Draft Nellis AFB Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan

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1 DRAFT U. S. AIR FORCE INTEGRATED NATURAL RESOURCES
2 MANAGEMENT PLAN
3 Nellis Air Force Base
4 Creech Air Force Base
5 Nevada Test and Training Range
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1 ABOUT THIS PLAN
2 This installation specific Environmental Management Plan (EMP) utilizes the U.S. Air Force’s (USAF)
3 standardized Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan (INRMP) template. This INRMP has been
4 developed in cooperation with applicable stakeholders, which may include Sikes Act cooperating
5 agencies and/or local equivalents, to document how natural resources will be managed. Non-U.S.
6 territories will comply with applicable Final Governing Standards (FGS). Where applicable, external
7 resources, including Air Force Instructions (AFIs); USAF Playbooks; federal, state, local, FGS, biological
8 opinion (BO) and permit requirements, are referenced.
9 Certain sections of this INRMP begin with standardized, USAF wide “common text” language that
10 address USAF and Department of Defense (DoD) policy and federal requirements. This common text
11 language is restricted from editing to ensure that it remains standard throughout all plans. Immediately
12 following the USAF wide common text sections are installation sections. The installation sections contain
13 installation specific content to address local and/or installation specific requirements. Installation sections
14 are unrestricted and are maintained and updated by USAF environmental Installation Support Teams
15 (ISTs) and/or installation personnel.
16 NOTE: The terms ‘Natural Resources Manager’, ‘NRM’ and ‘NRM/POC’ are used throughout this
17 document to refer to the installation person responsible for the natural resources program, regardless of
18 whether this person meets the qualifications within the definition of a natural resources management
19 professional in DoDI 4715.03.
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1 TABLE OF CONTENTS
2 LIST OF TABLES ....................................................................................................................................... 6
3 LIST OF FIGURES ..................................................................................................................................... 7
4 CHAPTER 1 OVERVIEW AND SCOPE ........................................................................................... 15
5 1.1 Purpose and Scope ......................................................................................................... 15
6 1.2 Management Philosophy ............................................................................................... 16
7 1.3 Authority ......................................................................................................................... 17
8 1.4 Integration with Other Plans ........................................................................................ 21
9 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION PROFILE ........................................................................................ 24
10 2.1 Installation Overview..................................................................................................... 24
11 2.1.1 Location and Area ...................................................................................................................... 24
12 2.1.2 Installation History .................................................................................................................... 28
13 2.1.3 Military Missions ....................................................................................................................... 29
14 2.1.4 Surrounding Communities ......................................................................................................... 34
15 2.1.5 Local and Regional Natural Areas ............................................................................................. 34
16 2.2 Physical Environment .................................................................................................... 35
17 2.2.1 Climate ....................................................................................................................................... 35
18 2.2.2 Landforms .................................................................................................................................. 41
19 2.2.3 Geology and Soils ...................................................................................................................... 43
20 2.2.4 Hydrology .................................................................................................................................. 44
21 2.3 Ecosystems and the Biotic Environment...................................................................... 50
22 2.3.1 Ecosystem Classification ........................................................................................................... 50
23 2.3.2 Vegetation .................................................................................................................................. 57
24 2.3.3 Fish and Wildlife ....................................................................................................................... 74
25 2.3.4 Threatened and Endangered Species and Species of Concern ................................................ 106
26 2.3.5 Wetlands and Floodplains ........................................................................................................ 132
27 2.3.6 Land Use .................................................................................................................................. 136
28 2.3.7 Current Major Impacts ............................................................................................................. 137
29 2.3.8 Potential Future Impacts .......................................................................................................... 141
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1 2.3.9 Natural Resources Needed to Support the Military Mission ................................................... 143
2 2.3.10 Installation Restoration Program (IRP) Sites ................................................................. 143
3 3 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ........................................................................ 144
4 4 GENERAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES .......................................................................... 145
5 4.3 Responsibilities of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) .................................. 145
6 4.4 Responsibilities of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) ............. 146
7 4.5 Responsibilities of the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) ........................... 147
8 5 TRAINING ........................................................................................................................................ 151
9 6 RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING ...................................................................................... 152
10 6.3 Recordkeeping .............................................................................................................. 152
11 6.4 Reporting ...................................................................................................................... 152
12 7 NATURAL RESOURCES PROGRAM MANAGEMENT .......................................................... 153
13 7.3 Outdoor Recreation and Public Access to Natural Resources................................. 153
14 7.4 Fish and Wildlife Management................................................................................... 153
15 7.4.1 Hunting Programs .................................................................................................................... 153
16 7.5 Conservation Law Enforcement ................................................................................. 154
17 7.5.1 State and Federal Jurisdiction of Fish and Wildlife ................................................................. 154
18 7.5.2 Nellis Air Force Base, Creech Air Force Base, and Nevada Test and Training Range
