Adopt a survey for 2026!
Thank you for your generous support! Because of you, we were able to complete the fourth year of this donor-supported program. In 2025, we surveyed 12 transects across 4 habitat types, in and near fire perimeters, and added valuable data to our fire effects dataset from locations that, in some cases hadn’t been surveyed in almost 20 years!
Our goal is to resurvey these sites in 2026!
Explore survey transects below!
VM-Higgens
Northwest of the Dogskin Mountains, 38 species were recorded on this transect, particularly Lark Sparrow, Gray Flycatcher, ravens, Chipping Sparrow and House Finch. Among the priority species recorded were Brewer's Sparrow, Swaison's Hawk, and Mountain Quail. A portion of this transect burned in 2016.
SR-12New
High in the Santa Rosa Mountains, 35 species have been recorded here through 2012, with robins, Warbling Vireos, House Wrens, Brewer's Sparrows and Green-tailed Towhees most frequently recorded, but a number of species of interest have been detected, including Ruffed Grouse, Olive-sided Flycatcher, and Northern Goshawk. Portions of this aspen transect were burned in 1992.
PJ-BuckskinRun
On the eastern slopes of the Pine Nut range, BuckskinRun supported 44 species, with Pinyon Jays the most frequently detected. Other frequently-detected conservation priorities included Sagebrush and Brewer's Sparrows and Gray Flycatcher. This transect was last surveyed in 2024 as a donor-supported transect – thank you!
DS-BorderCorral
Located along Nevada's southwestern border, DS-BorderCorral burned in 2023's King Fire. Fifteen species have been recorded here, particularly Black-throated Sparrows, but also plenty of Bewick's Wrens, Cactus Wrens, Ash-throated Flycatchers, Scott's Orioles, and Ladder-backed Woodpeckers.
CF-1665
Up in the Carson Range west of Reno, almost 70 species have been detected on CF-1665, particularly Mountain Chickadee, Steller's Jay, robins, and Dark-eyed Juncos. There's no shortage of conservation priorities, either, including Olive-sided Flycatchers. This transect was last surveyed in 2024 as a donor-supported transect (thank you!), this site had been burned over much of its length.
MJS-5783
We've recorded 7 state conservation priorities on this northern Mojave scrub site. Black-throated Sparrows are, unsurprisingly, most abundant, but other species, like Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Brewer's Sparrows & mockingbirds were also found in numbers. Much of the transect was burned in 2005 and was last surveyed in 2010.
SG-2019HendersonControl
West of Sulphur Spring Mountain, this transect was surveyed once in 2019. There weren't many species recorded, but there were a lot of them! The vast majority were fairly evenly divided between Brewer's Sparrows, Horned Larks, and Western Meadowlarks. Much of this transect was burned in 1985.
SG-Montana2
Back in 2008, there weren't that many species recorded on this transect north of the Montana Mountains - but of those we found, all but one were conservation priorities in Nevada. If you were looking for a place to listen to Brewer's Sparrows, this appeared to be that place! However, it burned in 2012, so now: ?
Explore All Surveys
Check out all of the survey transects in our database here. Dentations can be made to any survey transect at any time.