SITES

Fort Knox (Kentucky)

At Fort Knox, the land management issues relate to managing species on a single installation, predicting the results of land management actions, identifying critical habitat, and focusing monitoring activities. Our team developed three GIS-based habitat nodels, and a population model for Fort Knox. A vegetation dynamics model is under development.

Fort McCoy (Wisconsin)

Two key land management issues at Fort McCoy are managing a species on a single installation (the federally listed Karner blue buterfly), and identifying critical habitat for this species. We are developing a metapopulation model of the Karner blue butterfly based on existing maps of butterfly distribution. The butterfly model will become part of the Integrated Dynamic Landscape Analysis and Modeling System (IDLAMS) being developed for SERDP.

Southeastern Military Bases

Several southeastern military bases have viable populations of red-cockaded woodpeckers, and may serve as key elements of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's recovery plan. We are developing a metapopulation model to identify ways to implement the recovery plan that will improve the likelihood that red-cockaded woodepckers can be maintained as a viable species.

Oak Ridge Reservation (Tennessee)

The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Reservation serves as one of the last large tracts of forested land in eastern Tennessee. Land management issues include managing species on a single installation, predicting the results of land management actions, identifying critical habitat, and focusing monitoring activities. We have implemented a GIS-based habitat nodel for cedar barrens, and a population model for cerulean warblers on the Reservation.

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