Agricultural Wildlife Conservation Center

Implementation - Establishment and Management of Habitats

Updated 05/28/2008

(a) Terrestrial habitat

(1) General references:

Printed sources:

• Bookhout, T.A. 1994. Research and management techniques for wildlife and habitats, 5th edition. The Wildlife Management Institute, Washington, D.C., 740 pp, ISBN 0933564-10-4.

• Payne, N.F. 1992. Techniques for wildlife management of wetlands. McGraw-Hill, New York, 549 pp, ISBN 0070489564.

• Payne, N.F., and F.C. Bryant. 1994. Techniques for wildlife management of uplands. McGraw-Hill, New York, 840 pp, ISBN 0070489637.

Specific references:

• Riparian habitats

Riparian Management Systems—A management approach for environmental enhancement of intensively modified agricultural landscapes:

http://www.buffer.forestry.iastate.edu/

Riparian Ecosystem Creation and Restoration: A Literature Summary—Riparian ecosystem information from 92 records (primarily published papers or reports) in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Wetland Creation/Restoration database was used to develop a literature summary of creation and restoration of riparian ecosystems. The summary provides an overview of the status of riparian ecosystems in the United States, a description of several riparian functions, and a review of some techniques used for planning, implementing, monitoring, and measuring project success of riparian ecosystem creation/restoration efforts. Case studies of various riparian ecosystem creation or restoration projects are used to demonstrate these techniques:

http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/literatr/ripareco/ripareco.htm

The National Academies Press. 2002. Riparian areas: functions and strategies for management. Washington, D.C., 428 pp, ISBN0309082951. Downloadable at

http://www.nap.edu/books/0309082951/html/

(3) Technical notes and pamphlets

NRCS sources:

• Establishment of warm-season grasses pamphlet (Indiana):

ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/IN/technical/biology/NATIVEGRASSPAMPHLET98.pdf

• Establishment and Management of Forbs in Grass Plantings (Illinois). Go to Technical Notes in Technical Resources section of NRCS IL Web site:

http://www.il.nrcs.usda.gov

• Buffers for wildlife job sheets for filter strip, riparian forest buffers, windbreaks and shelterbelts, grassed waterways, and field borders (Illinois). Go to Wildlife in the Information On section of NRCS-IL Web site:

http://www.il.nrcs.usda.gov

• Attracting Iowa wildlife—a guide for providing habitat on private lands (Iowa):

http://www.iowadnr.com/wildlife/files/plhabitatguide.html/

• Recommendations for the establishment of vegetation on restored wetlands in the lower Mississippi River Alluvial Valley) based upon recent research and publications:

http://www.wli.nrcs.usda.gov/restoration

Extension publications:

• Assortment of publications on Iowa’s wildlife and natural resources:

http://www.extension.iastate.edu/pubs/wi.htm

• Links to all state extension Web pages:

http://www.ext.colostate.edu/links/linkexte.html

(b) Aquatic habitat

(1) General references in print

• Rehabilitation of Rivers for Fish: A study undertaken by the European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission of FAO. I.G. Cowx and R. L. Welcomme, editors. 1998. ISBN 92-5-104018-4 (FAO), 260 pp.

• Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystems. Science, Technology, and Public Policy. National Research Council. 1992. National Academy Press, 552 pp.

• Streams: their ecology and life. 2001 ISBN 12.050304-09. Academic Press. 366 pp.

(2) Specific references

• Amphibians and reptiles—Center for Amphibian and Reptilian Management and Conservation site provides habitat management guidelines for amphibians and reptiles of the Midwest:

http://herpcenter.ipfw.edu/Outreach/MWHabitatGuide/

(3) Technical notes and pamphlets

NRCS publications:

• Shallow water management job sheet (IN):

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• Using Micro and Macrotopography in Wetland Restoration. Go to Technical Notes in Technical Resources on NRCS-IL Web site:

http://www.il.nrcs.usda.gov

• Trout Management leaflet at:

http://www.whmi.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/leaflet.htm

Extension publications:

• Assortment of publications on Iowa’s wildlife and natural resources:

http://www.extension.iastate.edu/pubs/wi.htm