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Surveys & Inventories

CNHP’s biologists work throughout Colorado to document our critical biological resources. We conduct inventories for rare animals, plants, wetlands, riparian areas, and plant communities at the scale of a single parcel all the way to an entire County. Identifying and describing locations of Colorado’s rarest species and habitats is critical for supporting conservation activities statewide. Information from these projects has been instrumental in some of Colorado’s biggest conservation successes over the past 30 years, such as the Mountains-to-Plains project in Larimer County and the enlargement of Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Southern Colorado.

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Working with private land owners.
Working with private land owners.

Countywide Surveys of Critical Biological Resources

Since the mid-1990s, CNHP has conducted surveys to locate and track biologically significant plants, animals, and natural plant communities.

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Fishers Peak P Smith
Fishers Peak P Smith

Fishers Peak State Park Biological Survey 2019-2020

Fishers Peak State Park opened to the public on October 30, 2020. CNHP, in collaboration with partners, conducted biological surveys to document the biodiversity, sensitive natural heritage resources, and most important areas for conservation at the park.

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Rocky Mountain monkeyflower (Mimulus gemmiparus) by Jill Handwerk
Rocky Mountain monkeyflower (Mimulus gemmiparus) by Jill Handwerk

Rare Plant Inventory, Mapping and Monitoring

CNHP conducts extensive surveys to inventory and monitor rare plant populations across Colorado. We have mapped thousands of locations of over 600 plant taxa of concern and have on-going monitoring for many of our rare plant species.

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Mist netting for bats
Mist netting for bats

Multi-species Surveys for Wildlife

CNHP has long been a provider of data on the distribution of rare and lesser-known fauna. Much of those data come from the assorted multi-species surveys CNHP conducts to help land managers understand the location of rare species and the relative health of those populations.

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Long-term monitoring plot for leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula).
Long-term monitoring plot for leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula).

Noxious Weed Inventory, Mapping and Monitoring

Many of Colorado’s native landscapes have been altered by the arrival of plants from other regions of the globe. Maps of invasive plants and long-term monitoring are critical for effective management and protection of native communities. CNHP conducts surveys to inventory, map and monitor noxious weeds across Colorado.

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