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SCIENCE

Sources of scientific knowledge critical to public lands, and decision-making processes using scientific knowledge, are made accessible through these three search options:

 

1. Use the BLM Library Document Search

2. Use Library Subject Guides

3. Search Staff Submissions (below)

 

Title Summary or Abstract Content Category Material Type BLM Program
2011 Jarbidge FO Fishing SRP ESA informal consultation for fishing on Snake River, Twin Falls Idaho Unpublished Material (ie reports, white paper, field worksheets)
  • Assessment
2011 Ongoing Livestock Grazing Bull Trout Critical Habitat Informal ESA consultation/Livestock trailing in Bull Trout Critical Habitat Unpublished Material (ie reports, white paper, field worksheets)
  • Assessment
2012 Jarbidge FO Shrub Planting Programmatic Shrub Planting in Bull Trout and Slickspot peppergrass habitat. Unpublished Material (ie reports, white paper, field worksheets)
  • Assessment
2014 Jarbidge FO Fuel Breaks in Slickspot Peppergrass habitat Unpublished Material (ie reports, white paper, field worksheets)
  • Assessment
2016 Jarbidge FO Whitewater Rafting Whitewater rafting on bull trout critical habitat. Unpublished Material (ie reports, white paper, field worksheets)
  • Assessment
2016 Shoshone FO Briggs Cr Exclosure Riparian exclosure to protect threatened and endangered aquatic snails. Unpublished Material (ie reports, white paper, field worksheets)
  • Assessment
2017 Noxious Weed and Invasive Plant Treatment Noxious weed and invasive plant treatments in ESA listed species habitat; Programmatic formal consultation for eight species. Unpublished Material (ie reports, white paper, field worksheets)
  • Assessment
  • Field Guide/Operational Guidance
2019 Livestock Grazing Permit renewal in Slickspot Peppergrass Habitat Livestock grazing permit renewal in slickspot peppergrass habitat Unpublished Material (ie reports, white paper, field worksheets)
  • Assessment
2019 outlook and analysis letter The vital statistics of America’s state park systems This report details historical trends relevant to state park system management using data within the Annual Information Exchange (AIX) archive and illustrates annual values aggregated across the 50 state park systems between the years of 1984 and 2018 for the following measures: Attendance; Operating Expenditures; Capital Expenditures; Revenues; Labor; and Acreage. Published Material or Subject Matter Website
  • Study, Investigation, Report, White Paper
2019 Whitepaper to Reclassify Slickspot Peppergrass Habitat White paper to reclassify slickspot peppergrass habitat in the Jarbidge FO. Improved efficiency and reduced ESA workload for renewing 27 livestock grazing permits where the plant was not documented to occur. Unpublished Material (ie reports, white paper, field worksheets)
  • Notable Reference
  • Assessment
Assessment of Water Depletion Effects on CO Big River Fishes PBA and PBO that address water depletions associated with fluid minerals development and the effects to endangered fish in the Colorado River Basin. Unpublished Material (ie reports, white paper, field worksheets)
  • Assessment
BCI-BLM Bats and Mines BMPs BMPs for managing bats at mine sites. Published Material or Subject Matter Website
  • Field Guide/Operational Guidance
Better Conservation More Efficiently: A Guide for Federal Agency Compliance with Section 7(a)(1) of the Endangered Species Act This regional guide for section 7(a)(1) consultations and attached memo stress the importance of proactive, strategic, landscape-level planning in order to increase regulatory efficiency and streamline 7(a)(2) consultations for individual projects. To that end, the guide includes principles for the development of a 7(a)(1) program, criteria for meeting 7(a)(1) requirements, contents of a 7(a)(1) program, and the responsibilities of both the FWS and the action agency. Unpublished Material (ie reports, white paper, field worksheets)
  • Field Guide/Operational Guidance
Biological Assessment Coos Bay BLM District FY2017-2021 Land Management Activities, Hazard Tree Removal, Salvage Blowdown Recovery, Manual Maintenance Programmatic Biological Assessment Unpublished Material (ie reports, white paper, field worksheets)
  • Assessment
Biological Assessment for Big Flat-Tenmile, Horsethief Point and Spring Canyon Bottom Allotments Grazing Permit Renewal Published Material or Subject Matter Website
  • Assessment
