KBS Reports Authored by KSNHI staff

Complete List of KBS Reports

Busby, W.H., W.D. Kettle, J.M. Delisle, R. Moranz, S. Roels, and V.B. Salisbury.  2010.  Monitoring and habitat management for species of greatest conservation need: Anderson County Prairie Preserve.  Open-file Report No. 164, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 99 pp.

Kindscher, K., W.H. Busby, R. Craft, J.M. Delisle, C.C. Freeman, H. Kilroy, Q. Long, H. Loring, R. Moranz, and F.J. Norman.  2009.  A natural areas inventory of Anderson and Linn counties in Kansas.  Open-file Report No. 158, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS.  79 pp.

Busby, W.H. and G. Pisani. 2009. Final report: Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation amphibian and reptile inventory, 2007-2009. Open-file Report No. 157, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS.  111 pp.

Kindscher, K., Q. Long, and L. Byczynski. 2008. Mead's milkweed reintroduction plans for Marais de Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge. Open-file Report No. 152, Kansas Biological survey, Lawrence, KS. 12 pp.

Kindscher, K., R. Jennings, W. Norris, and R. Shook. 2008. Birds, reptiles, amphibians, vascular plants, and habitat in the Gila River riparian zone in southwestern New Mexico. Open-file Report No. 151, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 46 pp.

Kindscher, K., F. Norman, and L. Byczynski. 2008. Floristic quality of vegetation at lead and zinc mined lands in Cherokee County, Kansas. Open-file Report No. 149, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 88 pp.

Busby, W.H., J.M. Delisle, C.C. Freeman, K. Kindscher, H. Loring, D.E. Nimz, and C.J. Schmidt. 2007. A natural features inventory of the Smoky Hill ANG Range, Kansas.  Open-file Report No. 137. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 403 pp.

Kindscher, K. 2006. Natural resource inventory and restoration plan for the Black Jack Battlefield Site. Open-File Report No. 129, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 21 pp.

White, S. and K. Kindscher. 2006. Natural resource and open space assessment and planning recommendations for Miami County, Kansas. Open-file Report No. 126, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 30 pp.

Loring, H., K. Kindscher, and J. Delisle. 2005. A survey of natural area sites in Cherokee County, Kansas. Open-File Report No. 125, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 33 pp.

Kindscher, K., W. Busby, J. Delisle, J. Dropkin, and C. Freeman. 2005. A natural areas inventory of Douglas, Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, and Wyandotte Counties in northeast Kansas. Open-File Report No. 124, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 79 pp.

Freeman, C.C. and J.M. Delisle. 2004. Vegetation of the Fort Riley Military Reservation, Kansas. Open-file Report No. 119. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 110 pp.

Freeman, C.C., W.H. Busby, J. Delisle, W.D. Kettle, K. Kindscher, H. Loring, C.A. Morse, and V.B. Salisbury. 2003. A natural areas inventory of the Ft. Leavenworth Military Reservation, Leavenworth County, Kansas. II. Open-file Report No. 117. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 199 pp.

Busby, W.H. 2002.  Distribution and subspecific status of the Tiger Beetle (Cicindela nevadica) in Kansas.  Open-file Report No. 108, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS.  21 pp.

Kettle, W.D., K. Kindscher, and J. Delisle. 2002. Preliminary analysis of historic vegetation along the Marais des Cygnes River (Kansas). Open-file Report No. 106, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 50 pp.

Delisle, J.M. and W.H. Busby. 2001.  Biological inventory for vertebrates at Ft. Larned National Historic Site of the Southern Plains Network. Kansas. Open-file Report No. 103, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 60 pp.

Lauver, C.L., J.M. Delisle, and D. Peterson. 2001. GIS database development of a ground-based statewide vegetation survey. Open-file Report No. 100, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 21 pp.

Delisle, J. and C.C. Freeman. 1999. An updated survey for protected and rare species and exemplary natural areas on the McConnell Air Force Base in Sedgwick County, Kansas. Open-file Report No. 99, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS.

Lauver, C., J. Delisle and A. Stewart. 2000. Update to Kansas' threatened and endangered species GIS databases. Open-file Report No. 98, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS.

