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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
Fire Science Exchange Network - FireScience.GOV Joint Fire Science Program (JSP) Fire Science Exchange Network is a national collaboration of 15 regional fire science exchanges that provides the most relevant, current wildland fire science information to federal, state, local, tribal. and private stakeholders within ecologically similar regions. Published Material or Subject Matter Website
  • Contact or Professional Network
  • Study, Investigation, Report, White Paper
Forests and Rangelands Forests and Rangelands provides fire, fuels, and land management information for government officials, land and wildland fire management professionals, businesses, communities, and interested organizations and individuals. Published Material or Subject Matter Website
  • Notable Reference
  • Study, Investigation, Report, White Paper
Jarbidge Resource Management Plan Multi species biological assessment for Jarbidge Field Office Resource Management Plan. Formal Section 7 Consultation Unpublished Material (ie reports, white paper, field worksheets)
  • Assessment
Landscape-scale Restoration: Applications of Batched Programmatic Approaches to Right-Sizing Consultations to the Ecological Context and the Scope of the Actions This paper provides several tools which may guide in the preparation of individual and programmatic section 7 products. Unpublished Material (ie reports, white paper, field worksheets)
  • Field Guide/Operational Guidance
Long-Term Strategy for Streamlining Consultations under the Endangered Species Act in Arizona and New Mexico This long-term strategy for streamlining section 7 consultations is intended to shorten consultation time frames and result in more scientifically and legally sound documents. This document describes tools, components, and processes that are important to streamlining consultations. Unpublished Material (ie reports, white paper, field worksheets)
  • Field Guide/Operational Guidance
My Public Lands Junior Ranger: Make Your Splash! This Junior Ranger book introduces children to the National System of Wild and Scenic Rivers and the BLM’s role in managing wild, scenic, and recreational rivers. BLM Junior Ranger books encourage families to enjoy America’s public lands and waters and engage in shared conservation stewardship Unpublished Material (ie reports, white paper, field worksheets)
  • Announcement, Promotion, or Publicity piece
  • Information Bulletin (IB)
Programmatic Biological Opinion on Final 4(d) Rule for the Northern Long-Eared Bat and Activities Excepted from Take Prohibitions In 2016, the Fish and Wildlife Service finalized a special rule which defines the take prohibitions for the northern long-eared bat. The Programmatic Biological Opinion (PBO) addresses the potential effects of activities which are not prohibited in the final 4(d) rule. The PBO concludes that adverse effects of the described activities would not lead to population-level impacts or declines in the northern long-eared bat. Unpublished Material (ie reports, white paper, field worksheets)
  • Opinion
Programmatic Consultation Guidance for Threatened and Endangered Species and Designated Critical Habitat This document lays out a stepwise process for several types of consultations, such as conservation reviews and individual and programmatic section 7(a)(2) consultations. In addition, the paper provides specific guidance for emergency consultations and for consultations concerning experimental populations, proposed species and proposed critical habitat, and candidate species. Unpublished Material (ie reports, white paper, field worksheets)
  • Field Guide/Operational Guidance
Restoration/Recovery Projects (RRP) Streamlining Guidance This guidance package includes a suite of tools for Restoration/Recovery Project (RRP) streamlining, including templates for BAs and BOs, a training video, and a Q&A. To be eligible for the expedited consultation process, a proposed Federal action must meet several criteria as enumerated in the attached RRP guidance document. Unpublished Material (ie reports, white paper, field worksheets)
  • Assessment
  • Field Guide/Operational Guidance
  • Training Material
Rocky Mountain Research Station - Protecting your home from a wildland fire How to reduce homeowner risk in the wildland-urban interface by creating a home ignition zone. Wildland-urban interface (WUI). Published Material or Subject Matter Website
  • Announcement, Promotion, or Publicity piece
  • Study, Investigation, Report, White Paper
Sage-Grouse Habitat Assessment Framework: A Multiscale Assessment Tool The Sage-grouse Habitat Assessment Framework (HAF) establishes indicators of habitat suitability for sage-grouse at multiple scale scales and provides methods used to assess those indicators. The results of these assessments help BLM managers determine if lands are meeting sage-grouse habitat requirements across spatial scales and seasons. Published Material or Subject Matter Website
