Conservationists and planners need methods to identify priority areas for conservation, information on how to characterize the relative importance, quality, and urgency of these areas (inform conservation strategies), and a means to measure...
Central Shortgrass Prairie Ecoregional Assessment and Partnership Initiative
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A diverse partnership of federal and state agencies, as well as non-governmental organizations, conducted a collaborative conservation assessment to set priorities within the Central Shortgrass Prairie ecoregion over a two-year period (and revise...
Conservation Plan for Grassland Species in Colorado
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A conservation plan created by the Colorado Division of Wildlife that aims to ensure, at a minimum, the viability of the black-tailed prairie dog and associated species (Mountain Plover, Burrowing Owl, swift fox and Ferruginous Hawk...
Custer County Master Plan
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The Custer County Master Plan is considered an advisory document only and is not binding on the zoning discretion of Custer County. Although the plan is advisory, it serves as the basis for regulatory measures, primarily the Custer County Zoning...
Huerfano County Land Use Guide
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The Huerfano County Land Development Guide describes the minimum requirements for the protection of public health, safety, welfare, comfort, convenience and prosperity of the present and future residents of the County.
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Old West and New West in Garden Park Colorado
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In Garden Park, a small valley in central Colorado, students from the University of Kansas geography field course discovered that the changing economics of ranching were making it increasingly difficult to earn a living off the land. ...
Potential Habitat for Mountain Plovers on Colorado Springs Utilities Property
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The Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus) is endemic to the Western Great Plains and Colorado Plateau (Mengel, 1970). The bird has become of greater interest with the recent proposal for listing of the species for threatened or endangered status...
Pueblo Regional Development Plan
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The Pueblo Regional Development Plan, undertaken by the Pueblo Area Council of Governments (PACOG), is one of the most important initiatives in regional planning recent history. This initiative is a joint venture of the City of Pueblo, Pueblo...
Southern Rocky Mountains: An Ecoregional Assessment and Conservation Blueprint
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The Nature Conservancy convened a multi-state team in January, 2000, to compile and analyze biological and ecological data and develop an ecoregional assessment for the SRM. The objective of this assessment was to use a science-based approach to...