Library

The following publications are available free of charge from the Wild Utah Project. Most are downloadable from this site (if the link appears to be inactive or there is some other problem with the download, contact our office re: the publication you are interested in)

A Literature Review of the Effects of Off-Road Vehicles on Desert Biota, with Emphasis on Utah BLM Lands (1999).

Analysis of the Grand Staircase-Esclante National Monument Draft Management Plan: a Conservation Biology Perspective (1999).

Analysis of the Section 202 Process: a Conservation Biology Perspective (1999).

The Status of Utah's State-Listed Herpetofauna, and Implications of New Wilderness Designation within their Range (1999).

(Jones 2000) Effects of Livestock Grazing on North American Ecosystems: a Quantitative Review (2000).  Western North American Naturalist 60: 155-164.

Non-Lethal Alternatives for Managing Problem Bears (2000). (Incorporated into the Utah Division of Wildlife Resource's 2000 Black bear Management Plan, downloadable from UDWR's website)

Review and Analysis of Cattle Grazing Effects in the Arid West, with Implications for BLM Grazing Management in Southern Utah (2001).

A Status Review of the Mussentuchit Gilia (Gilia tenuis) (2002).

Petition for a Rule to list Mussentuchit gilia (Gilia tenuis) as Threatened or Endangered under the Endangered Species Act (2003).

A Status Review of the Scurfpea Globemallow (Sphaeralcea psoraloides) (2002).

Riparian Ecosystem Evaluation: a Review and Test of the Bureau of Land Management's Properly Functioning Condition Assessment Guidelines (2002). (click HERE for appendices)

A Science-Based Tool for Assessing Available Forage and Grazing Capacity of Grazing Allotments to Meet Rangeland Health Standards (2003).

A Science-Based Tool for Determining whether Grazing is the Cause of Failure to Meet Rangeland Health Standards (2003).

Multiple Use Grazing Management in the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, (A Guidance Document for the Monument's Programatic Grazing DEIS) (2003).

The Ecological Importance and Biological Uniqueness of the San Rafael Swell (2003).

The Heart of the West Conservation Plan (2004):
Executive Summary of Heart of the West Plan  

The Ecological Importance of the White Wash Sand Dunes, UT, and the Effects of Off-Road Vehicles on this System (2005).

(Stevens et al. 2005a) A protocol for rapid assessment of southwestern stream-riparian ecosystems (PART 1) (file too large to be in one piece so broken into 2)

(Stevens et al. 2005b) A protocol for rapid assessment of southwestern stream-riparian ecosystems (PART 2).  Pp. 397-420 in: (C. van Riper and D.J. Mattson, eds.) The Colorado Plateau II: Biophysical, Socioeconomic, and Cultural research.  Tucson, University of Arizona Press.

(Jones et al. 2006) Conservation Planning and assessment of irreplaceability and vulnerability of conservation sites in the Heart of the West region, Middle Rockies.  Journal of Conservation Planning 2: 34-52.

Status Review for the least chub ( Iotichthys phlegethontis) (2007)

Petition to list the least chub (Iotichthys phlegethontis) under the Endangered Species Act (2007) 

Least-Cost Corridor Analysis for Evaluation of Lynx Habitat Connectivity in the Middle Rockies (2007).

Best Management Practices for Off-Road Vehicle Use on Forestlands. (2008)

Rapid Stream-Riparian Assessment users Guide (2009)

(Jones, Bates and Robinson 2010).  Lynx habitat modeling in Yellowstone.  Wild Felid Monitor 3: 22.

(Jones et al. 2010) A rapid stream-riparian assessment protocol and its utility in the Grand Staircase region, Utah.  Proceedings: Learning from the Land: 2006 Science Symposium at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.  Pp. 550-556.

 (Jones et al. 2010) The legacy and future visions of conservation biology on the Colorado Plateau.  In: Proceedings of the Ninth Biennial Conference of research on the Colorado Plateau, 2007.  Tucson, University of Arizona Press.

(Catlin et al. 2011) Range management in the face of climate change.  In: (Monaco, T.A. et al., eds)  2011 Proceedings - Threats to shrubland ecosystem integrity.  2010 May 18-20, Logan, UT.  Natural Resources and Environment issues Volume XVII

BLM Grazing Allotment Not Meeting Standards in the December 2011 Sierra Club Desert Report (2011)

(Jones 2011)  The importance of connected and conserved landscapes in a time of changing climate.  Utah Environmental Law review 31: 135-153.

Best Management Practices for siting, developing, operating, and monitoring renewable energy in the Intermountain West (2012)