Adaptive Management Plan for Sensitive Plant Species on the Nevada Test Site

Technical Report · Thu Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/777378· OSTI ID:777378

Wills, C A ^[1]

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1. Bechtel Nevada

The Nevada Test Site supports numerous plant species considered sensitive because of their past or present status under the Endangered Species Act and with federal and state agencies. In 1998, the U.S. Department of Energy, Nevada Operation Office (DOE/NV) prepared a Resource Management Plan which commits to protects and conserve these sensitive plant species and to minimize accumulative impacts to them. This document presents the procedures of a long-term adaptive management plan which is meant to ensure that these goals are met. It identifies the parameters that are measured for all sensitive plant populations during long-term monitoring and the adaptive management actions which may be taken if significant threats to these populations are detected. This plan does not, however, identify the current list of sensitive plant species know to occur on the Nevada Test Site. The current species list and progress on their monitoring is reported annually by DOE/NV in the Resource Management Plan.

• Research Organization: Bechtel Nevada Corp. (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC08-96NV11718
• OSTI ID: 777378
• Report Number(s): DOE/NV/11718--507
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ENDANGERED SPECIES
MONITORING
NEVADA TEST SITE
PLANNING
PLANTS
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT