Publications

• Quarterly Environmental Surveillance Reports
• Annual Environmental Surveillance Reports
• ESER Newsletters
• Special Reports

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Quarterly Environmental Surveillance Reports

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Annual Environmental Surveillance Reports

• 2006 Annual Site Environmental Report

• 2005 Annual Site Environmental Report

• 2004 Annual Site Environmental Report

  • Summary Report - Students from District 91 (Idaho Falls) created the text and graphics for this report under the direction of the ESER Program.

• 2003 Annual Site Environmental Report

  • Summary Report - Students from Skyline High School created the text and graphics for this report under the direction of the ESER Program.

• 2002 Annual Site Environmental Report

  • Summary Report - Students from Shelley High School created the text and graphics for this report under the direction of the ESER Program.
• 2001 Annual Site Environmental Report
  • Summary Report - Students from Shelley High School created the text and graphics for this report under the direction of the ESER Program, English teacher Sue Holt and Graphics Design teacher Gordon Howard.
• 2000 Annual Site Environmental Report
  • Summary Report - Students from Shelley High School created the text and graphics for this report under the direction of the ESER Program, English teacher Sue Holt and Graphics Design teacher Gordon Howard.
• 1999 Annual Site Environmental Report
  • Summary Report
• 1998 Annual Site Environmental Report
• 1997 Annual Site Environmental Report

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Newletters
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• January 2008 Newsletter - Sensitive Animal Species Inventory on the INL
  Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystem Reserve / Idaho Falls RadNet Monitoring Station
  • An Animal of the High Desert - Pygmy Rabbit
• September 2007 Newsletter - Educational Outreach through the ESER Program
  • An Animal of the High Desert - Swainson Hawk
• June 2007 Newsletter - Ants of the Idaho National Laboratory / Desert Species
  • An Animal of the High Desert - Bobcat
• January 2007 Newsletter - Western Burrowing Owls / Burrowing Owls on the INL / Results of 2006 Burrowing Owl Survey
  • An Animal of the High Desert - Long-tailed Weasel
• August 2006 Newsletter - Sagebrush Demography Study / Long-term Vegetation Study / War on Weeds Summer Internships / Rocky Mountain Adventure Science Camp and Teacher's Workshops /Biodiversity Inventory and Analysis of the INL Developmental Corridor
  • An Animal of the High Desert - Loggerhead Shrike
• February 2006 Newsletter - New ESER contract and team members / 2006 Mid-Winter Raptor Count / 2005 Breeding Bird Survey / Summer 2005 Wildlife Count / Rocky Mountain Adventure Science Camp and Teacher's Workshop / Linking Landscape Disturbance to the Population Ecology of Great Basin Rattlesnakes (Crotalus oreganus lutosus) in the Upper Snake River Plain
  • An Animal of the High Desert - Northern Grasshopper Mouse

• June 2005 Newsletter   -  Mid-Winter Raptor Count / Common Plants of the INL Handbook / Coyote Research Update

  • An Animal of the High Desert - Black-tailed Jackrabbit
• November 2004 - INL Conservation Management Plan / INL Virtual Herbarium / A Comparison of Alternative Methods for the Calculation of Dose to the Maximally Exposed Individual and Population Surrounding the INL
  • An Animal of the High Desert - Pronghorn
• August 2004 - NERP Study:  Linking Landscape Disturbance to Life History Variation Among Western Rattlesnake Populations / NERP Study:  Factors Influencing the Road Mortality of Snakes on the Eastern Snake River Plain / ESER Education:  War on Weeds 2004 Report /  Weed Awareness website / ESER Education:  Rocky Mountain Adventure Summer Science Camp Report
  • An Animal of the High Desert - Great Basin Rattlesnake
• March 2004 - New National Environmental Research Park Study Initiated: Depredation Behavior in Coyotes / Breeding Bird Survey 2003 Results Published / NERP Project Updates November 2003-January 2004 / New Classroom Presentations Available
  • An Animal of the High Desert - Coyote
• December 2003 - Crested Wheatgrass Migration on the INL / Results of INL Monitoring Programs Published in 2002 Annual Environmental Site Report /  2003 Research on the Idaho NERP
  • An Animal of the High Desert - INL's Bats
• June 2003 - Shelley Students Publish 2000 and 2001 INL Annual Site Environmental Report / Pygmy Rabbit Reintroduction Update
  • An Animal of the High Desert - Ord's Kangaroo Rat
• March 2003 - Tin Cup Fire Recovery Project
  • An Animal of the High Desert - Horned Lark
• January 2003 - Pygmy Rabbit Release on the INL
  • An Animal of the High Desert - the Sagebrush Lizard

