Herp Projects

The following tables are organized by Installations

This data is for informational purposes only. Any mention of a contractor does not constitute an endorsement of the contractor.

29 Palms

Project Title	Key Species Common Name(s)	Scientific Name(s)	Product Description	Project Date	Point of Contact	Contractors	Cooperators	Funding Agency
Ecology of the desert tortoise in mountainous habitats	Desert Tortoise	Gopherus agassizii	Torts known to use mountainous habitats, but little documentation of this fact	2005	Rhys Evans	Gardner, Brodie, et al	Utah State University	DoD
Desert Tortoise Mortality Sources	Desert Tortoise	Gopherus agassizii	Identified primary predator: nests (kit fox), hatchlings (ravens), adults (feral dogs).	2000	Rhys Evans	Bjurlin, Bissonette	Utah State University	USMC
A wildlife inventory and management recommendations for MCAGCC	Vertebrates		Overall study of all vertebrates, including reptiles (very little on tortoise)	1999	Rhys Evans	Cutler, Griffen, Krausman	University Of Arizona	USMC
Biological Assessment: Effects of training and land use at MCAGCC on the desert tortoise	Desert Tortoise	Gopherus agassizii	B.A. for Training. B.O. is several months overdue.	1999	Rhys Evans	Tierra Data Systems	n/a	USMC
Technical Synthesis Report for a Desert Tortoise survey on the MCAGCC	Desert Tortoise	Gopherus agassizii	Technical Synthesis Report for a Desert Tortoise Survey on the MCAGCC	1998	Rhys Evans	Woodman et al	n/a	USMC
Desert Tortoise management plan for MCAGCC 1996	Desert Tortoise	Gopherus agassizii	Poorly written report, had to be rewritten under different contract	1996	Rhys Evans	UC Riverside, Dept of Botany and Plant Sciences	n/a	USMC
Radiotelemetry Study of a Desert Tortoise population at Sand Hill Training Range MCAGCC	Desert Tortoise	Gopherus agassizii	Comparative home range size between MCAGCC and Joshua Tree National Park	1996	Rhys Evans	Jeffrey Duda and A. Krzysik Land Mgmt Lab USACOE	Joshua Tree National Park	USMC
Assessing and monitoring desert tortoise populations on landscape scales with annual reports	Desert Tortoise	Gopherus agassizii	Background information on rangewide biology and survey techniques	1995	Rhys Evans	USACERL	n/a	USMC
Identifying desert tortoise burrows with ground penetrating radar (GPR) evaluation support and activity	Desert Tortoise	Gopherus agassizii	Unsuccessful. GPR could not tell difference between reptile and rodent burrows	1995	Rhys Evans	Kirtland AFB	n/a	USMC
Desert Tortoise surveys of the proposed range development area P-508	Desert Tortoise	Gopherus agassizii	Report on pre-project survey (which has never been built)	1994	Rhys Evans	Southwest Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command	n/a	USMC
Estimated distribution and density for the desert tortoise at MCAGCC	Desert Tortoise	Gopherus agassizii	First major study after Endangered Spp. Act Listing	1993	Rhys Evans	Sherry Lee Wood	Regional Environmental Consultants	USMC
Status of Desert Tortoise on 29 Palms MCAGCC, Appendix A.	Desert Tortoise	Gopherus agassizii	First major study after Endangered Spp. Act Listing	1993	Rhys Evans	Regional Environmental Consultants	Sherry Lee Wood	USMC
Final desert tortoise study plan, MCAS Tustin relocation to MCAGCC	Desert Tortoise	Gopherus agassizii	Intended to support EA for unit move that never occurred	1992	Rhys Evans	n/a	n/a	USMC
Final technical survey reprot of desert tortoise survey America Mine, MCAGCC	Desert Tortoise	Gopherus agassizii	Survey prior to Section 7 consultation on new military firing range	1988	Rhys Evans	Woodward Clyde Consultants	n/a	USMC
Analysis of the population and spatial distribution of the desert tortoise at MCAGCC	Desert Tortoise	Gopherus agassizii	MS Thesis	1987	Rhys Evans	Ronald J. Baxter	n/a	USMC
A study of the desert tortoise at MCAGCC	Desert Tortoise	Gopherus agassizii	Pre-listing survey and population analysis	1984	Rhys Evans	Karen Kirtland, ECOS Management Criteria	n/a	USMC
A population study of the Majave Fringe-toed lizard (Uma scoparia)	Mojave Fringe-toed lizard	Uma scoparia	Early study of then C-2 species (now species of concern)	1983	Rhys Evans	Paul Fromer, Mark Dodero and Cameron Patterson, Regional Environmental Consultants	n/a	USMC

