2002 ANNUAL REPORT USGS Biological Resources Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit College of Natural Resources Utah State University, Logan UT 84322-5290

2002 ANNUAL REPORT USGS Biological Resources Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit College of Natural Resources Utah State University, Logan UT 84322-5290 2003 Coordinating Me

2002 ANNUAL REPORT USGS Biological Resources Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

College of Natural Resources Utah State University, Logan UT 84322-5290

2003 Coordinating Meeting

College of Natural Resources

Utah State University

9-10 April 2003

Cooperators: USGS Biological Resources Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

CNR Utah State University Wildlife Management Institute

U S Fish & Wildlife Service

2003 Annual Coordinating Committee Meeting Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

College of Natural Resources Dean’s Conference Room, NR 108 Utah State University, Logan, UT

Rotating Chair: 1992:USU, 1993:NBS, 1994:UDWR, 1995:WMI, 1996:USU, 1997:USGS, 1998:UDWR, 1999:WMI, 2000:USU, 2001:USGS, 2002:UDWR, 2003:WMI

THURSDAY, 10 APRIL 2003

8:30-9:30 Continental Breakfast (Dean’s Conference Room NR 108)

9:30-9:40 Introductions and Meeting Overview

9:40-11:00 2003 Unit Productivity (J Bissonette, T Edwards, P Budy)

11:00-12:15 Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

MANAGING FOR FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE IN UTAH IN A CHALLENGING FISCAL ENVIRONMENT

Director Kevin Conway & UDWR personnel

12:15-1:00 Catered Lunch in the Dean’s Conference Room NE 108

1:00-1:45 Tour of new Spatial analysis Lab and ‘Bug” Lab

1:45-2:00 U S Geological Survey

WHAT’S IN STORE FOR THE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH UNITS

Lynn Haines

2:00-2:30 Break & Conversation

2:45-4:00 College of Natural Resources

CHALLENGES AND INTIATIVES AT THE COLLEGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Dean Fee Busby Department Heads: Dave Roberts, Chris Luecke, Terry Sharik

4:00-5:00 Coordinating Committee Closed Meeting

2002 ANNUAL REPORT USGS Biological Resources Division Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

College of Natural Resources Utah State University, Logan UT 84322-5290

2002 Research Activities of the Unit Staff

John A Bissonette Thomas C Edwards Phaedra E Budy

Cooperators – Coordinating Committee

United States Geological Survey Utah State University

Lynn Haines,

Mid-Continent / Western Supervisor F.E “Fee” Busby, Dean U.S.D.I Cooperative Research Units College of Natural Resources c/o FWS, Denver Research Center Utah State University P.O Box 25486, Denver, CO 80225 Logan, UT 84322-5200 Lynn_Haines@usgs.gov

303-236-4816

Fax 303-236-7982

feebusby@cnr.usu.edu 797-2452 Fax: 801-797-2443

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Wildlife Management Institute

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources SW Field Director

Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6301 Fort Collins, CO 80526 robinthomas@utah.gov

801-538-4705

Fax 801-538-4709

lenc@verinet.com 970- 223-1099

Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit Staff

John A Bissonette Leader & Professor Forestry, Range, and Wildlife Sciences Department

john.bissonette@cnr.usu.edu Thomas C Edwards, Jr.

Assistant Leader Wildlife & Associate Professor Forestry, Range, and Wildlife Sciences Department

tce@nr.usu.edu Phaedra E Budy Assistant Leader Fisheries & Assistant Professor Aquatic, Watershed, and Earth Resources Department

phaedra.budy@cnr.usu.edu Esther Biesinger Business Manager College of Natural Resources esther.biesinger@usu.edu Shauna Leavitt Staff Assistant Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

sleavitt@cc.usu.wdu

Mission Statement Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

2003

The major limiting influences upon fishery and wildlife resources in the Intermountain West are terrestrial habitat degradation, loss of open space, and watershed and water issues Loss of winter range for big game by urban development on open space, degradation and loss of riparian areas by agricultural practices, loss of wildlife rangeland habitat by practices such as sagebrush removal and the planting of cattle forage, as well as change of reservoir and riverine habitat through activities associated with hydroelectric and water delivery systems are the major factors that have and will continue to affect natural resource management in Utah in years to come Rapid population growth

in the state has exacerbated the pressures on both the terrestrial and aquatic resource Given these trends and the expertise of Unit personnel, the primary mission of the Unit is to address the urban landscape interface, as well as food web and habitat related problems relating to the fishery and wildlife resources of Utah and the Intermountain West

