The Colorado Plateau II

The publication of The Colorado Plateau: Cultural, Biological, and Physical Researchin 2004marked a timely summation of current research in the Four Corners states. This new volume, derived from the seventh Biennial Conference on the Colorado Plateau in 2003, complements the previous book by focusing on the integration of science into resource management issues. The 32 chapters range in content from measuring human impacts on cultural resources, through grazing and the wildland-urban interface issues, to parameters of climate change on the Plateau. The book also introduces economic perspectives by considering shifting patterns and regional disparities in the Colorado Plateau economy. A series of chapters on mountain lions explores the human-wildland interface. These chapters deal with the entire spectrum of challenges associated with managing this large mammal species in Arizona and on the Colorado Plateau, conveying a wealth of timely information of interest to wildlife managers and enthusiasts. Another provocative set of chapters on biophysical resources explores the management of forest restoration, from the micro scale all the way up to large-scale GIS analyses of ponderosa pine ecosystems on the Colorado Plateau. Given recent concerns for forest health in the wake of fires, severe drought, and bark-beetle infestation, these chapters will prove enlightening for forest service, park service, and land management professionals at both the federal and state level, as well as general readers interested in how forest management practices will ultimately affect their recreation activities. With broad coverage that touches on topics as diverse as movement patterns of rattlesnakes, calculating watersheds, and rescuing looted rockshelters, this volume stands as a compendium of cutting-edge research on the Colorado Plateau that offers a wealth of insights for many scholars.

Foreword

ix

Dedication

xi

Introduction: Biophysical, Socioeconomic, and Cultural Research on the Colorado Plateau

1

(12)

Charles van Riper III

David J. Mattson

SOCIOECONOMIC RESOURCES

The Colorado Plateau Economy: Shifting Patterns and Regional Disparities

13

(12)

Walter E. Hecox

F. Patrick Holmes

Public Knowledge, Opinion, and Support of forest Restoration: A Survey of Residents in Northern Arizona

25

(12)

David Ostergren

Elizabeth J. Ruther

Attitudes Toward and Perceptions of Mountain Lions: A Survey of Northern Arizona Residents

37

(10)

Elizabeth J. Ruther

David M. Ostergren

Demonstration and Test of a Spatial Decision Support System for Forest Restoration Planning

47

(22)

Haydee M. Hampton

Ethan N. Aumack

John W. Prather

Yaguang Xu

Brett G. Dickson

Thomas D. Sisk

BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES

Modeling the Effects of Forest Restoration Treatments on Sensitive Wildlife Taxa: A GIS-Based Approach

69

(18)

John. W. Prather

Haydee M. Hampton

Yaguang Xu

Brett G. Dickson

Norris L. Dodd

Ethan N. Aumack

Thomas D. Sisk

Using Decision Tree Modeling in Gap Analysis Land Cover Mapping: Preliminary Results for Northeastern Arizona

87

(14)

Sarah Falzarano

Kathryn Thomas

John Lowry

Land-Use History of Three Colorado Plateau Landscapes: Implications for Restoration Goal-Setting

101

(20)

Gary P. Nabhan

Susan Smith

Marcelle Coder

Zsuzsi Kovacs

Indications of Large Changes in Mixed Conifer Forests of Grand Canyon National Park

121

(10)

John L. Vankat

D. Coleman Crocker-Bedford

Don R. Bertolette

Paul Leatherbury

Taylor Mckinnon

Carmen L. Sipe

Apparent Increases in Mixed Conifer Characteristics Since 1935 in Ponderosa Pine--Mixed Conifer Transition Forests of Grand Canyon National Park

131

(10)

D. Coleman Crocker-Bedford

John L. Vankat

Don R. Bertolette

Paul Leatherbury

Taylor Mckinnon

Carmen L. Sipe

Apparent Reductions in Large-Diameter Trees Since 1935 in Ponderosa Pine Forests of Grand Canyon National Park

141

(10)

D. Coleman Crocker-Bedford

John L. Vankat

Don R. Bertolette

Paul Leatherbury

Taylor Mckinnon

Carmen L. Sipe

Species-Based Vegetation Mapping: An Example from the Grand Canyon

151

(12)

Kenneth L. Cole

John A. Cannella

A Quantitative Model of Avian Community and Habitat Relationships Along the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon

163

(30)

Mark K. Sogge

David Felley

Mark Wotawa

Annotated Species List of Birds of the Colorado River Corridor in the Grand Canyon: 1993--1995

193

(28)

David L. Felley

Mark K. Sogge

Implications of Merriam's Turkey Age, Gender, Cause-Specific Mortality, and Reproduction on Population Demographics Based on Population Modeling

221

(6)

Brian F. Wakeling

Charles H. Lewis

Morphologic Characteristics of a Transplanted Population of Gould's Turkeys with Comparisons to Merriam's Turkeys

227

(8)

Shelli Dubay

Brian Wakeling

Tim Rogers

Vertebrates of Montezuma Castle National Monument: Present Status and Historical Changes

235

(18)

Charles A. Drost

Movement Patterns and Natural History of Western Diamond-Backed Rattlesnakes at Tuzigoot National Monument, Arizona

253

(22)

Erika M. Nowak

Beetles of Salt Creek Canyon, Canyonlands National Park, Utah

275

(10)

Louis L. Pech

Timothy B. Graham

Holly Demark

Jennifer Mathis

Landscape Habitat Selection by Female Mule Deer in a Partially Restored Ponderosa Pine Forest in Northwest Arizona

285

(8)

Stan C. Cunningham

Stephen S. Germaine

Heather L. Germaine

Susan R. Boe

An Evaluation of Mule Deer Harvest Estimates on the North Kaibab, Arizona

293

(4)

Amber A. Munig

Brian Wakeling

Recent Trends in North American Mountain Lion Populations: A Hypothesis

297

(12)

James C. Devos Jr.

Ted Mckinney

Patterns of Carnivore Co-occurrence on the North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park

309

(10)

Sarah E. Reed

Elaine F. Leslie

CULTURAL RESOURCES

Help for the Looted Rockshelters of the Colorado Plateau in a New Century of Archaeology: New Basketmaker II Research on the Great Comb Ridge

319

(14)

Francis E. Smiley

Michael R. Robins

Fire Effects Research and Preservation Planning at Wuaptki and Walnut Canyon National Monuments, Northeast Arizona

333

(16)

Ian Hough

Jeri DeYoung

David Barr

Archaeological Survey of New Land Acquired by Walnut Canyon National Monument, Northern Arizona

349

(18)

Kimberly Spurr

L. Theodore Neff

Using Cultural Resources as Part of the Plan: Grand Canyon Management and Implications for Resource Preservation

367

(14)

Janet R. Balsom

J. Grace Ellis

Amy Horn

Lisa M. Leap

BIOPHYSICAL RESOURCES

Fire and Springs: Reestablishing the Balance on the White Mountain Apache Reservation

381

(16)

Jonathan Long

Mae Burnette

Candy Lupe

A Protocol for Rapid Assessment of Southwestern Stream-Riparian Ecosystems

397

(24)

Lawrence E. Stevens

Peter B. Stacey

Allison L. Jones

Don Duff

Chad Gourley

James C. Catlin

Determining Watershed Boundaries and Area Using GPS, DEMs, and Traditional Methods: A Comparison

421

(10)

Boris Poff

Duncan Leao

Aregai Tecle

Daniel G. Neary

List of Contributors

431

(6)

Index

437

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