Effects of pinon-juniper woodland thinning on avian communities in the Arkansas River Valley, Colorado

Abstract

Pinon-Juniper woodlands, the third largest vegetation type in the United States, encompass 40 million ha of western North America, and occur in 10 western U.S. States (Tausch and Hood 2007, Romme et al. 2009, West 1984, Laylock 1999). Pinon-Juniper thinning and mastication treatments have been used by public lands managers and private landowners throughout the western United States to mitigate fire risk, reduce encroachment, enhance wildlife and livestock forage production, and improve wildlife habitat. The Bureau of Land Management along with private and public partners have treated approximately 10,000 ha of Pinon-Juniper woodlands in the Royal Gorge Field Office area of Colorado primarily to reduce fire risk.

Parent Publication

• Symposium Proceedings on Piñon-Juniper Habitats: Status and Management for Wildlife - 2016

Citation

Magee, Patrick A.; Coop, Jonathan D. 2020. Effects of pinon-juniper woodland thinning on avian communities in the Arkansas River Valley, Colorado. In: Malcolm, Karl; Dykstra, Brian; Johnson, Kristine; Lightfoot, David; Muldavin, Esteban; Ramsey, Marikay. Symposium Proceedings on Pinon-Juniper Habitats: Status and Management for Wildlife - 2016. Proceedings RMRS-P-77. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 68-71.