Cooperating Faculty in the Department, College, and University will continue to be integrated into Unit research to apply diverse expertise to all facets of a research problem Expertise in sociological science, survey methodology, as well as other pertinent fields, can be brought to bear on resource problems The primary motivation of the Unit is to solve pressing resource problems

Technical expertise of the Unit staff includes: larger scale dynamics, geographical information system and habitat restoration methodology, terrestrial habitat analysis, population management and assessment, aquatic habitat ecology, fish population dynamics, aquatic food web dynamics, and quantitative study design Our research activities focus on landscape-level habitat studies,

ecological modeling of lake, reservoir, and riverine systems, and avian and terrestrial ecology Future research directions of the Unit will continue to involve endangered fish and wildlife species, sustainable game and sport fish management, terrestrial and aquatic riparian studies, migratory non-game bird research, geographical information system methodology, and landscape-level studies involving modeling for future scenarios

Graduate level courses being taught by unit personnel at Utah State University include Design and Analysis of Ecological Research (emphasizes the research process), Topics in Spatial Ecology (emphasizes space from an ecological as well as statistical perspective), Assessment of Fish and Wildlife Populations (emphasizes sampling design and estimation of abundance and survival), and Landscape Ecology (emphasizing theory and application of scale-related influences on wildlife dynamics) Unit personnel are increasingly involved in continuing education/professional

advancement short courses for agency personnel

The Unit is committed to academic pursuit of cooperator interests, and in particular, the needs of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Yet, the strength of the Unit is directly related to its ability to attract outside funds Research done in the state and region with non-cooperator funds provides added benefits to cooperators This Unit has and will continue to address resource issues associated with its expertise to the benefit of Utah and the resource management community Our primary objective is quality science

Unit Productivity USGS Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Productivity

1 January 2002 to 31 December 2002

PUBLICATIONS

Bissonette, J A 2002 Scaling roads and wildlife: the Cinderella principle Zeitschrift für

Jagdwissenschaft 48(2002):208-214 (supplement)

Bissonette, J A., and I Storch 2002 Fragmentation: is the message clear? Conservation Ecology

6(2): 14 [online] URL: http://www.consecol.org/vol6/iss2/art14

Bissonette, J A 2002 Linking landscape patterns to biological reality Pages 15-34 in J A

Bissonette and I Storch (eds) Landscape Theory and Resource Management: Linking Theory to Practice Island Press, Covelo, CA

Bissonette, J A., T Clevenger, and L Fahrig (no precedence of authorship) 2002 Chapters 5&6,

pages 113-167 in Forman, R T.T., D Sperling, M Binford, J Bissonette, T Clevenger, C Cutshall, V Dale, L Fahrig, C Goldman, K Heanue, J Jones, F Swanson, T Turrentine,

& T Winter Road Ecology: Science and Solutions Island Press, Covelo CA

Budy, P., G.P Thiede, N Bouwes, C Petrosky, and H Schaller 2002 Evidence linking delayed

mortality of Snake River salmon to their earlier hydrosystem experience North American Journal of Fisheries Management 22:35-51

Cutler, R., T C Edwards, Jr., J Alegria, and D McKenzie 2002 A sample design framework for

Survey and Manage species under the Northwest Forest Plan Proceedings of the Section on Statistics and Environment, 2001 Joint Statistical Meeting, American Statistical Association, Alexandria, Virginia, USA

Edwards, T C., Jr., G G Moisen, T S Frescino, and J J Lawler 2002 Modeling multiple

ecological scales to link landscape theory to wildlife conservation Pages 153-172 in J A Bissonette and I Storch, editors Landscape ecology and resource management: making the linkages Island Press, Covelo, California, USA

Guisan, A., T C Edwards, Jr., and T Hastie, Guest Editors 2002 Advances in GLM/GAM

modelling: from species' distribution to environmental management Ecological Modelling (Special Issue) 157:89-341