19 Enforcement Program Overview ............................................................................................. 154
20 7.5.3 Management of Threatened and Endangered Species, Species of Concern and Habitats ....... 154
21 7.5.4 Current Species Status ............................................................................................................. 154
22 7.5.5 Ongoing Threatened and Endangered Monitoring Programs .................................................. 155
23 7.5.6 Current consultations under the Endangered Species Act Section 7 ....................................... 155
24 7.5.7 Current Biological Opinions for Threatened and Endangered Species; Terms and
25 Conditions. Programmatic Biological Opinion for South Range, Nevada Test and
26 Training Range ........................................................................................................................ 157
27 7.5.8 Relationship of Any On-Installation Habitats of Concern with Similar Local and
28 Regional Critical Habitat. ........................................................................................................ 158
29 7.4.2 Health of existing on-installation habitats of concern. ............................................................ 161
30 7.5 Water Resource Protection ......................................................................................... 161
31 7.5.1 Surface Water .......................................................................................................................... 161
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1 7.5.2 Groundwater ............................................................................................................................ 162
2 7.6 Wetland Protection ...................................................................................................... 163
3 7.6.1 Ongoing Impacts ...................................................................................................................... 163
4 7.6.2 Impact Prevention .................................................................................................................... 164
5 7.7 Grounds Maintenance ................................................................................................. 164
6 7.8 Forest Management ..................................................................................................... 165
7 7.9 Wildland Fire Management ........................................................................................ 165
8 7.10 Agricultural Outleasing ............................................................................................... 167
9 7.11 1ntegrated Pest Management Program ..................................................................... 167
10 7.12 Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard......................................................................... 170
11 7.13 Coastal Zone and Marine Resources Management .................................................. 170
12 7.14 Cultural Resources Protection .................................................................................... 171
13 7.15 Public Outreach ........................................................................................................... 171
14 7.16 Geographic Information Systems ............................................................................... 171
15 7.16.1 Geographic Information Systems Data Standards ......................................................... 171
16 8 MANAGEMENT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES............................................................................ 172
17 9 INRMP IMPLEMENTATION, UPDATE, AND REVISION PROCESS ................................... 176
18 9.1 Natural Resources Management Staffing and Implementation .............................. 176
19 9.1.1 Implementation ........................................................................................................................ 176
20 9.1.2 Natural Resources Management Staffing ................................................................................ 177
21 9.1.3 The Integrated Natural Resource Management Plan ............................................................... 178
22 9.2 Monitoring INRMP Implementation ......................................................................... 179
23 9.3 Annual Integrated Natural Resources Mangement Plan Review and Update
24 Requirements................................................................................................................ 179
25 10 ANNUAL WORK PLANS ............................................................................................................... 180
26 11 REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................. 233
27 11.1 Standard References (Applicable to all USAF installations) ................................... 233
28 11.2 Installation References ................................................................................................ 233
29 12 ACRONYMS ..................................................................................................................................... 244
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1 12.1 Standard Acronyms (Applicable to all USAF installations) .................................... 244
2 12.2 Installation Acronyms ................................................................................................. 244
3 13 DEFINITIONS .................................................................................................................................. 250
4 13.1 Standard Definitions (Applicable to all AF installations) ........................................ 250
5 13.2 Installation Definitions ................................................................................................ 250
6 14 APPENDICES ................................................................................................................................... 251
7 14.1 Appendix A: Annotated Summary of Key Legislation Related to Design
8 and Implementation of the INRMP............................................................................ 251
9 14.2 Appendix B: Fauna of NAFB, CAFB, and the NTTR .............................................. 259
10 14.3 Appendix C: Complete Floristics List for NAFB and the NTTR Compiled
11 from the NNRP Geodatabase ...................................................................................... 270
12 14.4 Appendix D: Current and Historic Seeps and Springs on NAFB, CAFB,
13 and the NTTR ............................................................................................................... 318
14 15 Associated Plans ................................................................................................................................ 330
15 Tab 1 – Wildland Fire Management Plan ......................................................................................... 330
16 Tab 2 – Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) Plan ........................................................... 330
17 Tab 3 – Golf Environmental Management (GEM) Plan .................................................................. 330
18 Tab 4 – Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP) ............................................ 330
19 Tab 5 – Integrated Pest Management Plan (IPMP) ......................................................................... 330
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21 LIST OF TABLES
22 TABLE 1-1: NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY DOCUMENTS AND TOPICS. ........................................................................ 18
23 TABLE 2-1: TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION DATA RECORDED AT DESERT GAME RANGE, NEVADA, 1940-2016. .................................. 36
24 TABLE 2-2: TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION DATA RECORDED AT GOLDFIELD, NEVADA, 1906-2010. ................................................. 37
25 TABLE 2-3: TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION DATA RECORDED AT LAS VEGAS MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, NEVADA, 1948-2016.
