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News
BCNA Position Statements & Letters
Opinions

News:

• Ecosystem Phase 2 -- The next step in documenting what's out there
• Wild Steps -- Milestones in Boulder County Resource Management: Reynolds Rogers Managment Plan

• Wildlife Updates – 2002
• Wildlife Updates – 2001

• US Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Effects of Recreation on Rocky Mountain Wildlife
• Map Looks at Loss of Biodiversity in Boulder County

Prairie Dogs and other Grassland Species:

Prairie dogs and other grassland species, such as Burrowing Owls, are a continuing source of concern and controversy in Boulder County. Here are some relevant items from Nature Net and elsewhere:

• CDOW Grassland Species Conservation Plan

• Proceedings of the Symposium on the Ecology and Management of Dead Wood in Western Forests, November 2-4, 1999, Reno, Nevada by Clay Evans, 2002.
• Light and Clarity on the Grassland Sea Ecology and Economics of the Great Plains  
  by Daniel Licht, 1997.
• The View from Bald Hill: Thirty Years in an Arizona Grassland  
  by Carl E. Bock and Jane H. Bock
• Dragonflies Through Binoculars: A Field Guide to Dragonflies of North America  
  by Sidney W. Dunkel
• Butterflies Through Binoculars: The West: A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Western North America by Jeffery Glassberg

BCNA Position Statements and Letters:
Where BCNA stands on local policies and land use recommendations.

• Trails in Boulder County
• Dog Moratorium on North Foothills Open Space
• Domestic Dogs in Boulder County Natural Habitat Areas

• Saving All the Pieces -- by Mark Gershman