service on the status and trends of North American bird populations. The data can be used to estimate population trends and relative abundances at various scales. The BBS is a cooperative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey's Patuxent Wildlife Research More...

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Survey and Monitoring of Western Pond Turtles

Description of a project to survey and monitor the western pond turtle, a species in Oregon's critical list. Includes statement of problem, objectives, methodology, related publications, and contact information.

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Standardized Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation Monitoring Protocols

Fire rehabilitation programs have existed within federal agencies since the early 1960s. The data that exists are stored in field office files and are often not available for other managers to use when planning new emergency stabilization and rehabilitation treatments. The objectives of this project are to facilitate analysis of emergency More...

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Guidance for Designing an Integrated Monitoring Program

The National Park Service (NPS) recognizes the importance of collecting data in a scientifically credible manner and developed guidance for designing a sampling framework for monitoring natural resources in parks. The intent of park vital signs monitoring is to track a subset of physical, chemical, and biological elements and processes of park More...

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National Resources Monitoring Partnership (NRMP)

Natural resource managers face complex decisions that require a clear understanding of the status of wildlife populations and their habitats. Monitoring is key to making effective management decisions and evaluating the outcomes of those decisions. The goal of NRMP is to improve the accessibility of monitoring efforts to resource managers to aid More...

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National Resources Monitoring Partnership (NRMP) Newsletter

Natural Resource Monitoring Partnership (NRMP) is a collaborative effort by the natural resource management community to improve monitoring efforts in order to support effective evaluation and decision-making by sharing information on monitoring projects and protocols. The Natural Resource Monitoring Partnership was built for easy access to More...

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