26 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 41
27 TABLE 2-4: VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION MAPPING PROGRESS (2011-2017) ON NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, CREECH AIR FORCE BASE AND THE
28 NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE. ................................................................................................................................... 51
29 TABLE 2-5: LANDSCAPE PLANT SPECIES OCCURRING WITHIN IMPROVED GROUNDS ON NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE AS RECORDED FROM THE 2013
30 URBAN FOREST INVENTORY AND 2007 GOLF COURSE TREE SURVEY........................................................................................... 73
31 TABLE 2-6: HERPETOFAUNA OBSERVED ON NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, AND THE NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE,
32 2005-2016. ................................................................................................................................................................... 75
33 TABLE 2-7: FUR BEARERS AND GAME MAMMALS DOCUMENTED ON THE NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE. ........................................... 87
34 TABLE 2-12: MILITARY ACTIVITIES ON THE NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT NATURAL RESOURCES. .... 140
35 TABLE 4-1: GENERAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES......................................................................................................................... 147
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1 TABLE 7-1: ANIMALS THAT HAVE A POTENTIAL OF BECOMING A NUISANCE ON NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, AND THE
2 NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE. ................................................................................................................................. 168
3 TABLE 7-2: CURRENT AND PAST PROJECTS SUPPORTING INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT GOALS. ........................................................... 169
4 TABLE 10-1: FY 2018 ANNUAL WORK PLAN................................................................................................................................ 181
5 TABLE 10-2: FY 2019 ANNUAL WORK PLAN................................................................................................................................ 194
6 TABLE 10-3: FY 2020 ANNUAL WORK PLAN................................................................................................................................ 207
7 TABLE 10-4: FY 2021 ANNUAL WORK PLAN................................................................................................................................ 220
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9 LIST OF FIGURES
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11 FIGURE 2.1: LOCATION OF NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, AND THE NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE WITH RESPECT TO
12 THE GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT ECOREGIONS. ............................................................................................................ 25
13 FIGURE 2.2: INSTALLATION MAP SHOWING THE LAYOUT OF NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE AND THE SMALL ARMS RANGE. .................................... 26
14 FIGURE 2.3: MAP OF NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, AND THE NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE BOUNDARIES AND
15 EXTENT. ........................................................................................................................................................................... 27
16 FIGURE 2.4: ORGANIZATIONAL CHART FOR NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, AND THE NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE. 33
17 FIGURE 2.5: AVERAGE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION IN THE AREA SURROUNDING NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, AND THE NEVADA
18 TEST AND TRAINING RANGE. ............................................................................................................................................... 38
19 FIGURE 2.6: AVERAGE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE EACH YEAR ACROSS NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, AND THE NEVADA TEST
20 AND TRAINING RANGE. ....................................................................................................................................................... 39
21 FIGURE 2.7: AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE EACH YEAR ACROSS NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, AND THE NEVADA TEST
22 AND TRAINING RANGE. ....................................................................................................................................................... 40
23 FIGURE 2.8: WATERSHEDS ON THE NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE. ............................................................................................ 47
24 FIGURE 2.9: WATER SOURCES ON THE NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE. ........................................................................................ 48
25 FIGURE 2.10: SAGEBRUSH-JUNIPER PLANT COMMUNITY, NORTH RANGE. ............................................................................................ 51
26 FIGURE 2.11: CURRENT STATE OF VEGETATION MAPPING PROGRESS ON THE NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE BASED ON RECORDS UP TO