Guisan, A., T C Edwards, Jr., and T Hastie 2002 Generalized regression modeling in ecological

research: setting the scene Ecological Modelling 157:89-100

Lawler, J J., and T C Edwards, Jr 2002 Landscape patterns as predictors of nesting habitat: a

test using four species of cavity-nesting birds Landscape Ecoogy 17:233-245

Lawler, J J., and T C Edwards, Jr 2002 Composition of cavity-nesting bird communities in

montane aspen woodland fragments: the roles of landscape context and forest structure Condor 104:890-896

Storch, I and J A Bissonette 2002 The problem of linking scales in the use of indicator species in

conservation biology Pages 73-92 in Bissonette, J A and I Storch (eds) Landscape Theory and Resource Management: Linking Theory to Practice Island Press, Covelo, CA

Books

Bissonette, J A., and I Storch, eds 2002 Landscape theory and Resource Management: Linking

Theory to Management Island Press, Covelo, CA.463 pages

Forman, R T.T., D Sperling, J A Bissonette, A P Clevenger, C D Cutshall, V H Dale, L

Fahrig, R France, C R Goldman, K Heanue, J A Jones, F J Swanson, T Turrentine, &

T C Winter 2002 Road Ecology; Science and Solutions Island Press, Covelo, CA 481 pages

In Press

Adair, William A., J A Bissonette, and B Hearn 2003 American marten resting-site

characteristics in western Newfoundland Pages xx-xx in Harrison, D J & B Hearn, eds

Proceedings Third International Martes Symposium In Press

Bassett, S D., and T C Edwards, Jr In press Effect of different sampling schemes on the spatial

placement of conservation reserves in Utah, USA Biological Conservation

Bissonette, J A In Press Thinking differently at larger ecological scales: developing the strategy

Proc 12th Ann Meeting Australasian Wildl Manage Soc., Darwin, Australia

DeNormandie, J., and T C Edwards, Jr The umbrella species concept and regional conservation

planning in southern California: a comparative study Accepted, Conservation Biology

Edwards, T C., Jr., Cutler, R., L Geiser, J Alegria, and D McKenzie Assessing rarity and seral

stage association of species with low detectability: lichens in western Oregon and

Washington forests Accepted, Ecological Applications

Hellgren, E C., and J A Bissonette 2002 Collared peccary Chapter in G A Feldhamer and B

Thompson, eds., Wild mammals of North America: biology, management, and economics Second edition The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA In Press

Hunter, L M., M de J Gonzalez, R E Toth, T C Edwards, Jr., and R J, Lilieholm Population

and development in the California Mojave Desert: natural habitat implications of alternative futures Accepted, Population Research and Policy Review

In Review

Bjurlin, C., and J A Bissonette In Review Survival during early life stages of the desert tortoise

(gopherus agassizii) in the south-central Mojave Desert Submitted to Journal of

Herpetology

Budy, P C Luecke, and W A Wurtsbaugh In Review The effects of whole-lake fertilization on

the productivity of an oligotrophic nursery lake for endangered salmon Submitted to

Oecologia

McHugh, P., and P Budy In Review Patterns of spawning habitat selection and site suitability for

two populations of Snake River spring chinook salmon Submitted to Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

McHugh, P., P Budy, and H Schaller In Review A model-based assessment of the potential

response of Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon to habitat improvements

Submitted to Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Zakrajsek, E J, and J A Bissonette In Review Ranking the risk of wildlife species to military

aircraft Submitted to Wildlife Society Bulleting

Budy, P., E A de la Hoz, and G P Thiede 2002 Logan River whirling disease study: factors

affecting trout population dynamics, abundance, and distribution in the Logan River, Utah Project XIII, Annual Report to Utah Division of Wildlife Resources 67 pages

Budy, P., T Haddix, and G P Thiede 2002 Rainbow trout growth and survival in Flaming Gorge

Reservoir Project XIV, Annual Report to Utah Division of Wildlife Resources 61 pages

Johnson, J A., B A Andres, and J A Bissonette 2002 Breeding bird communities of major

mainland rivers in Southeast Alaska Fish and Wildlife Service General Technical Report In Press

McHugh, P., and P Budy 2002 A model-based approach to assessing the potential response of

chinook salmon to habitat improvements Project Report No 6 Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Utah State University, Logan Utah 2001(6):1-137

Toth, R E., T C Edwards, Jr., R J Lilieholm, D A Bell, and E R Buteau 2002 Alternative

