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3.
Zoology Core Duties
For all animals:
• Conservation Status Rank
• Distribution
• Life history
• Population indices
• Acquire Zoological Data
• Projects
• Submissions
• Provide these data and derived products to
Federal, State, Tribal, NGO, and general public
4.
~8,000 moth species in MT *
Animal Species in NHP Database
7.
Species Data
• Range maps created for 180
invertebrate species
• Updated 203 range map
polygons
• 1,639 photos to field guide
• 941 invertebrate species now
have photos
• References
• 1,853 new references
• 12,930 updated to field guide
to 1,558 species
• Species accounts
• 30 bombus spp.
• 218 butterflies completed
soon
• 134 grasshopper (maps and
photos only)
8.
Status Lists Updates
BLM Sensitive/ Special
Status
• Amphibians: 1
removed
• Birds: 11 removed/ 5
added
• Fish: 2 removed
• Mammals: 4 removed
• Invertebrates: 1
removed/ 2 added
SOC review project 2017
• 100 species
• Populate online status
and rank reasons
Transparent Species Ranks
14.
WNS Risk Assessment
• Hibernacula use
• Roost conditions
• Human visitation
Hibernating Bat Counts
Estimated Annual Visitation
Mean Temp and Humidity
Caves and Mines
16.
WNS Risk at Alternative
Hibernacula?
• Cliff
• Talus
• Badlands
• Others?
17.
2016 M. Septentrionalis Surveys
• 1 previous detection
• 21 mist net surveys along 5
drainages
• 2 individuals at 1 site
• 2 acoustic detectors deployed at
mine entrances
18.
Prairie Dog Inventory:
Colony Mapping 2015 NAIP
Active
Inactive
19.
2017 Priorities
• Update status of SOC/ priority species
• Continue bat acoustic and roost monitoring
• M. septentrionalis
• Eastern roost surveys
• Habitat use assessments to inform planning efforts
• WNS risk at talus, cliff, crevice roost, other alternative hibernacula
• Develop a template and automated report for highlighting
inventory and monitoring needs across all managed areas
• Pursue projects that inform statewide status assessments
• “Other” sagebrush dependent species
• Distribution and status of shrew species (eDNA?)
• Baseline inventories of alpine species
• Continue to build a information for important invertebrates
as time and funding and available information allow
Editor's Notes
Old vs. new future directions. Advances in tech allow us to ask and answer more focused questions.