Kentucky Wildlife Action Plan - Table of Contents

Kentucky Wildlife Action Plan

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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FOREWARD

1.0 VOLUME I: PREFACE

1.1.. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

1.1.1 How to use this Document

1.1.2 Purpose and Need

1.1.3 Guide to the 8-Elements

1.1.4 Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources

1.2.. OVERVIEW OF KENTUCKY

1.2.1 Land Ownership, Human Population, and Economics

1.2.2 Physiography

1.2.3 Climate

1.2.4 Habitats, Vegetation, and Natural Communities

1.2.5 Kentucky’s Ecoregions

1.2.6 Kentucky’s Watersheds

1.3.. PLANNING

1.4.. COORDINATION

1.5.. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

1.5.1 Public Participation Prior to CWCS Planning Process

1.5.2 Public Participation During the CWCS Planning Process

1.6.. IMPLEMENTATION

1.7 LITERATURE CITED

2.0 VOLUME II: DISTRIBUTION and ABUNDANCE OF WILDLIFE: SPECIES ACCOUNTS

2.1 INTRODUCTION

2.1.1 Species Selection Process

2.1.2 Sources of Information

2.1.3 How to use the Species Accounts

2.2 AQUATIC SPECIES ACCOUNTS

2.2.1 Fishes and Lampreys (Class Actinopterygii and Cephalaspidomorphi)

Overview

2.2.2 Fishes and Lampreys (Class Actinopterygii and Cephalaspidomorphi)

Species Accounts

2.2.3 Mussels (Class Bivalvia) Overview

2.2.4 Mussels (Class Bivalvia) Species Accounts

2.3 TERRESTRIAL SPECIES ACCOUNTS

2.3.1 Amphibians (Class Amphibia) Overview

2.3.2 Amphibians (Class Amphibia) Species Accounts

2.3.3 Birds (Class Aves) Overview

2.3.4 Birds (Class Aves) Species Accounts

2.3.5 Mammals (Class Mammalia) Overview

2.3.6 Mammals (Class Mammalia) Species Accounts

2.3.7 Reptiles (Class Reptilia) Overview

2.3.8 Reptiles (Class Reptilia) Species Accounts

2.4 LITERATURE CITED

3.0 VOLUME III: CONSERVATION ISSUES & ACTIONS, GUILDS, and PERFORMANCE MEASURES

3.1 INTRODUCTION

3.2 CONSERVATION ISSUES AND ACTIONS

3.3 HABITAT GUILDS

3.3.1 Aquatic Guilds

3.3.2 Terrestrial Guilds

3.4 MONITORING AND ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT

3.5 LITERATURE CITED

4.0 VOLUME IV: PRIORITY AREAS

4.1 INTRODUCTION

4.2 PRIORITY CONSERVATION AREA METHODS AND DATA SOURCES

4.3 AQUATIC CONSERVATION AREAS

4.3.1 Mussel (Class Bivalvia) Conservation Areas

4.3.2 Fish (Class Actinopterygii) and Lamprey (Class Cephalaspidomorphi) Conservation Areas

4.3.3 Combined Aquatic Conservation Areas

4.4 TERRESTRIAL CONSERVATION AREAS

4.4.1 Amphibian (Class Amphibia) Conservation Areas

4.4.2 Bird (Class Aves) Conservation Areas

4.4.3 Mammal (Class Mammalia) Conservation Areas

4.4.4 Reptile (Class Reptilia) Conservation Areas

4.4.5 Combined Terrestrial Areas

4.5 COMBINED TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC PRIORITY CONSERVATION AREAS

4.6 LITERATURE CITED

LIST OF APPENDICES

Key: T = Table, F = Figure, M = Map

Volume I Appendices

1.1 Kentucky's Species of Greatest Conservation Need and their statuses. (T)

1.2 Kentucky County Map (M)

1.3 Kentucky Public Lands (M)

1.4 Ownership of Kentucky's public land. (T)

1.5 Population density and change in Kentucky (M)

1.6 Physiographic regions of Kentucky (M)

1.7 Description of the physiographic regions of Kentucky (T)

1.8 Kentucky then and now (M)

1.9 Level III Ecoregions (M)

1.10 Level IV Ecoregions (M)

1.11 Description of Level III and Level IV Ecoregions of Kentucky (T)

1.12 HUC 8-digit watersheds (M)

1.13 Species experts solicited for comments on Kentucky's CWCS (T)

Volume II Appendices

2.1 Count of Kentucky's species by taxonomic class (T)

2.2 Count of Kentucky's Species of Greatest Conservation Need by

taxonomic class and Heritage status (T)

2.3 Count of Kentucky's Species of Greatest Conservation Need by

taxonomic class and simplified global rank (T)