27 2017. ............................................................................................................................................................................. 54
28 FIGURE 2.12: NEVADA KEY HABITATS ON THE NORTH RANGE. ........................................................................................................... 55
29 FIGURE 2.13: NEVADA KEY HABITATS ON THE SOUTH RANGE. ........................................................................................................... 56
30 FIGURE 2.14: TYPICAL CREOSOTE BUSH HABITAT AROUND NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE. ............................................................................... 57
31 FIGURE 2.15: OPUNTIA ENGELMANNII BLOOMING. NAFB PHOTO LIBRARY. ......................................................................................... 58
32 FIGURE 2.16: CORYPHANTHA VIVIPARA BLOOMING. ......................................................................................................................... 59
33 FIGURE 2.17: LAS VEGAS BEARPOPPY (ARCTOMECON CALIFORNICA). .................................................................................................. 60
34 FIGURE 2.18: LAS VEGAS BUCKWHEAT (ERIOGONUM CORYMBOSUM VAR. NILESII)................................................................................. 60
35 FIGURE 2.19: NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE VEGETATION SURVEY LOCATIONS 2002 – 2016. ......................................................................... 61
36 FIGURE 2.20: PLANT COMMUNITY NEAR SEEP/SPRING. ..................................................................................................................... 62
37 FIGURE 2.21: ROCK OUTCROP PLANT COMMUNITY WITH LICHEN. ....................................................................................................... 63
38 FIGURE 2.22: IVC-CLASSIFIED, ALLIANCE-LEVEL POLYGONS FOR RANGES 71N AND 71S ON THE NORTH RANGE. ........................................ 64
39 FIGURE 2.23: NDOW KEY HABITAT-LEVEL COMMUNITY POLYGONS FOR RANGE EC WEST ON THE NORTH RANGE. ..................................... 65
40 FIGURE 2.24: IVC-CLASSIFIED, ALLIANCE-LEVEL POLYGONS FOR RANGE EC SOUTH ON THE NORTH RANGE. ................................................ 66
41 FIGURE 2.25: ECHINOMASTUS JOHNSONII IN BLOOM IN THE MOJAVE DESERT. ...................................................................................... 67
42 FIGURE 2.26: IVC-CLASSIFIED, ALLIANCE-LEVEL POLYGONS FOR RANGE 65C ON THE SOUTH RANGE. ........................................................ 69
43 FIGURE 2.27: IVC-CLASSIFIED, ALLIANCE-LEVEL POLYGONS FOR RANGES 64C-F ON THE SOUTH RANGE..................................................... 70
44 FIGURE 2.28: IVC-CLASSIFIED, ALLIANCE-LEVEL POLYGONS FOR RANGE 64B ON THE SOUTH RANGE. ........................................................ 71
45 FIGURE 2.29: PENTSTEMON SP. WITH PERENNIAL GRASSES. ............................................................................................................... 72
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1 FIGURE 2.30: SPOTTED LEAF NOSED SNAKE ON NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE. .............................................................................................. 76
2 FIGURE 2.31: GREAT BASIN SPADE-FOOT TOADS IN AMPLEXUS AT BREEN CREEK. .................................................................................. 76
3 FIGURE 2.32: PANAMINT RATTLESNAKE ON THE NORTH RANGE. ........................................................................................................ 77
4 FIGURE 2.33: NON-VENOMOUS SNAKE OBSERVATIONS ON THE NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE 2005-2016. .................................... 78
5 FIGURE 2.34: VENOMOUS SNAKE OBSERVATIONS ON THE NEVADA TEST TRAINING RANGE 2005-2016. .................................................. 79
6 FIGURE 2.35: NON-VENOMOUS SNAKE OBSERVATIONS ON NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE AND THE SMALL ARMS RANGE 2005-2016. .................. 80
7 FIGURE 2.36: VENOMOUS SNAKE OBSERVATIONS ON NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE AND THE SMALL ARM RANGE 2005-2016. ........................... 81
8 FIGURE 2.37: COLLARED AND LEOPARD LIZARD OBSERVATIONS ON NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE 2005-2016................................................... 82
9 FIGURE 2.38: COLLARED AND LEOPARD LIZARD OBSERVATIONS ON THE NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE 2005-2016. .......................... 83
10 FIGURE 2.39: YELLOW WARBLER IN TAMARISK ON NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE. .......................................................................................... 84
11 FIGURE 2.40: BLUE WINGED TEAL OVER PLAYA ON THE NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE. .................................................................. 85
12 FIGURE 2.41: TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE AT SPRING ON THE NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE. .............................................................. 85
13 FIGURE 2.42: WESTERN TANAGER IN JOSHUA TREE ON THE NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE............................................................. 86
14 FIGURE 2.43: SMALL MAMMAL TRAPPING LOCATIONS ON NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE 2005-2016. ............................................................. 88
15 FIGURE 2.44: SMALL MAMMAL TRAPPING LOCATIONS ON CREECH AIR FORCE BASE AND THE NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE 2003-2016.
