Bald Eagle
Please visit our Projects page to learn about specifics in each category.
Wetland Management and Monitoring
- Conservation Easement Monitoring
- On the ground management of water resources
- Water management plans for irrigation
- Vegetation Mapping (GPS) and monitoring
- Vegetation Management and Monitoring Plans
- Habitat Monitoring
- GIS mapping of vegetation communities or other attributes
- Plant identification
- Various vegetation monitoring surveys (Robel’s, Daubenmire squares, belt transects, etc.)
- Wildlife Management and Monitoring Plans
- Biological Surveys
- Duck and Goose Banding
- Secretive marshbird surveys
- Colonial nesting flight line counts
- Endangered Southwestern willow flycatcher official surveys
- Threatened Yellow-billed cuckoo official surveys
- Gunnison Sage-grouse lek counts
- Neo-tropical migrant point counts
- Mid-winter waterfowl counts
- Mid-winter eagle counts
- Waterfowl migration surveys
- Amphibian breeding surveys
Wetland Projects
- Coordinate and plan wetland enhancement, restoration and protection projects
- Act as fiscal agent and provide oversight of contract delivery for projects
Technical Services
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- ArcGIS development and implementation of databases
- Creating maps and figures for reporting and publications
- Annual reports and scientific presentations at professional meetings and conferences
- Development of biological baseline reports for conservation easements.
- Development of Hydrogeomorphic Reports
- Workshop Administration and participation
- Coordination of endangered species conservation efforts
- Development of acoustic monitoring methods for wildlife
- Working with private landowners to assess wetland habitat health, management, and water delivery efficiency
- Grant Writing and reporting
Business Administration
- Grant writing and reporting
- Invoicing
- General Accounting
- Employee Supervision
- Travel to and attendance in area and statewide meetings for wetland related issues including weed boards, water meetings and professional wildlife organizations.
Education/Outreach
- K-12, college and graduate school waterfowl and wetland ecology fieldtrips
- Cub Scout event “Introduction to wetlands and the wildlife that use them”.
- Duck banding demonstrations
- Wing Bees (identifying duck species and sex from voluntary hunter harvest)
Funders
- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
- Trout Unlimited
- Rio Grande Basin Roundtable
- SLV Conservation and Connection Initiative
- SLV Irrigation District
- SLV Wetland Focus Area Committee
- Rio Grande Watershed Emergency Action Team
- NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant
- Colorado Parks and Wildlife
- Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust
- U.S. Forest Service
- Bureau of Land Management