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Special Reports

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• 2001 Breeding Bird Survey

• 2002 Breeding Bird Survey

• 2003 Breeding Bird Survey- STOLLER-ESER-71

• 2004 Breeding Bird Survey - STOLLER-ESER-82

• 2005 Breeding Bird Survey - STOLLER-ESER-91

• 2006 Breeding Bird Survey - STOLLER-ESER-100

• 2007 Breeding Bird Survey - STOLLER-ESER-111

INEEL Noxious Weeds - Jackie R. Hafla

STOLLER-ESER-109 - Final Quality Assurance Report for the INL Flood Hazard Study - Reducing Uncertainty for Paleohydrological Bounds and 2-D Hydraulic Routing - May 2005

• Appendix A - Minutes for October Peer Review Meeting

• Appendix B - Quality Assurance of Topographic Data

• Appendix C - Peer Review Comments and Resolutions

STOLLER-ESER-108 - Sensitive Animal Species Inventory on the INL Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystem Reserve - Jeremy P. Shive - November 2007

STOLLER-ESER-101 - PCBE Revisited: Long-Term Performance of Alternative Evapotranspiration Caps for Protecting Shallowly Buried Wastes Under Variable Precipitation-(39622 KB) - Brandy C. Janzen, Matthew J. Germino, Jay E. Anderson, Amy D. Forman - February 2007  (Smaller version for download - 2548 KB)

STOLLER-ESER-95  Survey and Review of Potential Impacts to Ecological Resources on the Idaho National Laboratory Due to Construction and Operation of the National and Homeland Security Research and Development Range - R. D. Blew, D. K. Halford, S. J. Vilord, A. D. Forman, J. R. Hafla - June 2006
 

STOLLER-ESER-89  Soil Stabilization and Revegetation at the INEEL:  Recommendations for Improvement - Roger D. Blew, Michael R. Jackson, Amy D. Forman (August 2002)   The Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) has mostly been by revegetation, but has experienced only limited success. This report discusses issues associated with revegetation failures and explores possible remedies.

STOLLER-ESER-87  Survey and Review of Potential Impacts to Ecological Resources on the INL Due to Construction of a Road as Described in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Consolidation of Nuclear Operations Related to Production of Radioisotope Power Systems DOE/EIS-0373D - November 22, 2005

STOLLER-ESER-85  Ecological Review for an Environmental Assessment for the Two Dynamic Tests for Protective Elements and Vehicles Project DOE/EA-1537

STOLLER-ESER-84  Sewage Wastewater Application Ecological Impact Study 2003 - Amy D. Forman, Roger D. Blew, Sue J. Vilord, Jackie R. Hafla

STOLLER-ESER-83  A Survey of Vegetation Recovery on Wildlife Containment Lines and an Ecological Evaluation of Pre-suppression Firebreak Construction on the INEEL - Roger D. Blew, Sue Majors and Amy D. Forman, September 2002

STOLLER-ESER-81  Common Plants of the INL - Although we sincerely hope this guidebook will appeal to a broad audience, it was written for a specific purpose; to aid in plant identification for vegetation projects at the INL. Therefore, several aspects of the format and content of this book were specifically chosen to facilitate vegetation data collection.

STOLLER-ESER-76  A Comparison of Alternative Methods for the Calculation of Dose to the Maximally Exposed Individual and Population Surrounding the INEEL

STOLLER-ESER-73  Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystem Reserve Plant Community Classifications  - Amy D. Forman, Roger D. Blew, Sue J. Vilord, Jackie R. Hafla - May 2003

STOLLER-ESER-72  Sewage Wastewater Application Ecological Impact Study 2002 - Amy D. Forman, Roger D. Blew, Sue J. Vilord, Jackie R. Hafla

STOLLER-ESER-59  Preliminary Sediment Sampling at the Big Lost River Sinks:  Results and Recommendations

STOLLER-ESER-56  PCBE Summary Report (Evapotranspiration Caps for the INEEL: A Summary of Research and Recommendations)

STOLLER-ESER-46  The Protective Cap/Biobarrier Experiment:  A Study of Alternative Evaportranspiration Caps for the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory 

• Cover

• Report

• Figures

  • Pages 1-10

  • Pages 11-20

  • Pages 21-30

  • Pages 31-40

  • Pages 41-50

  • Pages 51-60

  • Pages 61-70

  • Pages 71-81

• Tables

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STOLLER-ESER-40  Waterfowl Uptake of Radionuclides from the TRA Evaporation Ponds and the Potential Dose to Humans Consuming Them

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ESRF-5  Plant Communities, Ethnoecology, and Flora of the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory

• Cover

• Contents, Acknowledgements, Summary, Introduction, Vegetation of the INEL, and Rare Vascular Plants

• INEL Shaded Relief Map

• Ethnoecology of the INEL and Eastern Snake River Plain and Ethnobotany

• Ethnobotany Table

• The Flora of the INEL

• Flora of the INEL (list)

• Literature Cited

• Appendix 1 - INEL Vegetation Studies

• Index

• Appendix 2 - INEL Vegetation Map

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