A RESEARCH COLLABORATION: PICEANCE BASIN WILDLIFE AND HABITAT

STUDIES

A RESEARCH COLLABORATION: PICEANCE BASIN WILDLIFE AND HABITAT

STUDIES

2010 West Slope Colorado Oil & Gas Association Environmental Summit

Cooperative Agreement Objectives

Jointly study

The potential effects of hydrocarbon development and extraction on wildlife and their supporting habitat; and

The most efficient mitigation measures to reduce identified impacts on wildlife and associated habitat.

Agreement began summer 2010 and continues thru Dec. 2014

Key Wildlife Species

Habitat Changes and Restoration

Partnership DevelopmentPartnership Development

Cooperative Agreement Structure

Executive Committee involving a rep from Exxon Mobile, CDOW, and CSU that reviews and recommends Enhanced Studies in the Piceance Basin annually based on criteria as they relate to achieving the Objectives and:

(1) Peer reviewable

(2) Science based

(3) Efficient use of resources deployed

(4) Focus on addressing identified issues

Study Coordinator

CSU is responsible for administering the Enhanced Studies, which involves contracts within CSU and externally as subcontracts to CDOW as well as and responsible for coordinating with

Study Managers of approved studies.

Reporting, Sharing, and Publication of Studies

Each year study managers provide a report that is shared with executive committee

Results can be published after completion of the study with time for review by each party

2010 Enhanced Studies

1)Population Response of Mule Deer to Natural Gas Resource Extraction and Associated Mitigation Approaches

2)Mule Deer Movement Behavior in Response to Natural Gas Resource Extraction

3)Lek-Based Monitoring Of Greater Sage-Grouse Sage Grouse

4)Evaluation Of Fetal And Neonatal Survival Of Mule Deer

Cooperative Agreement Benefits

Wildlife species

CDOW

CSU

Exxon Mobil Corporation and others in the energy industry

Future Needs

Are there ways to more directly have cooperative experiments? e.g., timing and placement of extraction practices?

Current Funding

Energy Industry

CDOW

Future opportunities

Other partnerships with energy companies

Federal agencies: DOE, NSF, FWS (LCC), BLM

Private Foundations