North Dakota Wildlife Action Plan - North Dakota Game and Fish ...

5.9.a Focus Area: Pembina Hills...................................................................................................82
5.9.b Focus Area: Turtle Mountains..............................................................................................82
5.9.c Focus Area: Devils Lake Mountains.....................................................................................82
5.9.d Focus Area: Killdeer Mountains ...........................................................................................82
5.9.e Conservation Problems and Actions for Upland Deciduous Forest.....................................84
5.10 References ....................................................................................................................................86
SECTION 6 ................................................................................................................... 88
Monitoring ..................................................................................................................... 88
6.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................88
6.2 Adaptive Management.....................................................................................................................89
6.2.a Planning ...............................................................................................................................90
6.2.b Implementation.....................................................................................................................90
6.2.c Monitoring and Evaluation....................................................................................................91
6.3 Habitat and Species Monitoring.......................................................................................................91
6.3.a Habitat Monitoring................................................................................................................91
6.3.a.i Habitat Monitoring Within Landscape Components..............................................93
6.3.a.ii Monitoring for Statewide Changes in Habitat.......................................................94
6.3.b Species Monitoring ..............................................................................................................95
6.3.b.i Birds .....................................................................................................................95
6.3.b.ii Reptiles and Amphibians......................................................................................96
6.3.b.iii Mammals .............................................................................................................96
6.3.b.iv Fish......................................................................................................................97
6.3.b.v Freshwater Mussels ............................................................................................97
6.4 Monitoring Conservation Actions.....................................................................................................98
6.5 Databases........................................................................................................................................98
6.5.a Species-Habitat Associations ..............................................................................................98
6.5.b North Dakota GIS Hub (NDGH)...........................................................................................98
6.5.c The North Dakota Natural Heritage Program and Incidental Reporting System .................98
SECTION 7 ................................................................................................................. 100
Reviewing the CWCS.................................................................................................. 100
7.1 CWCS Review ...............................................................................................................................100
7.2 Species of Conservation Priority ...................................................................................................100
SECTION 8 ................................................................................................................. 101
Coordination with Federal, State, and Local Agencies and Tribal Government .......... 101
8.1 Coordinating the CWCS Development ..........................................................................................101
8.1.a US Fish and Wildlife Services (USFWS) ...........................................................................101
8.1.b US Forest Service (USFS).................................................................................................102
8.1.c US Bureau of Land Management (BLM)............................................................................102
8.1.d US Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE).................................................................................102
8.1.e US Geological Survey - Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center (NPWRC).................102
8.1.f US Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)............103
8.1.g North Dakota Game and Fish Department (NDGFD)........................................................103
8.1.h North Dakota Parks and Recreation/Natural Heritage Program (NDPR/NHP)..................103
8.1.i North Dakota State Land Department (NDSLD) ................................................................103
8.1.j Colleges and Universities...................................................................................................103
8.1.k Ducks Unlimited (DU).........................................................................................................104
8.1.l The Nature Conservancy (TNC) ........................................................................................104
8.1.m Audubon Society................................................................................................................104
8.1.n Pheasants Forever (PF).....................................................................................................104
8.1.o Delta Waterfowl (Delta)......................................................................................................104
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