Effects of Open Marsh Water Management on Numbers of Larval Salt Marsh Mosquitoes

Open marsh water management (OMWM) is a commonly used approach to manage salt marsh mosquitoes than can obviate the need for pesticide application and at the same time, partially restore natural functions of grid-ditched marshes. OMWM includes a variety of hydrologic manipulations, often tailored to the specific conditions on individual marshes, so the overall effectiveness of this approach is difficult to assess. Here, we report the results of controlled field trials to assess the effects of two approaches to OMWM on larval mosquito production at National Wildlife Refuges (NWR). A traditional OMWM approach, using pond construction and radial ditches was used at Edwin B. Forsythe NWR in New Jersey, and a ditch-plugging approach was used at Parker River NWR in Massachusetts. Mosquito larvae were sampled from randomly placed stations on paired treatment and control marshes at each refuge. The proportion of sampling stations that were wet declined after OMWM at the Forsythe site, but not at the Parker River site. The proportion of samples with larvae present and mean larval densities, declined significantly at the treatment sites on both refuges relative to the control marshes. Percentage of control for the 2 yr posttreatment, compared with the 2 yr pretreatment, was \u3e90% at both treatment sites

Data from: A national geographic framework for guiding conservation on a landscape scale

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, along with the global conservation community, has recognized that the conservation challenges of the 21st century far exceed the responsibilities and footprint of any individual agency or program. The ecological effects of climate change and other anthropogenic stressors do not recognize geopolitical boundaries and, as such, demand a national geographic framework to provide structure for cross-jurisdictional and landscape-scale conservation strategies. In 2009, a new map of ecologically based conservation regions in which to organize capacity and implement strategic habitat conservation was developed using rapid prototyping and expert elicitation by an interagency team of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Geological Survey scientists and conservation professionals. Incorporating Bird Conservation Regions, Freshwater Ecoregions, and U.S. Geological Survey hydrologic unit codes, the new geographic framework provides a spatial template for building conservation capacity and focusing biological planning and conservation design efforts. The Department of Interior's Landscape Conservation Cooperatives are being organized in these new conservation regions as multi-stakeholder collaborations for improved conservation science and management

NAWMP ImplementationFramework 2004

North American Waterfowl Management Plan, Plan Committee. 2004. North American Waterfowl Management Plan 2004. Implementation Framework: Strengthening the Biological Foundation. Canadian Wildlife Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, 106 pp. http://www.fws.gov/birdhabitat/NAWMP/files/ImplementationFramework.pd

FWS memo on LCC boundary change guidance (Final)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2006. Landscape Conservation Cooperatives. Operational Memo for Addressing Requests for Consideration of LCC Geographic Boundary Changes. Office of the Science Advisor, Dec. 2011

Adaptive Mgt TechGuide

Williams, B. K., R. C. Szaro, and C. D. Shapiro. 2007. Adaptive Management: The U. S. Department of the Interior Technical guide. Adaptive management Working Group, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC

NAWMP ImplementationFramework 2004

North American Waterfowl Management Plan, Plan Committee. 2004. North American Waterfowl Management Plan 2004. Implementation Framework: Strengthening the Biological Foundation. Canadian Wildlife Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, 106 pp. http://www.fws.gov/birdhabitat/NAWMP/files/ImplementationFramework.pd

Bandgap Engineering of Conjugated Nanoporous Poly-benzobisthiadiazoles via Copolymerization for Enhanced Photocatalytic 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroquinoline Synthesis under Visible Light

National Fish Habitat Action Plan. 2006. http://fishhabitat.org/documents/plan/National_Fish_Habitat_Action_Plan.pd

Directorate geo framework report 6-12 Woods and Morey

Woods, T, and S. Morey. 2009. Methods and Results of Structured Decision Making Process for Selecting a Geographic Framework for Implementing Strategic Habitat Conservation. Final Report. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of the Science Advisor, Arlington VA. 15 pp

NABCI BCR descriptions

U.S. North American Bird Conservation Initiative Committee. 2000. North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI) Bird Conservation Region Descriptions: A Supplement to the North American Bird Conservation Initiative Bird Conservation Regions Map. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Migratory Birds, Arlington VA USA. http://www.nabci-us.org/aboutnabci/bcrdescrip.pdf

Directorate geo framework report 6-12 Woods and Morey

Woods, T, and S. Morey. 2009. Methods and Results of Structured Decision Making Process for Selecting a Geographic Framework for Implementing Strategic Habitat Conservation. Final Report. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of the Science Advisor, Arlington VA. 15 pp