Arnold AFB

Project Title	Key Species Common Name(s)	Scientific Name(s)	Product Description	Project Date	Point of Contact	Contractors	Cooperators	Funding Agency
Status and Distributional survey of Gopher frog (Rana capito)	Gopher Frog	Rana capito	Final report	2000	John Lamb (931) 454-5378	The Nature Conservancy	n/a	n/a
Northern Pine Snake (Pituophis m. melanoleucus) Pilot Project	Northern pine snake	Pituophis m. melanoleucus	Final report, GIS coverage of home ranges, habitat useage, etc	2001	John Lamb (931) 454-5378	CSS	n/a	n/a
Herpetofauna surveys and monitoring	all herps		Annual Reports	ongoing	John Lamb (931) 454-5378	in-house	n/a	n/a

Camp Roberts and Camp San Luis Obispo, National Guard Station, CA

Project Title	Key Species Common Name(s)	Scientific Name(s)	Product Description	Project Date	Point of Contact	Contractors	Cooperators	Funding Agency
Aquatic Faunal survey of Camp Roberts military reservation & Camp San Luis obispo National Guard Reservation, CA with emphasis on rare species	Aquatic fauna with emphasis on rare species		Baseline survey to inventory aquatic invertebrates and vertebrates at selected sites	1994	Julie Eliason	Illinois Natural History Survey	USA CERL	National Guard
Land Condition Trend Analysis wildlife report	all herps		Annual reports summarized presence/absence of herps occurring at established LCTA plots and other locations. Methods used: coverboards, time-constrained, daytime walking and evening road surveys	1998 and 1999	JoAnne Froland	Harding Lawson Associates	n/a	CA ARNG

Camp Roberts

Project Title	Key Species Common Name(s)	Scientific Name(s)	Product Description	Project Date	Point of Contact	Contractors	Cooperators	Funding Agency
Amphibian suvey of Camp Roberts, Montery and San Luis Obispo Counties, CA with special emphasis on sensitive species	Sensitive amphibian survey		Targeted sensitive amphibian species by searching all potential sites. Conducted a survey for arroyo toads in the San Antonio River	1998	Julie Eliason	U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources	n/a	National Guard

Camp San Luis Obispo

Project Title	Key Species Common Name(s)	Scientific Name(s)	Product Description	Project Date	Point of Contact	Contractors	Cooperators	Funding Agency
Amphibian survey of Camp San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, CA; with special emphasis on the California Red-legged Frog	Sensitive amphibian survey		Targeted sensitive amphibian species by searching all potential sites and conducted the annual count for red-legged frogs	1998	Julie Eliason	U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources	n/a	National Guard

Dyess AFB, TX

Project Title	Key Species Common Name(s)	Scientific Name(s)	Product Description	Project Date	Point of Contact	Contractors	Cooperators	Funding Agency
Horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) monitoring	Texas horned lizard	Phrynosoma cornutum	Showed population increase	1995	Don Pitts	n/a	TX Parks and Wildlife	USAF
Horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) respons to rangelande enhancement	Texas horned lizard	Phrynosoma cornutum	Early	2000	Don Pitts	Dawn Southard	n/a	USAF & Legacy

Fort Bliss, TX

Project Title	Key Species Common Name(s)	Scientific Name(s)	Product Description	Project Date	Point of Contact	Contractors	Cooperators	Funding Agency
Study of species composition, diversity and relative abundance of reptiles and amphibians from six vegetative communities on Otero Mesa, McGregor Range, Fort Bliss, Texas	all herps		Final report analyzed species composition, relative abundance and defined biological baselines for herp diversity in six vegetative communities. Created museum specimen collection. Surveyed University museum collections for spp from Bliss lands	1997	Eric Worsham	USACE Ft. Worth, COMPA Industries, Tessa Martin-Bashore	n/a	TRADOC
Burn Study - herpetofaunal phase	Reptiles		M.S. Thesis analyzed the effects of fire on herpetofauna	1997	Terry L. Bashore	Texas Tech University, Megan Voegel	n/a	TRADOC
Annotated bibliography and natural history database of the amphibians and reptiles of Fort Bliss, TX	all herps - 95 spp		1st comprehensive species list (of potentially occurring spp.) and annotated bibliography of spp. Incorporated 427 scientific journal articles, 2 Ph.D. dissertations, 10 M.S. thesis, 4 books and 18 gov't documents. Created the natural history database.	1996	Eric Worsham	CEMML, Tessa Martin-Bashore	n/a	TRADOC