16 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 89
17 FIGURE 2.45: TOWNSEND'S BIG EARED BAT. ................................................................................................................................... 90
18 FIGURE 2.46: PALLID BAT CAPTURED ON THE NORTH RANGE. ............................................................................................................ 90
19 FIGURE 2.47: BAT ACOUSTIC MONITORING SITES ON THE NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE FROM 2009 TO 2016. ................................ 93
20 FIGURE 2.48: BAT MIST NETTING SITES ON THE NORTH RANGE 2008-2016. ....................................................................................... 94
21 FIGURE 2.49: BAT ACOUSTIC MONITORING AND MIST NETTING SITES ON NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE 2008-2016. .......................................... 95
22 FIGURE 2.50: MULE DEER ON THE NORTH RANGE. .......................................................................................................................... 96
23 FIGURE 2.51: MULE DEER OBSERVATIONS ON THE NORTH RANGE 2005 – 2016. ................................................................................. 97
24 FIGURE 2.52: WATER SOURCES AND TRAIL CAMERAS ON THE NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE. ......................................................... 98
25 FIGURE 2.53: PRONGHORN ON THE NORTH RANGE. ........................................................................................................................ 99
26 FIGURE 2.54: PRONGHORN OBSERVATIONS ON THE NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE 2005 – 2015. ............................................... 100
27 FIGURE 2.55: DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP EWE AND LAMB ON THE SOUTH RANGE. .................................................................................. 101
28 FIGURE 2.56: MOUNTAIN LION AT JEROME SPRING ON THE NORTH RANGE. NAFB PHOTO LIBRARY. ...................................................... 102
29 FIGURE 2.57: DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP OBSERVATIONS ON THE NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE 1978 – 2016. ................................. 103
30 FIGURE 2.58: WILD HORSES ON THE NORTH RANGE....................................................................................................................... 104
31 FIGURE 2.59: WILD HORSE AND BURRO OBSERVATIONS ON THE NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE 2000 – 2016. ............................... 105
32 FIGURE 2.60: MOJAVE DESERT TORTOISE ON NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE AREA II. ................................................................................... 109
33 FIGURE 2.61: GILA MONSTER IN APEX HILLS. ................................................................................................................................ 110
34 FIGURE 2.62: SONORAN MOUNTAIN KINGSNAKE, YAVAPAI CO., ARIZONA. PHOTO: THEHIBBITS.NET. ...................................................... 111
35 FIGURE 2.63: GOLDEN EAGLE ON NEST WITH CHICKS, NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE................................................................... 114
36 FIGURE 2.64: ACTIVE GOLDEN EAGLE NEST LOCATIONS AND PREY BASE SURVEY ROUTES ON THE NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE, 2011-
37 2016. ........................................................................................................................................................................... 115
38 FIGURE 2.65: BURROWING OWL ADULT AND CHICKS AT NEST. .......................................................................................................... 116
39 FIGURE 2.66: BURROWING OWL BURROW LOCATIONS ON NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, 2010-2016. .......................................................... 117
40 FIGURE 2.67: GREATER SAGE GROUSE. ........................................................................................................................................ 118
41 FIGURE 2.68: PEREGRINE FALCON WITH EGGS IN CLIFF NEST, THE NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE. .................................................. 118
42 FIGURE 2.69: PINYON JAY. ........................................................................................................................................................ 119
43 FIGURE 2.70: LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE. ............................................................................................................................................ 120
44 FIGURE 2.71: PHAINOPEPLA. ..................................................................................................................................................... 120
45 FIGURE 2.72: SPECIAL STATUS BIRD SPECIES ON NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, 2007-2016. ........................................................................ 121
46 FIGURE 2.73: SPECIAL STATUS BIRD SPECIES ON THE NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE, 2007-2016. ................................................ 122
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1 FIGURE 2.74: PALE KANGAROO MOUSE. ...................................................................................................................................... 123
2 FIGURE 2.75: LOCATIONS OF SPECIAL STATUS SMALL MAMMAL SPECIES CAPTURES ON THE NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE, 2003-2016.