2.4 Count of Kentucky's Species of Greatest Conservation Need by

taxonomic class and Federal status (T)

2.5 Count of Kentucky's Species of Greatest Conservation Need by

taxonomic class and simplified state rank (T)

2.6 Count of observations (1984 or later) for Kentucky's Species of Greatest

Conservation Need by data source. (T)

2.7 Count by taxonomic class of Kentucky’s Species of Greatest Conservation

Need observations dated 1984 or later (T)

2.8 Number of mussel species by state (F)

2.9 Life cycle of the round hickorynut, Obovaria subrotunda (F)

2.10 Status of Kentucky’s 103 species of freshwater mussels (F)

2.11 Kentucky’s major river systems and relative numbers of mussels

per drainage (F)

2.12 Bird Conservation Regions in Kentucky (M)

2.13 Explanation of fields used in species accounts (F)

2.14 Legend for species occurrence maps (F)

Volume III Appendices

3.1 Kentucky’s 79 conservation issues and associated actions (T)

3.2 Kentucky’s priority research and survey needs by

taxonomic class (T)

3.3 Kentucky’s Comprehensive Wildlife Comprehensive Conservation

Strategy conservation actions (T)

3.4 Kentucky’s prioritized taxa-specific conservation actions (T)

3.5 Kentucky’s Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy

habitat guilds (T)

3.6 Kentucky’s aquatic habitat guild descriptions and prioritized

conservation actions (T)

3.7 Objectives, conservation actions and performance measures for

Kentucky’s aquatic Species of Greatest Conservation Need (T)

3.8 Kentucky’s terrestrial habitat guild descriptions, prioritized conservation

actions, objectives, and performance measures (T)

3.9 Kentucky’s Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy

priority monitoring needs by taxonomic class (T)

3.10 Evaluating the effectiveness of Kentucky’s Comprehensive

Wildlife Conservation Strategy (T)

Volume IV Appendices

4.1 Conservation Area Selection Process (F)

4.2 Mussel Species of Greatest Conservation Need richness by 8-digit

watersheds (M)

4.3 Mussel Species of Greatest Conservation Need richness by 14-digit

watersheds (M)

4.4 Mussel Conservation Areas (M)

4.5 Mussel Species of Greatest Conservation Need found in

nine 8-digit Conservation Areas (T)

4.6 Fish & Lamprey Species of Greatest Conservation Need richness by

8-digit watersheds (M)

4.7 Fish & Lamprey Species of Greatest Conservation Need richness by

14-digit watersheds (M)

4.8 Fish & Lamprey Conservation Areas (M)

4.9 Fish and Lamprey Species of Greatest Conservation Need

found in 8-digit Conservation Areas (T)

4.10 Overlapping conservation areas for fishes, lampreys, & mussels (M)

4.11 Aquatic Conservation Areas (M)

4.12 Amphibian Species of Greatest Conservation Need richness by

Level IV Ecoregions (M)

4.13 Amphibian Conservation Areas (M)

4.14 Count of Species of Greatest Conservation Need by taxonomic class

conservation area (T)

4.15 Bird Species of Greatest Conservation Need richness by Level IV

Ecoregions (M)

4.16 Kentucky's bird Species of Greatest Conservation Need by

habitat association (T)

4.17 Bird Conservation Areas (Forestland) (M)

4.18 Bird Conservation Areas (Grassland) (M)

4.19 Bird Conservation Areas (Wetlands) (M)

4.20 Overlapping Conservation Areas for Grassland, Forestland &

Wetland Birds (M)

4.21 Mammal Species of Greatest Conservation Need richness by Level

IV Ecoregions (M)

4.22 Mammal Conservation Areas (M)

4.23 Reptile Species of Greatest Conservation Need richness by Level

IV Ecoregions (M)

4.24 Reptile Conservation Areas (M)

4.25 Overlapping Conservation Areas for Mammals, Birds, Reptiles

& Amphibians (M)

4.26 Overlapping Conservation Areas for Mussels, Fishes & Lampreys,

Mammals, Birds, Reptiles & Amphibians (M)

4.27 Area by number of overlapping taxonomic specific conservation

areas (T)

4.28 Species list by taxonomic class for Tier I Conservation Areas (T)

4.29 Percent of Kentucky’s Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy

species by taxonomic class in each Tier I Conservation Area (T)

4.30 Total area and public land ownership of the Tier I Priority

Conservation Areas

4.31 Mississippi-Ohio Valley Plains Priority Conservation Area (M)

4.32 Interior Low Plateau Karst Priority Conservation Area (M)

4.33 Southwestern Appalachian Priority Conservation Area (M)

4.34 Area (acres) and percent cover of GAP vegetation types for Tier I

Priority Conservation Areas (T)