Research   Inventory   Monitoring

 

NHNM zoologists conduct field research, inventories, and montoring on sensitive animal species in New Mexico.

 

 

 

Research

• Foraging and reproductive ecology of wetland birds (Department of Defense)
• Radio Telemetry study of habitat use by lesser prairie chickens (Bureau of Land Management)
• Remote sensing of prairie dog towns (NM Department of Game & Fish)
• Remote sensing to monitor development of the Holloman Constructed Wetland (Department of Defense)
• Habitat mapping for sensitive bird species at White Sands Missile Range (Department of Defense)

Inventory

• Birds at Chaco Culture National Historic Park (National Park Service)
• Invertebrates at Chaco Culture NHP (National Park Service)
• Herpetofauna and mammals at Fort Union National Monument (National Park Service)

Monitoring

• Aquatic invertebrates at Holloman Air Force Base (Department of Defense)
• Grassland birds at Sacramento Mountains bajada (Department of Defense)

For more information please contact Kristine Johnson, Ph.D., Zoology Coordinator.