Fort Drum

Project Title	Key Species Common Name(s)	Scientific Name(s)	Product Description	Project Date	Point of Contact	Contractors	Cooperators	Funding Agency
The effects of purple loosestrife on tadpole development	anurans		ongoing project	ongoing	Carrie Brown	n/a	Cornell University	DoD
Amphibian Night Call Survey	anurans		Nine species detected during surveys	1997-present	Steve Joule	n/a	n/a	none
Amphibian deformities survey	Rana spp		No deformities detected during surveys	1997-present	Steve Joule	n/a	n/a	none
Compilation of Fort Drum Herpetofaunal Species list and specimen collection	Spotted salamander, Jefferson salamander complex, Blanding's turtle, wood turtle	Ambystoma maculatum, Ambystoma jeffersonianum, Emydoidea blandingii, Clemmys insculpta	Total of 30 species identified/collected (20 amphibian, 11 reptile).	1995-present	Steve Joule	n/a	n/a	none

Fort McCoy, WI

Project Title	Key Species Common Name(s)	Scientific Name(s)	Product Description	Project Date	Point of Contact	Contractors	Cooperators	Funding Agency
General survey for species list generation	Wood & Blanding's tutles and potential rattlesnake species (timber and massassauga)	Emydoidea blandingii, Clemmys insculpta, Crotalus horridus, Sistrurus c. catenatus	Mark and recapture survey for population information. 39 spp of reptiles and amphibians on installation	ongoing	Tim Wilder	CEMML	n/a	Fort McCoy
Herp survey with emphasis on rattlesnkes	Timber and Massasagua Rattlesnakes	Crotalus horridus, Sistrurus c. catenatus	General survey on potential rattlesnake spp	1992-1993	Kim Mello	Dan Nedrolo	n/a	Legacy
Tutle spp. Survey	Wood and Blanding's turtles	Emydoidea blandingii, Clemmys insculpta	Survey on a few species	1992-1993	Kim Mello	n/a	n/a	Volunteers
Pickeral Frog Survey	Pickerel frogs & other frog and reptile spp	Rana palustris	Survey on the distribution of Pickerel Frogs	1980-1981	Kim Mello	Mike Johnson	n/a	Univ. of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
Anuran calling survey	Various frog spp		General anuran calling survey to determine frog spp on installation	1980-1981	Kim Mello	n/a	n/a	Volunteers
Pond/Impoundment Turtle Survey	Snapping turtles	Chelydridae	Trapping survey of turtles in ponds/ impoundments on Fort.	early 1980's	Kim Mello	Dan Nedrelo and wildlife staff	n/a	Fort McCoy
Herp/Amphibian survey	Wood turtles	Clemmys insculpta	Survey of different wetland sites on the Fort. Start of compilation of herp/amphibian spp on installation	1980	Kim Mello	Dan Nedrelo	n/a	Fort McCoy
Numerous Voluteer Herp Surveys	Blue Spotted Salamander and Four-toed salamander	Ambystoma laterale, Hemidactylium scutatum	Volunteer surveys on herp spp. - found blue spotted salamander and four-toed salamander	1978-1990	Kim Mello	n/a	n/a	volunteers
Collected Dead on Road (DOR) Specimens	All herps		Collected DOR Specimen. Sent specimen to Milwaukee for State Records	1979-1985	Kim Mello	n/a	Milwaukee Museum for State Records	Volunteers