Futures for Utah's Wasatch Front: bioregional planning for the maintenance and

conservation of open space Final Project Report No 2002-2, USGS Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Utah State University, Logan, UT 843232-5290 USA

Toth, R E., T C Edwards, Jr., R J Lilieholm, and L M Hunter 2002 The development of

alternative future growth scenarios for the California Mojave Desert Final Project Report

No 2002-1, USGS Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Utah State

University, Logan, UT 843232-5290 USA

J A Bissonette

Mary Hammer 2002 Effectiveness of earthen escape ramps in reducing big game mortality in

Utah M.S Thesis, Utah State University, 65 pages

Adam Switalski 2002 Coyote foraging ecology, vigilance, and behavioral cascades in response to

gray wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone National Park M.S Thesis, Utah State University,

49 pages

P Budy

McHugh, P 2002 A model-based approach to assessing the potential response of chinook salmon

to habitat improvements MS Thesis Utah State University

T C Edwards

None this year

Invited

Bissonette, J A Invited paper 2002 Wildlife Populations: Effects of the roaded landscape

Presented at the Transportation Research Board, 14 January 2002, Washington, D C

Bissonette, J A 2002 Wagon trains and fur trappers: early conservation in the United States

Invited seminar given to the faculty of the Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan

Fachgebiet fuer Wildbiologie und Wildtiermanagement at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Freising Germany, 28 June 2002

Bissonette, J A 2002 Land fragmentation: mismatched philosophical and analytical approaches in

ecology Invited Seminar presented at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 19 September 2002

Bissonette, J A 2002 Early antecedents of conservation in the United States Invited Seminar

presented to undergraduate honors class at the University of Vermont, 23 September, 2002

Bissonette, J A 2002 Patterned landscapes and complicated population: curbing excessive

generality Invited Seminars presented at the University of Massachusetts (11/4) and at Harvard University (11/6)

Budy, P 2002 Overview of current research in trout and salmon population dynamics and

conservation Invited Seminar USFWS Research Seminar Series, Columbia River

Fisheries Program Office, Portland, OR

Edwards, T C., Jr., G G Moisen, T S Frescino, and R J Schultz Linking FIA products and

wildlife habitat modelling Invited paper, Joint Meeting of the 4th Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium and The Southern Mensurationists, New Orleans, Louisiana, 11/20/02

Edwards, T C., Jr., R Toth, and R J Lilieholm Alternative Futures for Uath's Wasatch Front: the

conservation of open space Invited paper, International Conference on Landscape

Planning: Landscape Planning in the Era of Globalization, Portoroz, Slovenia, 11/8/02 Edwards, T C., Jr The analysis of rare ecological events: lichens and the interface between science

and policy in the area of the Pacific Northwest Forest Plan Invited paper, Program in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology, University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, Nevada, 9/5/02

Edwards, T C., Jr Species distribution modelling: lessons learned, opportunities unveiled Invited

paper, Twelfth Annual National Gap Analysis Meeting, USFWS NCTC, Shepardstown, West Virginia, 8/1/02

Edwards, T C., Jr., G G Moisen, T S Frescino, and J J Lawler Modelling multiple ecological

scales: linking landscape theory to wildlife habitat conservation Invited paper, Center for Environmental Science, Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland, Frostburg, Maryland, 4/11/02

Edwards, T C., Jr., G G Moisen, T S Frescino, and J J Lawler Modelling multiple ecological

scales: linking landscape theory to wildlife habitat conservation Invited paper, USDA FS Forest Inventory and Analysis Program Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, 3/12/02

Lilieholm, R J., T C Edwards, Jr., R Toth Alternative future growth scenarios for the California

Mojave Desert: assessing the impacts of growth on biodiversity Invited paper,

International Conference on Landscape Planning: Landscape Planning in the Era of

Globalization, Portoroz, Slovenia, 11/8/02

McHugh, P Budy, P 2002 Habitat assessment for spring/summer chinook salmon, parts I and II

Invited Seminar USFWS Research Seminar Series, Columbia River Fisheries Program Office, Portland, OR

Contributed

Johnson, J., B Andres, and J A Bissonette 2002 The importance of managing breeding bird

communities of major mainland rivers in Southeast Alaska Partners in Flight, Western Working Group, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory October 2002