  • Technical Reference
Sagebrush Steppe (SageSTEP) Treatment Evaluation Project SageSTEP is a long-term multidisciplinary experiment evaluating methods of sagebrush steppe restoration in the Great Basin. Published Material or Subject Matter Website
  • Notable Reference
  • Study, Investigation, Report, White Paper
Sampling Strategy for Environmental Safety Hazards at Recreational Shooting Sites Recreational shooting is a long-standing and allowable use of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) managed public lands. Over time, recreational target shooting at some sites has come to pose an unknown and unquantified potential risk through deposition of lead and other substances. This guidance was developed to assist BLM managers and field staff in developing a sampling and analysis plan that can be tailored to site-specific needs. Unpublished Material (ie reports, white paper, field worksheets)
  • Protocol, Method, or Approach
Section 7 Consultation Guidance for Preparing a Biological Assessment This site described elements of a proper BA. Use it to help guide document analyses to determine whether their actions may affect listed or propose species, designated species, and proposed critical habitat (aka, protected resources). This is a requirement of Federal agencies. Federal agency must 1) request USFWS concurrence with a “may affect, but not likely to adversely affect” finding; or 2) request initiation of formal consultation. Both require a written analysis to be submitted. Published Material or Subject Matter Website
  • Field Guide/Operational Guidance
  • Notable Reference
The Use of Color For Camouflage Concealment of Facilities This technical note is a result of numerous field studies on the use of camouflage conducted over an 11-year period and is intended to provide guidance on the manipulation of color and camouflage application strategies for the effective visual concealment of built facilities. Published Material or Subject Matter Website
  • Technical Note
U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Threatened and Endangered Species Team (Test) The TEST is a new initiative within the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Dredging Operations and Environmental Research (DOER) Program designed to develop solutions to priority threatened and endangered species issues that will improve operational flexibility, reduce future costs, improve budget planning capabilities, reduce adverse impacts to mission execution, and improve species conservation outcomes (including Recovery). Unpublished Material (ie reports, white paper, field worksheets)
  • Notable Reference
USFS Fire Research The Forest Service has a network of fire labs and research stations across the country. Forest Service fire scientists develop knowledge and tools that help reduce the negative impacts of fire while enhancing its beneficial effects for society and the environment. Published Material or Subject Matter Website
  • Contact or Professional Network
  • Study, Investigation, Report, White Paper
USFS TreeSearch Treesearch is an online system for sharing free, full text publications by Research and Development scientists in the US Forest Service. Included are scholarly works published by the agency and others, including papers appearing in journals, conference proceedings, or books. All are peer reviewed. Published Material or Subject Matter Website
  • Study, Investigation, Report, White Paper
Wildland Fire Air Quality Response Program The WFAQRP was created to directly assess, communicate, and address risks posed by wildland fire smoke to the public as well as fire personnel. Published Material or Subject Matter Website
  • Notable Reference
Wind Turbine Visibility and Visual Impact Threshold Distances a study sponsored by the BLM's Wyoming State Office, 377 observations of 5 wind facilities in Wyoming and Colorado were made under various lighting and weather conditions in three different seasons. The wind facilities ranged in size from 34 to 274 turbines and contained several models of turbines with capacities of 1.0 to 2.1 MW and blade tip heights of between 298 and 404 ft (91 and 123 m). Published Material or Subject Matter Website
  • Study, Investigation, Report, White Paper
Wyoming Toad BA and FWS Concurrence The Wyoming toad, which was federally listed as an endangered species in 1984, is only known to occur in a 30-square-mile area in southeastern Wyoming, within the Rawlins Field Office (FO). This Programmatic Biological Assessment reviews the Resource Management Plan of the Rawlins FO and assesses the potential effects of program-level actions on the Wyoming toad and its habitat. The document provides an effects determination for each of the potential actions described. Unpublished Material (ie reports, white paper, field worksheets)
  • Assessment