Fort Stewart, GA

Project Title	Key Species Common Name(s)	Scientific Name(s)	Product Description	Project Date	Point of Contact	Contractors	Cooperators	Funding Agency
Herpetofaunal diversity of a temporary wetland in the southeast Atlantic Coastal Plain	amphibians		M.S. Thesis Drift fence study at isolated cypress pond wetland on Fort Stewart. Captured 20 amphibian spp including striped newt, tiger salamander and gopher frog	1994		Cash, W.B.	Geogia Southern University	n/a
Endangered Species management plan for the red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis), eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon corais couperi), bald eagle (Haliaeetus lecocephalus), and flatwoods salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum) on Fort Stewart, GA	Flatwoods salamander and eastern indigo snake	Ambystoma cingulatum, Drymarchon corais couperi	Details the distribution, ecology, habitat and status of the flatwoods salamander and eastern indigo snake on Fort Stewart. Discusses habitat management objectives, etc. for habitats where these spp occur	1998	Fort Stewart Endangered Species Management Team	n/a	n/a	n/a
Fort Stewart Inventory final report	Eastern Indigo snake, gopher tortoise, striped newt, flatwoods salamander, gopher frog & FL pine sna	D. corais couperi, G. polyphemus, Notophthalmus perstriatus, A. cingulatum, R. capito, P. m. mugitus	Summary of 3 year rare spp inventory conducted. Report includes information on status and ecology of the spp on Fort Stewart	1995		Gawin, L., K. Lutz, D. Mikesic, and D. Stevenson	The Nature Conservancy	cooperative funding bw Ft. and TNC
The effects of motor oil and silt on growth and metamorphosis of two ambystomatid salamanders	Tiger salamander and marbled salamander	Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum, Ambystoma opacum	M.S. Thesis. Studied effects of motor oil and silt on tiger salamander and marbled salamander.	1996		Hancock, K	Georgia Southern Univ	n/a
Population biology of the gohper tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus, in southeast Georgia.	Gopher tortoise	Gopherus polyphemus	M.S. Thesis. Provides data on growth rates, size at maturity and fecundity for gopher tortoise populations on Ft. Stewart and vicinity	1996		Jones, D.N. Jr.	Georgia Southern University	n/a
The effects of fish chemical and visual cues on behavior and development of larval mole salamanders (Ambystoma talpoideum)	Mole salamanders	Ambystoma talpoideum	M.S. Thesis	1998		Kohnke, L.L.	Georgia Southern University	n/a
Rana capito capito, the Carolina gopher frog in southeast Georgia: Reproduction, early growth, adult movement patterns, and tadpole fright response.	Carolina gopher frog	Rana capito capito	M.S. Thesis	1995		Phillips, K.M.	Georgia Southern University	n/a
The effect of military training on the striped newt (notophthalmus perstriatus) and flatwoods salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum) on Fort Stewart.	Striped Newt & flatwoods salamander	Notophthalmus perstriatus, Ambystoma cingulatum	in-progress	in-progress		Rostal, D.C.	Georgia Southern University	Cooperative agreement b/w Fort Stewart and GSU
Long-term (1995-2000) drift fence studies of isolated cypress pond wetlands which are breeding sites for rare amphibians (flatwoods salamanders and gopher frogs)	Flatwoods salamander, gopher frog	Ambystoma cingulatum, Rana c. capito	In progress	2001		Rostal, D.C.	Georgia Southern University	Cooperative agreement b/w Fort Stewart & GSU
Habitat use and movement patterns of the eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon corais couperi) in southeast Georgia.	Eastern indigo snake	Drymarchon corais couperi	Summary of eastern indigo snake ecology in southeast Georgia. Investigator had hoped to study indigo snake movements, via radiotelemetry, but could not obtain specimen from Fort Stewart during period of study.	1998		Rostal, D.C	Report to GA Department of Natural Resources and Nongame- Endangered wildlife program and Georgia Southern University	n/a
Demography, reproductive ecology, and genetics of the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) on Fort Stewart.	Gopher tortoise	Gopherus polyphemus	Dr. Rostal of Georgia Southern University is currently conducting long term (1994-present) studies of gopher tortoise populations at several sites on Fort Stewart.	In progress		Rostal, D.C.	Georgia Southern University	Cooperative agreement b/w Fort Stewart and GSU
The herpetofauna of Fort Stewart, Georgia: Habitat occurrence, status of protected species, and species diversity.	All herps		Report discusses the ecology and status of protected/rare reptiles and amphibian species which occur on Fort Stewart. Also provides table showing habitat preferences of all species native to the base. Includes a reptile/amphibian species checklist.	1999		Stevenson, D.J.	n/a
The reptiles and amphibians of turkey oak sandhill habitats on Fort Stewart	All herps		Drift fence study of this habitat at two sites on the installation - ongoing project.	in progress		Stevenson, D.J.	n/a
Survey of reptiles and amphibians on Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield. Report to U.S. Army, Fort Stewart, GA (contract DACA 21-77-C-0155)	All herps		Comprehensive & long-term (1975-1979) herp survey of Ft. Stewart. Provides species accounts for all taxa documented on base (57 reptiles, 38 amphibians), dot maps showing locality records are contained in accompanying volume.	1979		Williamson, G.K., and R. A. Moulis	Savannah Science Museum	Cooperative agreement b/w Ft. Stewart & SSM
Distribution of amphibians and reptiles in Georgia: Volume 2: Locality Data.	All herps		Savannah Science Museum Special Publication No. 3 Savannah, GA. Contains all locality records (based on museum specimen) for the state of GA, including Ft. Stewart, through 1994.	1994		Williamson, G.K. and R.A. Moulis	Savannah Science Museum

Fort Polk, LA

Project Title	Key Species Common Name(s)	Scientific Name(s)	Product Description	Project Date	Point of Contact	Contractors	Cooperators	Funding Agency
Herpetofauna survey of Peason Ridge (separate training land 30 mi. N of Fort Polk).	Crawfish frogs, southern redback salamanders, Kisatchi Slimy Salamanders	Rana areolata, Plethodon serratus,	General herpetofaunal survey with emphasis on several amphibian spp.	in-progress	Beau Gregory or Ken Moore	n/a	n/a	n/a
Louisiana Pine Snake (Pituophis melanoleucus ruthveni) trapping survey	Louisiana Pine Snake	Pituophis melanoleucus ruthveni	Snake Trapping survey of Fort Polk. Louisiana Pine Snake has been identified on Ft. Polk and ancillary species captures have yeilded an eastern spadefoot toad that represents a county record and species range extension.	in-progress	Beau Gregory or Ken Moore	n/a	FWS	n/a
Survey of turtle species from Fort Polk's water bodies.	Turtle spp.		Turtle trapping survey of the installation's water bodies.	2001	Beau Gregory or Ken Moore	n/a	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	n/a
Herpetofauna survey of Fort Polk, LA.	all herps		Long-term (1994-present) ongoing general herpetofauna survey utilizing drift fences, snake and turtle traps.	2001	Beau Gregory and Ken Moore	n/a	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	n/a