Loring, H., K. Kindscher and M. Bullerman. 2000. An inventory of the central mixed-grass prairie ecoregion in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska. Open-file Report No. 97, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence KS. 132 pp.

Busby, W.H. and H. Guarisco. 2000. Survey for the Topeka Shiner, Notropis topeka, and the American Burying Beetle, Nicrophorus americanus, on the Smoky Hill ANG Range in Kansas. Open-file Report No. 95, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 26 pp.

Freeman, C.C. and J. Delisle. 1999. An updated survey for protected and rare species and exemplary natural areas on the McConnell Air Force Base in Sedgwick County, Kansas. Open-file Report No. 94b, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 84 pp.

Lauver, C.L., S.L. Egbert and C.F. Blodgett. 1999. Vegetation mapping and digital database development for Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. Open-file Report No. 93, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 33 pp.

Loring, H., K. Kindscher, T. Aschenbach, and A. Fraser. 1999. A survey of large ranches and prairie remnants in the Flint Hills and Central Tallgrass Prairie Ecoregion of Kansas. Open-file Report No. 88, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 88 pp.

Lauver, C.L. and C.F. Blodgett. 1998. Assessing the accuracy of digital Kansas GAP vegetation map products. Open-file Report No. 87, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 57 pp.

Lauver, C.L. and M.J. Killion. 1998. Kansas GIS database development of the Kansas Natural Heritage Inventory Database. Open-file Report No. 86, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 26 pp.

Freeman, C.C., W.H. Busby, C.L. Lauver, and P.M. Liechti. 1998. A systematic survey for protected and rare species and the identification of riparian natural communities along the Republican River in north-central Kansas. Open-file Report No. 85, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 127 pp.

Lauver, C.L. and M. Killion. 1997. Development of Three GIS Databases Involving Threatened and Endangered Species and a Kansas Stream Classification. Rpt. No. 84. Kansas Biol. Surv., Lawrence, KS.

Kindscher, K.K., M. Mehaffey, E. Pogge and A. Fraser. 1997. Analysis of Kansas Department of Transportation Mitigation Wetlands. Rpt. No. 82. Kansas Biol. Surv., Lawrence, KS. 51 pp

Kindscher, K.K., L. Kahn and A. Fraser. 1997. Identification of Wetland Restoration Sites on the Potawatomi Indian Reservation. Rpt. No. 81. Kansas Biol. Surv., Lawrence, KS. 36 pp

Freeman, C.C., W.H. Busby, C. Lauver, K. Kindscher, J. Elliott and D. Eifler. A Natural Areas Inventory of the Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation, Leavenworth, Kansas. Rpt. No. 77. Kansas Biol. Surv., Lawrence, KS. 282 pp

Freeman, C.C. 1996. A Natural Areas Inventory of the K-10 Corridor: Protected Are Rare Species and Outstanding Natural Communities along KS Highway 10 in Douglas and Johnson Counties, Kansas. Rpt. No. 72. Kansas Biol. Surv., Lawrence, KS. 162 pp.

Kindscher, K., S. Wilson, A. Fraser, and C. Lauver. 1996. Vegetation of Western Kansas Playa Lakes--1993-1995. Rpt. No. 70. Kansas Biol. Surv., Lawrence, KS. 37 pp.

Lauver, C.L., W.H. Busby, K. Kindscher, and J. Whistler. 1996. Identification and Delineation of Loggerhead Shrike Habitat on the Fort Riley Military Reservation. Rpt No. 69. Kansas Biol. Surv., Lawrence, KS. 34 pp.

Lauver, C.L. 1995. Classifying Landsat TM Imagery of Miami County, Kansas to Identify High Quality Grasslands and Rare Species Habitat. Report No. 67. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 35 pp.

Eifler, D.A., W.H. Busby, and C.C. Freeman. 1995. A Survey for Protected and Rare Species and Exemplary Natural Areas on the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant in Labette County, Kansas. Rpt No. 64. Kansas Biol. Surv., Lawrence, KS. 182 pp.

