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Range-wide Population Size of the Lesser Prairie-Chicken 2012-2022
Posted by WAFWA on October 20, 2022
We estimated lesser prairie-chicken (LPC) population sizes annually from 2012 to 2018, and 2020 to 2022 in the 2011 estimated occupied range of the LPC, as defined by the LPC Interstate Working Group in Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. In 2022, a redefined area of the estimated occupied…
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KEYSTONE SPECIES HABITAT SUITABILITY MODEL (PART 1)
Posted by WAFWA on May 24, 2022
Because prairie dogs function as ecosystem engineers and keystone species in North America’s grasslands (Fig. 1), their conservation and management lies at the core of many conservation efforts. However, prairie dog management is challenging because they are severely affected by epizootic plague outbreaks caused by the introduced bacterium Yersinia pestis1,…
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Range-wide Population Size of the Lesser Prairie Chicken: 2012 to 2021
Posted by WAFWA on August 25, 2021
Ascertaining estimates of wildlife population size is valuable information for natural resource agencies in the management of harvested and non-harvested species (Rabe et al. 2002). Acquiring precise and unbiased estimates of population size requires either a complete census or probabilistic sample of subunits with which to infer population size (Johnson…
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Range-wide Population Size of the Lesser Prairie Chicken: 2012 to 2020
Posted by WAFWA on October 12, 2020
Estimated lesser prairie-chicken population sizes annually from 2012 – 2018 and 2020 in the 2011 estimated occupied range of the lesser prairie-chicken in Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Ascertaining estimates of wildlife population size is valuable information for natural resource agencies in the management of harvested and non-harvested…
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Western monarch butterfly conservation plan, 2019–2069
Posted by WAFWA on July 1, 2019
Overview: Concurrent with the status review, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) have actively promoted collaborative efforts across state, organizational, and landownership boundaries to address threats and opportunities facing monarchs and other pollinators. In 2017, the Western Association of…
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Range-wide Population Size of the Lesser Prairie-Chicken 2012-2018
Posted by WAFWA on October 2, 2018
We estimated lesser prairie-chicken population sizes annually from 2012 through 2018 in the 2011 expected occupied range of the lesser prairie-chicken in Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
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Range-wide Population Size of the Lesser Prairie-Chicken 2012-2017
Posted by WAFWA on September 5, 2017
We estimated lesser prairie-chicken population sizes annually 2012 through spring 2017 for four ecoregions of Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
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Range-wide Population Size of the Lesser Prairie-Chicken 2012-2016
Posted by WAFWA on July 21, 2016
We estimated lesser prairie-chicken (LPC) population sizes and lek abundances for four ecoregions of Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016.
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Posted by WAFWA on April 12, 2016
WAFWA’s Field Identification Guide for Common Plants to Assess Lesser Prairie Chicken Habitat is filled with 56 pages of color photos, habitat indicators, characteristics and explanation of their importance. To…
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LPC Aerial Survey Gap Tolerance Thresholds
Posted by WAFWA on December 5, 2015
The use of helicopters to conduct aerial surveys for LPC leks is an effective method for covering the large, often inaccessible, landscapes of the southern Great Plains. Surveys are designed and flown as a series of north/south transects spaced 400 meters apart to allow for edge to edge coverage based…
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