Shoshone OHV Project
A long-distance OHV route is slated for construction over the next few years in the Shoshone Range of Lander Mountain.
In spring 2009, the Bureau of Land Management – Battle Mountain District contracted GBBO to inventory and monitor wildlife resources in the OHV trail project area in order to:
- Provide baseline data against which to evaluate future impacts of the trail
- Identify high-value wildlife areas and suggest ways to minimize impacts of the OHV trail in these areas.
This project, which is completed its first full field season in 2009, involved radio telemetry studies of Greater Sage-Grouse, grouse lek counts, landbird point counts surveys, raptor surveys, and pygmy rabbit surveys. GBBO staff, including Larry Teske, John Boone, Michael Maples, Gustavo Gonzalez, and Jen Ballard, has already generated recommendations to the BLM, and the project is likely to continue in upcoming years.
