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Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

Date: 1976-01-01
Categories: Environmental Impacts, RMBL & Gothic, Gunnison Basin
Geographic scope: gunnison basin
Source: Sustainable Living Library

Summary

Technical report (1976). Covers Gunnison County, Gunnison Basin, Upper Gunnison River Basin. Topics: biologically significant areas, endemic species, genetic isolation, high altitude biology. Agencies: Gunnison County Commissioners, Gunnison County Planning Commission, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory. Cites 45 external works.

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Knowledge graph centered on Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County with 41 nodes and 80 connections. Top connected: Unknown, Marmota flaviventris, Hummingbird, United States Forest Service, Delphinium.

Stakeholders (24)

Agencies, organizations, and groups mentioned as actors in this document.

United States Forest ServiceUnited States Bureau of Land ManagementUnited States Geological SurveyColorado Department of WildlifeGunnison CountyColorado State UniversityGunnison County CommissionersWestern State College
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The Nature ConservancyGunnison County Planning CommissionRocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment StationColorado Geological SurveyRocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryGunnison National ForestNational Research CouncilNational Science FoundationMt. Crested Butte Water and Sanitation DistrictUniversity of MinnesotaUniversity of KentuckyU.S. National Institutes of HealthNational Cancer InstituteJefferson County Planning CommissionUSNFSTaylor Park District Headquarters

Places (127)

Rocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryColoradoCrested ButteCrested ButteGothicGothicGunnison BasinEast River
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East RiverRocky MountainsGunnison Countysouthwestern Coloradoupper East River ValleyWest Elk MountainsCopper Creek trailCopper Creek trailGunnison River BasinSouthern Rocky MountainsAlmontGunnison National ForestWashington Gulch valleySlate RiverAlaskaSnodgrass MountainVirginia BasinKebler PassCement Creek CaveBrush CreekBlack CanyonSchofield PassIdahoWyomingSnodgrassColorado PlateauEmerald LakeOhio CreekLake ForkElko ParkCrested Butte MountainCopper LakeRustler's GulchTaylor RiverCrested Butte quadrangleSnowmass Mountain quadrangleSan Luis ValleyPeeler BasinLake IrwinPitkinBeaver CreekSplain's GulchOurayMesa SecoSpring Creeksouthern UtahMt. BaldySchofield ParkParadise BasinMarcellina MountainSoap Creek valleyCrystal CanyonMexican Cut Research PreserveWater District #5Hasley BasinFravert BasinSchofield BasinGunnison County CourthouseGothic Mt.Bellview Mt.Chair MountainFlat Top MountainTaylor Park DistrictBlue MesaUpper Gunnison River BasinBlue Mesa ReservoirNorth Fork of the Gunnison RiverGarfield CountyDeltaHinsdale CountySaguache CountyMontrosePaoniaMaroon Bells-SnowmassPowderhorn Primitive AreaGalena MountainWhite River National Forestnorthern ArizonaGothic Natural AreaItalian MountainMount TiltonCrystal PeakNorth Pole BasinTreasury MountainBellview MountainBellview MountainConundrum PassUpper Coal CreekCopley LakeLily LakeFlorestaBlack MesaAltai MountainsCerro SummitGold Basin RoadDoylevilleSlate creekLower East RiverJack's CabinGunnison CityMt. BellviewNorth ItalianTiltonRound MountainJefferson Countynorthern New MexicoBaldy MountainCrystal RiverCrystal RiverCrystal RiverAvery BenchOhio PassUpper Ohio CreekCastle PassCrystal MountainsEscalante CanyonCochetopa ParkAnthracite CreekHorse Ranch Park

Species (134)

UnknownMarmota flaviventrisHummingbirdDelphiniumnot mentionedSpruceAtriplex canescensAsteraceae
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PotentillaLepidopteraErigeronMertensiaaquatic insectsAmbystomaLupinusAmbystoma tigrinumVeratrumColiasBaetisAquilegiaCastillejaPenstemonPeromyscusMimulusValerianaSelasphorus rufusbroad-tailed hummingbirdsSeneciobenthic invertebratesMertensia ciliataPeromyscus maniculatusprairie dogsFraseraendangered speciesArabisaspenFrasera speciosaPinus contortapocket gophersMegascapheus bottaeOchotonaColias butterfliesWoodpeckerT. arvenseLodgepolePinus contorta var. latifolialodgepole pinePapilioEutamias minimusThlaspiAchillea millefoliumCulicidaeHyles lineataAquilegia coeruleaPapilionidaeTrifolium repensLepus americanussnowshoe hareThomomys talpoidesThlaspi arvenseSteersfish populationsflora and faunaDipperAstragalusCynomys gunnisoniZapus princepsProtozoawhite cloverDrosophila novitskiiPapaverS. palustrisOsmorhiza occidentalisCiliatesaquatic lifePotentilla diversifoliaArphia conspersaSomatochlora semicircularisPieris napi macdunnoughiiCynomys leucurusVeratrum californicum var. californicumAmerican dipperthreatened and endangered speciesPhenacomysgame animalsLeucorrhinia hudsonicawater ouzelsSharp-shinned hawkCircotettix rabulaPicoides tridactylusDraba incertaMegathymus streckeriMicrosorex hoyiCanada JayAstragalus microcymbusAnabrus simplexPhenacomys intermediusCooper's hawkBoreal ToadAnaxyrus boreasStellaria iriguatroutpikaSullivantia purpusiicattleMicrosorex hoyi montanusferruginous hawkStellaria irriguadragonflysalamanderEriophorum angustifoliumPapaver nudicauleSorexCorynorhinus townsendii townsendiiAliciella penstemonoidesNorthern Three-Toed WoodpeckerBoechera gunnisonianaAstragalus anisusrobinPenstemon crandallii ssp. procumbensRudbeckia montanaGentianella tenella ssp. tenellaHypaurotis crysalusErigeron grandiflorusEriophorum gracileAquilegia flavescensGaultheria humifusaComarum palustrebumblebeesTrimerotropis sparsaButeo regalisViola sororia var. affinisSpeyeria nokomis nokomisLiris beatus