Freeman, C.C. and W.H. Busby. 1994. A Survey for Protected and Rare Species and Exemplary Natural Areas on the McConnell Air Force Base in Sedgwick County, Kansas. Rpt No. 62. Kansas Biol. Surv., Lawrence, KS. 62 pp.

Lauver, C.L. 1994. Analysis of Shortgrass Prairie Habitat Using Integrated Geographic Information System and Landsat Data. Rpt No. 61. Kansas Biol. Surv., Lawrence, KS. 13 pp.

Lauver, C.L. 1994. Natural Community Analysis of Fort Riley Military Reservation. Rpt. No. 59. Kansas Biol. Surv., Lawrence, KS. 31 pp.

Busby, W.H., J.R. Parmelee, C.M. Dwyer, E.D. Hooper, and K.J. Irwin. 1994 A Survey of the Herpetofauna on the Fort Riley Military Reservation, Kansas. Rpt. No. 58 Kansas Biol. Surv., Lawrence, KS. 85 pp.

Freeman, C.C. and W.H. Busby. 1993 A Survey for Endangered and Threatened Species on the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant, Johnson County, Kansas. Rpt. No. 54. Kansas Biol. Surv., Lawrence, KS. 114 pp.

Busby, W.H. and J. Danoff-Burg. 1992. Status Report on Stygobromus clantoni (Creaser), Clanton's Cave Amphipod in Kansas. Rpt. No. 52. Kansas Biol. Surv., Lawrence, KS. 24 pp.

Freeman, C.C. and K. Kindscher. 1992. Endangered and Threatened Species in the Southeast Kansas Corridor: Supporting Documentation for Tasks 4 and 5, Environmental Segments 2, 3, and 5. Rpt. No. 51. Kansas Biol. Surv., Lawrence, KS. 16 pp.

Lauver, C.L. 1989. Preliminary Classification of the Natural Communities of Kansas. Rpt. No. 50. Kansas Biol. Surv., Lawrence, KS. 21 pp.

Ferrington, L.C. Jr., W.H. Busby and M.A. Blackwood. 1991. Status Report on Optioservus phaeus White (Scott Riffle Beetle). Rpt. No. 49. Kansas Biol. Surv., Lawrence, KS. 21 pp.

Freeman, C.C. and S.M. Hall. 1991. Status Survey for Western Prairie Fringed Orchid (Platanthera praeclara Sheviak & Bowles) on the Fort Riley Military Reservation, Kansas. Rpt. No. 48. Kansas Biol. Surv., Lawrence, KS. 12 pp + appendices.

Busby, W.H. 1991. Prairie Mole Cricket Survey Report for Kansas, 1991. Rpt. No. 47. Kansas Biol. Surv., Lawrence, KS. 18 pp.

Busby, W.H. 1990. An Inventory of Three Prairie Animals in Eastern Kansas. Rpt. No. 45. Kansas Biol. Surv., Lawrence, KS. 11 pp + appendices.

Freeman, C.C. 1990. Endangered, Threatened, and Rare Species in the Southeast Kansas Corridor. Rpt. No. 44. Kansas Biol. Surv., Lawrence, KS. 41 pp + appendices.

Freeman, C.C. 1989. Rare Plants of the Cimarron National Grassland, Kansas. Rpt. No. 42. Kansas Biol. Surv., Lawrence, KS. 238 pp.

Freeman, C.C. and R.E. Brooks. 1989. Status Report on Platanthera praeclara Sheviak & Bowles (Western Prairie Fringed Orchid) in Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Rpt. No. 40. Kansas Biol. Surv., Lawrence, KS. 78 pp.

Brooks, R.E. and C.C. Freeman. 1989. Status Report on Trifolium stoloniferum Muhl. ex A. Eat. (Running Buffalo Clover) in Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Rpt. No. 39. Kansas Biol. Surv., Lawrence, KS. 23 pp.

Lauver, C.L. 1989. Final Report on the Natural Areas Inventory of Douglas County, Kansas with a Progress Report on the Inventory of other Kansas Counties. Rpt. No. 38. Kansas Biol. Surv., Lawrence, KS. 48 pp.