Oil & Natural Gas Projects E&P Technologies - Environmental
Resolving Environmental Barriers To Oil And Gas Production On
Federal Lands Comparing the Effects of Habitat Loss and
Fragmentation from Gas and Oil Exploration and Production
Activities on Vertebrates Differing by Trophic Level and Life
History The project goal is to conduct population modeling for
two vertebrate species to estimate impacts of habitat loss and
fragmentation from gas and oil exploration and production.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA Oak
Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN Utah State
University (USU), Vernal, UT Bureau of Land Management (BLM),
Vernal, UT This project will result in two submitted journal
articles or reports, one led by LLNL, one led by ORNL. These
manuscripts will summarize population modeling results for the
black-tailed prairie dog (LLNL) and greater sage grouse (ORNL)
in northeastern Utah, as potentially impacted by the pattern of
current or planned oil and gas development.