Fort Riley

Project Title	Key Species Common Name(s)	Scientific Name(s)	Product Description	Project Date	Point of Contact	Contractors	Cooperators	Funding Agency
A survey of the herpetofauna on the Fort Riley military reservation, Kansas.	all herps with special delineations for the Texas horned lizard and the eastern hognose snake	Phrynosoma cornutum, Heterdon platyrhinus	Report on the distribution of herpetofauna on the southern portion of the installation, including special habitat elinieations for the Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) and eastern hognose snake (Heterdon platyrhinus).	1994	Jeff Keating	Kansas Biological Survey	n/a	DoD

Hawthorne AD, NV

Project Title	Key Species Common Name(s)	Scientific Name(s)	Product Description	Project Date	Point of Contact	Contractors	Cooperators	Funding Agency
Herpetofauna Survey	all herps		Planning level survey for amphibians and reptiles.	1999	Jim Purnell	Dr. Richard Tracy and Robert E. Espinoza, University of Nevada, Biological Resources Research Center	University of Nevada	U.S. Army, Ag. Reimb.

Kansas AAP, KS

Project Title	Key Species Common Name(s)	Scientific Name(s)	Product Description	Project Date	Point of Contact	Contractors	Cooperators	Funding Agency
Herpetofauna survey	all herps		Surveys were conducted to help construct a baseline inventory for KAAP - survey years 1997, 1998 & 2000.	1997, 1998, 2000	Alan Hynek	n/a	n/a	U.S. Army, Ag. Reimb.

Letterkenny Army Depot

Project Title	Key Species Common Name(s)	Scientific Name(s)	Product Description	Project Date	Point of Contact	Contractors	Cooperators	Funding Agency
Reptiles and amphibians at Letterkenny Army Depot.	all herps		Checklist of spp. and documentation of sites w/particular attention to special habitats (e.g. vernal pools, turtle nesting sites). 31 of 48 potential spp. Documented. Results submitted to the PA Herp Atlas Project - ongoing project.	2000 - ongoing	Mark Zimmerman	n/a	n/a	n/a
T&E Survey for the Bog Turtle (Clemmy muhlenbergii) on Letterkenny Army Depot.	Bog Turtle	Clemmys muhlenbergii	Report of survey results. No bog turtles found.	2000 Additional surveys for 2001	Mark Zimmerman	Tetra Tech	n/a	AMC

Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, AZ

Project Title	Key Species Common Name(s)	Scientific Name(s)	Product Description	Project Date	Point of Contact	Contractors	Cooperators	Funding Agency
Scientific study of the flat-tailed horned lizard (Phrynosoma mcallii)	Flat-tailed horned lizard	Phrynosoma mcallii	Study Flat-tailed horned lizard on the Barry M. Goldwater Range in Yuma, AZ. Survey methodology study, monitoring study and management recommendations. The final report may be accessed on-line	1996-1998 (report recvd 2000)	Bob Riley	Utah State University - Kevin Young	n/a	DON for MCAS - Yuma
Management Plan for the Sonoran Desert population of the Desert Tortoise in Arizona.	Desert Tortoise	Gopherus agassizii	Management plan for the Sonoran desert population of Desert Tortoises on the Barry M. Goldwater Range, AZ.	1996	Bob Riley	n/a	Arizona Interagency Desert Tortoise Team	USMC
Development of baseline data and procedures for monitoring populations of the Flat-tailed horned lizard (Phrynosoma mcallii)	Flat-tailed horned lizard	Phrynosoma mcallii	Development of Baseline data and procedures for monitoring populations of the Flat-tailed horned lizard (Phrynosoma mcallii).	1999	Bob Riley	n/a	Fisher Muth	USMC
Flat-tailed horned lizard rangewide management strategy.	Flat-tailed Horned Lizard	Phrynosoma mcallii	Flat-tailed horned lizard rangewide management strategy	1997	Bob Riley	n/a	Flat-tailed horned lizard Interagency Committee	USMC
Wildlife use of Jose Juan tank and red tail tank, Cabeza prieta NWR, AZ.	all herps		Final Report: Wildlife use of Jose Juan tank & Red tail tank, Cabeza Prieta NWR, AZ.	1996	Bob Riley	n/a	University of Arizona, Tricia Cutler	USMC

Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, AZ for Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range in California

Project Title	Key Species Common Name(s)	Scientific Name(s)	Product Description	Project Date	Point of Contact	Contractors	Cooperators	Funding Agency
Strip transects for 1982 Desert Tortoise Survey in Chocolate Mountains (Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range) in California.	Desert Tortoise	Gopherus agassizii	Strip transects for 1982 Desert Tortoise survey in Chocolate Mountains (Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range), CA.	1982	Bob Riley	Dames & Moore	n/a	U.S. Marine Corps
Results of a Desert Tortoise Survey on ten 40-acre plots on the Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, CA	Desert Tortoise	Gopherus agassizii	Results of a Desert Tortoise survey of ten 40-acre plots on the Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, CA.	1992	Bob Riley	Earth Tech, Inc.	n/a	U.S. Marine Corps
Proposed Desert Wildlife Management Areas for Recovery of the Mojave Population of the Desert Tortoise on Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, CA.	Desert Tortoise	Gopherus agassizii	Proposed Desert Wildlife Management Areas for Recovery of the Mojave Population of the Desert Tortoise on Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, CA.	1993	Bob Riley	n/a	Desert Tortoise Recovey Team	U.S. Marine Corps
Desert Tortoise (Mojave Population) Recovery Plan.	Desert Tortoise	Gopherus agassizii	Desert Tortoise (Mojave Population) Recovery Plan.	1994	Bob Riley	n/a	Desert Tortoise Recovery Team	U.S. Marine Corps
Biological assessment for the Desert Tortoise for the Military Use of the Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, CA.	Desert Tortoise	Gopherus agassizii	Biological assessment for the Desert Tortoise for the Military Use of the Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, CA.	1995	Bob Riley	Dames & Moore	n/a	U. S. Marine Corps
Biological Opinion for the Military Use of the Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, CA.	Desert Tortoise	Gopherus agassizii	Biological Opinion for the Military Use of the Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, CA.	1996	Bob Riley	n/a	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Ecological Services	n/a
Desert Tortoise Survey Results, Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, CA.	Desert Tortoise	Gopherus agassizii	Desert Tortoise Survey Results, Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, CA.	1997	Bob Riley	Dames & Moore	n/a	U.S. Marine Corps
Desert Tortoise Management Plan for Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, CA.	Desert Tortoise	Gopherus agassizii	Desert Tortoise Management Plan for Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, CA.	1997	Bob Riley	Dames & Moore	n/a	U.S. Marine Corps
Desert Tortoise suveys at five (SIX) target sites and line transects on the Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, CA.	Desert Tortoise	Gopherus agassizii	Desert Tortoise suveys at five (SIX) target sites and line transects on the Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, CA.	1999	Bob Riley	Kiva Biological	n/a	U.S. Marine Corps
Desert Tortoise surveys at two (SIX) target sites and distance sampling on the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, CA.	Desert Tortoise	Gopherus agassizii	Desert Tortoise surveys at two (SIX) target sites and distance sampling on the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, CA.	2000	Bob Riley	Kiva Biological	n/a	U.S. Marine Corps
Desert Tortoise surveys at three target sites and distance sampling on the Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, CA	Desert Tortoise	Gopherus agassizii	Desert Tortoise surveys at three target sites and distance sampling on the Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, CA	2001	Bob Riley	Kiva Biological	n/a	U.S. Marine Corps

Moody AFB, GA

Project Title	Key Species Common Name(s)	Scientific Name(s)	Product Description	Project Date	Point of Contact	Contractors	Cooperators	Funding Agency
Surveillance for Upper Respiratory Disease.	Gopher Tortoise	Gopherus polyphemus	Information on prevalence of Mycoplasma on installation by tortoise population	2000-present	Greg Lee	n/a	Valdosta State University	U.S. Air Force
Gopher Tortoise population demography.	Gopher tortoise	Gopherus polyphemus	Distribution of tortoises with GPS'd burrow locations and population data	2000-present	Greg Lee	n/a	Valdosta State University
Flatwoods salamander survey	Flatwoods Salamander	Ambystoma cingulatum	Intensive survey of breeding ponds for salamanders	2001-2002	Greg Lee	John Palis	Indiana-Perdue University
Southern Pine Ecosystem Restoration (hardwood removal)	Eastern indigo snake, gopher tortoise	Drymarchon corais couperi, Gopherus polyphemus	Mechanically removed hardwoods to restore structure to southern pine forest.	1999-2000	Greg Lee	Daugharty Land Clearing, Lake Park, GA.	n/a	U.S. Air Force
Endangered Species Survey	Eastern Indigo Snake, Gopher Tortoise, Flatwoods Salamander	Drymarchon corais couperi, Gopherus polyphemus, Ambystoma cingulatum	Location of RTE species on installation	1995	Tim Bottomley	Geo-Marine, Inc.	n/a	U.S. Air Force
Natural Heritage Inventory	Eastern Indigo Snake, Gopher Tortoise, Flatwoods Salamander	Drymarchon corais couperi, Gopherus polyphemus, Ambystoma cingulatum	Location of RTE species on installation and associated habitats	1993-1994	Tim Bottomley	The Nature Conservancy	n/a	Legacy

