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).

Effects of Livestock Grazing on North American Ecosystems: a Quantitative Review (2000).

Non-Lethal Alternatives for Managing Problem Bears (2000).

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 Protocol for the Rapid Assessment of Southwestern Riparian Ecosystems (2003).

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 Staicase 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).
The Executive Summary for the plan can be downloaded here, or it is available in its entirety in PDF format on CD and can be mailed upon request. Go to the Contact Us page to request that the CD be mailed.
Executive Summary (5.2 Mb).

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

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)