3 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 124
4 FIGURE 2.76: LONG-EARED BAT CAPTURED ON THE NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE. .................................................................... 125
5 FIGURE 2.77: LOCATIONS OF SENSITIVE LONG-EARED VESPERTILIONIDS DETECTED BY CAPTURES AND ACOUSTIC MONITORING ON THE NORTH
6 RANGE. ......................................................................................................................................................................... 127
7 FIGURE 2.78: LOCATIONS OF SENSITIVE PHYLLOSTOMIDS AND MOLOSSIDS DETECTED BY CAPTURES AND ACOUSTIC MONITORING ON THE NORTH
8 RANGE. ......................................................................................................................................................................... 128
9 FIGURE 2.79: MIST NET AND ACOUSTIC MONITORING RESULTS OF SENSITIVE BAT SPECIES ON NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE. ............................... 129
10 FIGURE 2.80: LOCATIONS OF SENSITIVE TREE BAT SPECIES DETECTED BY CAPTURES AND ACOUSTIC MONITORING ON THE NORTH RANGE, 2009-
11 2014. ........................................................................................................................................................................... 130
12 FIGURE 2.81: LOCATIONS OF WESTERN VESPERTILIONIDS DETECTED BY CAPTURES AND ACOUSTIC AONITORING ON THE NEVADA TEST AND
13 TRAINING RANGE. ........................................................................................................................................................... 131
14 FIGURE 2.82: WATER SOURCES ON THE NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE..................................................................................... 135
15 FIGURE 7.1: MOJAVE DESERT TORTOISE SIGHTINGS AND BURROWS ON NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE. ............................................................ 156
16 FIGURE 7.2: AREAS SURVEYED FOR MOJAVE DESERT TORTOISE ON THE SOUTH RANGE. UNSURVEYED POTENTIAL HABITAT INCLUDES AREAS THAT
17 ARE INACCESSIBLE DUE TO HAZARDS AND SECURITY RESTRICTIONS. ............................................................................................ 159
18 FIGURE 7.3: LIVE MOJAVE DESERT TORTOISE SIGHTINGS BY YEAR ON THE SOUTH RANGE. INCIDENTAL OBSERVATIONS ARE TORTOISE
19 OBSERVATIONS THAT DID NOT OCCUR DURING MOJAVE DESERT TORTOISE SURVEYS. THERE WERE NO LIVE MOJAVE DESERT TORTOISE
20 OBSERVATIONS DURING 2013-2014 SURVEYS. ..................................................................................................................... 160
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1 DOCUMENT CONTROL
2 Record of Review – This INRMP is to be revised annually. It may be updated or revised more often if
3 changes occur to natural resource management and conservation practices, including those driven by
4 changes in applicable regulations. In accordance with (IAW) the Sikes Act and AFI 32-7064, Natural
5 Resources Management, the INRMP is required to be reviewed for operation and effect not less than
6 every five years. Annual reviews and revisions are accomplished by the base Natural Resources Manager
7 (NRM), and/or an Installation Support Team Natural Resources Media Manager. The installation shall
8 establish and maintain regular communications with the appropriate federal and state agencies. At a
9 minimum, the installation NRM (with assistance as appropriate from the NR Media Manager) conducts
10 an annual review of the INRMP in coordination with internal stakeholders and local representatives of the
11 United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), state fish and wildlife agency, and National Oceanic
12 and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, where applicable, and accomplishes pertinent
13 revisions. Installations will document the findings of the annual review in an Annual INRMP Review
14 Summary. By signature to the Annual INRMP Review Summary, the collaborating agency representative
15 asserts concurrence with the findings. Any agreed revisions are then made to the document, at a minimum
16 revising work plans.
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