Granite Property Preble’s Meadow Jumping Mouse Surveys, Boulder, Colorado

Preble’s meadow jumping mice (PMJM) are rare rodents found along creeks and waterways from southeastern Wyoming to Colorado Springs. In Colorado, PMJM are found in densely vegetation riparian corridors and wetlands along the Front Range. The biggest threat to populations is habitat conversion and alteration. Habitat regeneration and rehabilitation can return impacted riparian systems to healthier, densely-vegetation PMJM habitat. In 2018, CDOT completed the construction of a habitat restoration project intended to mitigate impacts to the existing South Boulder Creek PMJM population located in the footprint of the US 36 Managed Lane Project. The mitigation involved habitat creation and restoration at an 18-acre site known as the Granite Property in south Boulder, which is located adjacent to a known PMJM population along South Boulder Creek. This preliminary project involves a presence/absence trapping effort within the boundaries of the Granite property to provide a baseline for comparison with future data collection. Subsequent years of 2018, 2020, and 2022 (years 3, 5, 7 post-restoration) will involve a trapping effort with attempts to understand PMJM habitat use in the area. This project hopes to illustrate: Whether PMJM are utilizing the site (prior to mature riparian vegetative growth); How PMJM are utilizing the site (prior to mature riparian vegetative growth); Has the extensive habitat restoration successfully expanded the habitat of the known adjacent PMJM population; and Does the density or maturity of a riparian shrub community influence PMJM use?

• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76726
• Corporate Authors:

  Colorado State University, Fort Collins

  Colorado Natural Heritage Program
  Fort Collins, CO  United States  80523

  Colorado Department of Transportation

  2829 W. Howard Place
  Denver, CO  United States  80204

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Schorr, Robert
• Publication Date: 2023-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: FINAL
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 25p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Environmental protection; Habitat; Rodents; Vegetation; Wetlands
• Identifier Terms: Colorado Department of Transportation
• Geographic Terms: Boulder (Colorado)
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01928961
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: CDOT-2023-18
• Contract Numbers: Study No: 117.01
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 27 2024 4:08PM