ANALYSIS BASED ON STEWARDSHIP AND MANAGEMENT STATUS
Kenneth G. Boykin, Lisa Langs, John Lowry, Don Schrupp, David Bradford, Lee O’Brien, Kathryn Thomas, Charles Drost, Andrea Ernst, William Kepner, Julie Prior-Magee, Doug Ramsey, Wendy Rieth, Todd Sajwaj, Keith Schulz, Bruce C. Thompson.
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SWReGAP
Gap Analysis
________________________________________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS................................................................................................................ 2 LIST OF TABLES.......................................................................................................................... 3 LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................................ 4 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 5 METHODS ..................................................................................................................................... 6 RESULTS ....................................................................................................................................... 6 Land Cover - Regional Analysis ................................................................................................. 7 Land Cover - State-based Analyses........................................................................................... 13 Arizona ................................................................................................................................... 13 Colorado................................................................................................................................. 18 New Mexico ............................................................................................................................ 24 Nevada.................................................................................................................................... 30 Utah........................................................................................................................................ 35 Predicted Animal Habitat Distributions - Regional Analysis ................................................... 40 Analysis of State Endemics ....................................................................................................... 47 Predicted Animal Habitat Distributions – State-based Analyses .............................................. 48 Arizona ................................................................................................................................... 48 Colorado................................................................................................................................. 51 New Mexico ............................................................................................................................ 54 Nevada.................................................................................................................................... 57 Utah........................................................................................................................................ 59 DISCUSSION ............................................................................................................................... 61 Limitations and Discussion ....................................................................................................... 61 LITERATURE CITED ................................................................................................................. 64 APPENDICES .............................................................................................................................. 66
LIST OF TABLES Table 5.1: Representation of each Land Cover type in the SWReGAP project area within Status 1 & 2 Lands, summarized by conservation thresholds of 0-
