Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative CMQ #6

The Steering Committee of the Desert LCC has selected six critical management questions (see: http://www.usbr.gov/dlcc/resources/docs/DLCCCMQs.pdf) as their current science priorities. Critical Management Question (CMQ) 6 is: ¿What are the species of amphibians and reptiles that are currently considered not vulnerable but are likely to experience negative changes in their population sizes and/or extents of distribution due to future changes in climate, fire regime and water availability in the Southwestern deserts?¿ This Request for Proposals addresses an aspect of Critical Management Question 6 (as described below). The geographic focus for this project is the US portion of the Desert LCC geography ranging from southern Nevada and southeast California through southern Arizona and New Mexico and east to include the Trans-Pecos region of Texas.