External References Cited (46)

Works cited by this document, grouped by type.

study (14)

  • Armitage, Downhower & Svendsen (1976)Armitage, Downhower & Svendsen
  • Andersen & Armitage (1976)Andersen & Armitage
  • Baker (1975)Baker
  • Larimore (1974)Larimore
  • Williams & Hynes (1974)Williams & Hynes
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  • Strategies of Foodplant Exploitation in a Complex of Phytophagous Butterflies (Lepidoptera) (1974)Chew, F. S.
  • Pollination Biology and Population Resources in the Genus Aquilegia (Ranunculaceae) (1974)Miller, R. B.
  • Bishop (1973)Bishop
  • Brooks (1972)Brooks
  • Cairns & Dickson (1971)Cairns & Dickson
  • Hynes (1970)Hynes
  • Minshall & Winger (1968)Minshall & Winger
  • Ulfstrand (1967)Ulfstrand
  • Bailey (1966)Bailey

report (10)

  • Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County (1976)Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
  • Caretaker's Report, RMBL: September 1975-May 1976 (1976)
  • First Symposium on Evolutionary and Environmental High Altitude Biology (1975)
  • Draft Environmental Statement for the East River and Upper Crystal River Land Use Plan (1975)
  • Draft Environmental Statement DES-1 (1975)
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  • Guidelines and criteria for identification and land use controls of geologic hazard and mineral resource areas (1974)Rogers, W. P. et al.
  • Geologic map of the Snowmass Mountain quadrangle, Pitkin and Gunnison Counties, Colorado (1970)Mutschler, F.
  • Report to the County Commissioners
  • Peckarsky, Appendix IIPeckarsky
  • DES

article (8)

  • Energy crisis of the hummingbird (1976)Calder, W. A., III
  • Rocky Mountain News (1976)
  • Coevolution of Pieris Butterflies and their Cruciferous Foodplants. I. The Relative Quality of Available Food Resources (1975)Chew, F. S.
  • Hypothermia of Broad-tailed Hummingbirds during incubation in nature with ecological correlations (1973)Calder, W. A., III, & J. Booser
  • Vegetation and environmental patterns in the Crested Butte area, Gunnison County, Colorado (1962)Langenheim, J. H.
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  • Mammals of the Gunnison River Basin (1962)Durrant, S. D., & E. B. Robinson
  • Flora of the Crested Butte Quadrangle, Colorado (1955)Langenheim, J. H.
  • The rufous hummingbird in coastal Alaska

book (5)

  • Remote Sensing (1974)Estes, J. and Seuger, E.
  • Geographical Data Handling (1972)Tomlinson, G.
  • Flora of the Gunnison Basin (1969)Joseph Barrell
  • Birds of Colorado (1965)Bailey & Niedrach
  • Manual of the Plants of Colorado (1954)Harrington, D.

dissertation (5)

  • Polymorphisms for Hemoglobin and 6-Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase in the Rodent Genus, Peromyscus (1976)L. R. G. Snyder
  • Behavioral and Environmental Factors Affecting the Spatial Distribution and Population Dynamics of Yellow-bellied Marmots (Marmota flaviventris) (1973)G. E. Svendsen
  • Effects of Size-selective Predation and Food Competition in High Altitude Zooplankton Communities (1970)W. G. Sprules
  • Biosystematics and Phytogeography of the Erigeron simplex Complex (1970)S. Spongberg
  • Geographical Analysis of Quantitative Morphological Variation in the Grasshopper Arphia conspersa

legislation (2)

  • National Environmental Policy Act
  • HB 1041

plan (1)

  • East River Plan

other (1)

  • Coevolution of Pieris Butterflies and their Cruciferous Foodplants (1975)Chew, F. Se