Biological Assessment for Moab Field Office Buckhorn, Granite Creek, Granite Bench, Steamboat Mesa, Beaver Creek, Gateway and Spring Creek Range Permit Renewal Published Material or Subject Matter Website
  • Assessment
Biological Assessment for the implementation of the oil and gas lease sales for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain Endangered Species Act section 7 formal consultation (Biological Assessment) submitted from BLM to NMFS for a proposed oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Unpublished Material (ie reports, white paper, field worksheets)
  • Article
  • Assessment
Biological Opinion on the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program This Programmatic Biological Opinion addresses the potential effects of water depletion evaluated through the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program and the continued operation of certain State and Federal water-related activities. Unpublished Material (ie reports, white paper, field worksheets)
  • Opinion
Blowout Beardtongue (Penstemon) BA and BO The blowout beardtongue (formerly the blowout penstemon) is a federally listed endangered species that occurs in Nebraska and Wyoming. This Programmatic Biological Assessment reviews the Resource Management Plans of four FOs in which blowout beardtongue occurs or has suitable habitat, assesses the potential effects of proposed programmatic actions on blowout beardtongue and its habitat, and lists an effects determination for each proposed action in each FO. Unpublished Material (ie reports, white paper, field worksheets)
  • Opinion
  • Assessment
Emissions and Smoke Portal The Emissions and Smoke Portal brings together information, documents, websites, and training materials on smoke management and air quality. The objective is to foster interagency leadership, coordination, and integration of air resources and fire management as well as access to the best available science and information for land management professionals to apply in their work. Published Material or Subject Matter Website
  • Contact or Professional Network
  • Notable Reference
  • Study, Investigation, Report, White Paper
  • Training Material
Endangered Species Act Document Library Whether you are looking for a specific document pertaining to species listing, sections of the Endangered Species Act, or anything else related to Endangered Species policy, you can find it in the ESA document Library. General topics include: Endangered Species Act, Endangered Species Bulletin, Laws & Policies, Species, Candidate Conservation, Consultations, Grants, Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs), Listing and Critical Habitat, Recovery, Working with Tribes, Permits, Partnerships, etc. Published Material or Subject Matter Website
  • Field Guide/Operational Guidance
  • Notable Reference
  • Protocol, Method, or Approach
Endangered Species Act Informal Consultation: Arctic Coastal Plain Seismic Endangered Species Act section 7 informal consultation with NMFS on ringed seal for seismic surveys in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (subsurface BLM Managed). Contains BLM letter to NMFS, attachments, and NMFS Letter of Concurrence. Unpublished Material (ie reports, white paper, field worksheets)
  • Assessment
Endangered Species, Ecological Services, Consultations Overview The Endagered Species Act provides a means for conserving endangered and threatened species. Section 7(a)(2) of the ESA requires Federal agencies to ensure that their activities are not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of listed species by consulting with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Marine Fisheries Service. This resource provides information on the consultation process. Unpublished Material (ie reports, white paper, field worksheets)
  • Pamphlet, Information Leaflet, Factsheet
  • Notable Reference
Evaluation of Fractional Vegetation Cover Products_TN456 This technical note presents the analysis of three major products that estimate fractional vegetation
cover: Landscape Cover Analysis and Reporting Tools (LandCART); Rangeland Condition, Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (RCMAP); and Rangeland Analysis Platform (RAP). The purpose of this analysis is to evaluate the fractional vegetation cover data products for redundancy and appropriate use by natural resource programs for decision making. 		Published Material or Subject Matter Website
  • Technical Note
Fire Planning and Fuels Management BLM Fire Planning Intranet Site Published Material or Subject Matter Website
  • Notable Reference