Milan AAP, TN

Project Title	Key Species Common Name(s)	Scientific Name(s)	Product Description	Project Date	Point of Contact	Contractors	Cooperators	Funding Agency
Amphibian and reptile inventorying and monitoring program	all herps		Ongoing assessment of herpetofauna populations on installation.	In progress	Steve Stephenson	Dr. Brian Miller, Middle Tennessee State University	n/a	U.S. Army Ag. Reimb.

Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD

Project Title	Key Species Common Name(s)	Scientific Name(s)	Product Description	Project Date	Point of Contact	Contractors	Cooperators	Funding Agency
Two year survey of amphibians and reptiles of the installation.	all herps		This project created a confirmed species list, identified areas of concentration and concern.	In Progress	Tina Lorentzen	n/a	n/a	n/a
Diamondback Terrapin research and conservation station.	Diamondback terrapin	Malaclemys terrapin	Signed a cooperative agreement that allows MD. Dept. of Natural Resources to set up a research and conservation station at Greenbury Point Conservation Area on the Severn River and Chesapeake Bay. The project has long term conservation & monitoring goals	In progress	Tina Lorentzen	n/a	Maryland Department of Natural Resources	n/a

Naval Air Engineering Station, NJ

Project Title	Key Species Common Name(s)	Scientific Name(s)	Product Description	Project Date	Point of Contact	Contractors	Cooperators	Funding Agency
Rare reptile survey	Pine snake, corn snake, timber rattlesnake, bog turtle	Pituophis m. melanoleucus, Elaphe g. guttata, Crotalus horridus, Clemmys muhlenbergii	Project conducted in 1995-1997 to confirm presence, map individual snake ranges, identify critical habitat (nest sites, winter hibernacula).	1995-1997	John Joyce	Herpetological Associates	n/a	U.S. Navy
Northern Pine Snake Survey	Northern Pine Snake	Pituophis m. melanoleucus	Ongoing study to attain multiyear data on growth rates, hibernacula use and reuse, and snake ranges.	1998 - present	John Joyce	n/a	n/a	U.S. Navy

Pine Bluff Arsenal, AR

Project Title	Key Species Common Name(s)	Scientific Name(s)	Product Description	Project Date	Point of Contact	Contractors	Cooperators	Funding Agency
An Inventory of the amphibian and reptiles of Pine Bluff Arsenal, AR.	all herps		Suvey conducted to construct a baseline inventory.	1997	Charles Becker	Dr. Henry W. Robinson, Southern Arkansas University	n/a	U.S. Army Ag. Reimb.

Shaw AFB, SC

Project Title	Key Species Common Name(s)	Scientific Name(s)	Product Description	Project Date	Point of Contact	Contractors	Cooperators	Funding Agency
Long-term monitoring of herpetofauna of Poinsett Electronic Combat Range	all herps		Ongoing Study includes annual Reports. Data is derived from 27 permanent drift fence arrays in various habitat types that are sampled for a week in March, April, May and June.	1996- present	Danial Ryan	Geo-Marine, Inc.	n/a	U.S. Air Force

