Boreal toad conservation plan for Colorado updated
What was the problem addressed?
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is the lead agency for the conservation and recovery of the boreal toad in the Southern Rocky Mountains. The conservation team decided to revise the conservation plan for this species and sought direction and advice on how best to proceed and to how to effectively incorporate the knowledge gained over the last decade into assessments and management scenarios.
Who did we help?
The States of Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico; BLM, NPS, FWS, all of whom participate on the boreal toad conservation team and actively participate in management and / or surveys for this species in
What did we do?
We provided a structured decision making workshop(s) and multiple conference calls to facilitate this process and further provided a webtool (Gerber et al. in review) for managers to use in determining what management scenarios they might implement for particular conservation results (a simple example is; if we do X, the probability of persistance of toads is Y). We also provided leadership during this process and in re-writing the plan.
What was the outcome or accomplishment (if known)?
One outcome will be the revised plan for boreal toad conservation for the southern Rocky Mountains, a document edited and published by Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Participation has been enthusiastic, but potential management strategies have not yet been selected or implemented by those participants that manage toad habitat, mainly because results have not been finalized (expected summer 2022).
Photo by: D Herasimtschuk
ARMI Organizational Units:
Rocky Mountains, Southern - BiologyPlace Names:
ColoradoNew Mexico
Wyoming
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