Recommendations for raptor management in the Cave Gulch exploratory gas unit area : Casper BLM District, Platte River resource area

Title Variants

Alternative: Recommendations for raptor management in the Cave Gulch exploratory gas unit area

By

Call, Mayo W.

Hayden-Wing Associates.
Barrett Resources Corporation.
United States. Bureau of Land Management. Casper District.
United States. Bureau of Land Management. Platte River Resource Area.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Afton, Wyo, Mayo W. Call, 1995

Notes

Contents: Summary of report findings -- Introduction -- Overview of general situation -- General description of raptor nesting habitat in Cave Gulch area -- Population status and trends of golden eagles and ferruginous hawks -- Considerations in public land resource uses and/or development -- Problems created for nesting raptors by various public land uses -- Legal protection for birds of prey -- General considerations in raptor management -- Importance of Cave Gulch to nesting raptors -- Relative values between competing resources: raptors vs. natural gas -- Recommendations for raptor management in the Cave Gulch area -- Artificial nest structure design and construction -- Plate I: Details of artificial nest construction for ferruginous hawks -- Plate II: Examples of artificial nests and structures and their use by ferruginous hawks -- Plate III: Ferruginous hawk nests on natural substrates, showing secure and insecure nests, and golden eagle nests on two artificial nest structures -- Plate IV: Ferruginous hawk and golden eagle nests on storage tanks in the Rawlins BLM District -- Plate V: Photos showing the primary prey species of the ferruginous hawk and the golden eagle.

"December 1995"--Cover.

Subjects

Birds of prey , Effect of habitat modification on , Environmental aspects , Ferruginous hawk , Gas well drilling , Golden eagle , Natrona County , Natural gas , Prospecting , Wyoming

Call Number

QL677.78 .N35 1995

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 953107357