U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY

Project Title	Key Species Common Name(s)	Scientific Name(s)	Product Description	Project Date	Point of Contact	Contractors	Cooperators	Funding Agency
West Point Vernal Pool Survey.	Wood frog, spotted salamander, marbled salamander, Jefferson salamander	Rana sylvatica, Ambystoma maculatum, Ambystoma opacum, Ambystoma jeffersonianum	Characterized and ranked the biological importance of approximately 150 vernal pools. Approcimately 50 pools were given an "A" top rating on an A-D scale for use by species dependent on vernal pool habitats.	1997-1998	James Beemer	J. G. Barbour	n/a	U.S. Army, OMA funds
1998 West Point Herptile Species Survey	Wood Turtle	Clemmys insculpta	Wood turtle radio telemetry study of population, movements, and habitat usage. Species have relatively small home ranges, hibernate in undercut bank debris in perennial streams and females only move major distances during egg laying.	1998	James Beemer	Richard Stechert	n/a	U.S. Army, OMA funds
Spotted turtle radio telemetry study	Spotted turtle	Clemmys guttata	Studied habitat use and movements of spotted turtles. Species spent half of year in upland habitat.	1997-1998	James Beemer	Richard Stechert	n/a	U.S. Army, OMA funds
Three-year radio telemetry study of timber rattlesnakes.	Timber rattlesnakes	Crotalus horridus	Studied movement patterns, population dynamics and habitat. Identified 2 previously unknown populations. Determined USMA population was critacally depleted and required recovery efforts. Identified critical habitat. Coyotes identified as predator source.	1994-1996	James Beemer	Richard Stechert	n/a	U.S. Army, OMA funds
Population restoration of a critically depleted timber rattlesnake population on the West Point Military Reservation (1996-2003)	Timber Rattlesnake	Crotalus horridus	Ongoing project - Objective is to resore the critically depleted timber rattlesnake population.	1996-2003	James Beemer	Richard Stechert	n/a	U.S. Army, OMA funds
Threatened & Endangered Species Survey (herps included)	Timber rattlesnakes, bog turtle, northern cricket frog	Crotalus horridus, Clemmys muhlenbergii, Acris c. crepitans	Determined only Timber Rattlensnakes are present at West Point.	1991	James Beemer	n/a	n/a	n/a
Participation in the New York State Herp Atlas	all herps		42 species confirmed. Identified several sections of the reservation where State listed rare species were found. Identified areas of high herptile diversity and potential areas of human conflict (1991-1999),	1991-1999	James Beemer	n/a	New York State	n/a
Timber Rattlesnake Environmental Awareness Project	Timber Rattlesnake	Crotalus horridus	Timber rattlesnake crossing sign erected in training areas. Information on timber rattlesnakes in the environmental awareness material handed out to troops and cadets. Timber rattlesnake poster created to increase awareness of the protected status.		Catherine Coleman, ITAM	n/a	n/a	ITAM
Use of positive integrated transponder (PIT) tages on timber rattlesnakes.	Timber rattlesnake	Crotalus horridus	Achieved permanent identification system for sampled animals - will be useful for long term population and land use surveys	1991	James Beemer	Richard Stechert	n/a	U.S. Army, OMA funds
New York State Timber Rattlesnake Recovery Plan Participation.	Timber Rattlesnake	Crotalus horridus	Provided U.S. Army presence, technical expertise, and awareness in the New York State Timber Rattlesnake Recovery Plan.	1997	James Beemer and Alvin Breish	n/a	New York Department of Environmental Conservation	U.S. Army
Annual articles published in the post newspaper on Timber rattlesnakes and Turtle spp.	Timber Rattlesnakes and Turtle spp.	Crotalus horridus	Annual articles promote basewide awareness and education of species found on post (copies available upon request).	1991-ongoing	James Beemer	n/a	n/a	n/a

Whiteman AFB, MO

Project Title	Key Species Common Name(s)	Scientific Name(s)	Product Description	Project Date	Point of Contact	Contractors	Cooperators	Funding Agency
Frog call surveys	Anurans	Anurans	Species and population survey. Beginning 2001 using the State adopted standard method.	2001	Neil Bass	n/a	n/a	n/a
Construction of wetland in native prairie.	Crawfish frog	Rana areolata	Creating breeding habitat for crawfish frogs - beginning 2001.	2001	Neil Bass	n/a	n/a	n/a

White Sands Missile Range, NM

Project Title	Key Species Common Name(s)	Scientific Name(s)	Product Description	Project Date	Point of Contact	Contractors	Cooperators	Funding Agency
Herpetofauna inventory and detection on White Sands Missile Range.	all herps		Designed to fulfill a portion of the installations fauna PLS. List of documented species by vegetation community type, recommendations for mgmt & surveys in specialized habitats. 52 herp species documented, 8 new county records & 2 maximum size records.	1999 - in progress	Daisan Taylor	Mevatec Corp.	n/a	U.S. Army Ag/Grazing Account
Amphibians and reptiles of White Sands Missile Range: An annotated checklist.	all herps		Ongoing creation of checklist and photographs of herps known from the installation for eventual use by Range staff and customers, environmental contractors, environmental awareness and information and educational purposes.	1999 - In progress	Daisen Taylor	Mevatec Corp.	n/a	U.S. Army Ag/Grazing Account

Arnold AFB

Project Title	Key Species Common Name(s)	Scientific Name(s)	Product Description	Project Date	Point of Contact	Contractors	Cooperators	Funding Agency
Rare Herpetofauna survey	All herps		Technical report of species surveyed.	1995	John Lamb	Middle Tennessee State University	TNTNC	n/a
Amphibian and Reptile Habitat Utilization	Spotted salamander, american toad, eastern mud turtle	Ambystoma maculatum, Bufo americanus, Kinosternon subrubrum	Radio telemetry study to determine upland habitat utilization of wetland species in order to refine wetland buffer zones.	2000	John Lamb	Conservation Services Southeast		n/a

 
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