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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reports
  		• Higgins, D.K. 1998. Proposed funding to control or eradicate purple loosestrife ( Lythrium salicaria ) utilizing select manual removal and application of the herbicide Rodeo ® , Truckee and Carson River basins, western Nevada. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Reno, Nevada. 40 pp. plus attachments.
  		• Higgins, D. K. 2002. Assessment of damages to natural resources in the East Walker River from the Advanced Fuel Filtration Spill: water, sediment, and fish tissue analysis. Final Report EC 34.14.9. Division of Environmental Quality. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Reno, Nevada. 22 pp.
  		• Higgins, D.K. 2003. A biological sensitivity index and analysis of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service trust resources on U.S. Bureau of Land Management grazing allotments in Nevada. Reno, Nevada. 23 pp.
  		• Higgins, D. K. 2006. Preliminary Assessment of fish community dynamics and trace-element exposures to aquatic invertebrates and salmonids, Lower Bryant Creek and East Fork Carson River, Douglas County, Nevada, 2001 . Final Report EC 34.10.7.7.1. Division of Environmental Quality. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Reno, Nevada. 67 pp.
  		• Higgins, D.K. and J.F. Miesner. 2002. Assessment of aquatic toxicity in irrigation drain-water, Newlands Project Area, Carson Desert, Nevada, March-August 1995. Final Report EC 30.14.6. Division of Environmental Quality. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Reno, Nevada. 51 pp.
  		• Higgins, D.K., P.L. Tuttle, and J.S. Foote. 2006. Preliminary assessment of contaminants and potential effects to fish of the Truckee River, Nevada. Off-Refuge Investigations Sub-Activity FFS # 1130-1F35. Division of Environmental Quality. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Reno, Nevada. 52 pp.
  		• Miesner, J.F., and C.T. Martinez. 1998. Polychlorinated biphenyls at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 1. 23 pp.
  		• Tuttle, P. 1992. Mercury in fish collected from the Indian Lakes system, Stillwater Wildlife Management Area Churchill County, Nevada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Reno Field Office. 12 pp.
  		• Tuttle, P. 1993. Preliminary assessment of specific conductance and total dissolved solids loading rates in agricultural drainwater of the Carson Division of the Newlands Project, Churchill County, Nevada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Reno Field Office. 21 pages + figures and appendices.
  		• Tuttle, P.L., C.A. Janik, and S.N. Wiemeyer. 1996. Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge wetland contaminant monitoring. . U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 1, Nevada State Office, Reno, Nevada. viii + 67pages, plus appendices.
  		• Tuttle, P.L. and E. L. Orsak. 2002. Las Vegas Wash water quality and implications to fish and wildlife. Division of Environmental Quality. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Reno, Nevada. 57 pp.
  		• Tuttle, P.L., D.K. Higgins, and J.S. Foote. 2003. Preliminary assessment of impacts of drainage from the Big Springs Mine to aquatic organisms in the North Fork Humboldt River, Elko County, Nevada, 1998. Final Report EC 34.12.6. Division of Environmental Quality. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Reno, Nevada. 39 pp.
  		• Tuttle, P.L., D.K. Higgins, and J. Quashnick. 2001. Mercury characterization in Lahontan Valley wetlands, Carson River Mercury Site, Lyon and Churchill Counties, Nevada, 1999. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Reno, Nevada. 32 pp.
  		• Tuttle, P.L. and S. N. Wiemeyer. 1999. Reconnaissance assessment of contaminants in Pahranagat Valley, Lincoln County, Nevada. On-Refuge Investigations Sub-Activity FFS # 1261-1N27. Environmental Contaminants Program. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Reno, Nevada. 29 pp. plus appendices.
  		• Wiemeyer, S.N. 2002. Mercury in biota and sediment in the Walker River Basin, Nevada and California. Environmental Contaminants Program. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Reno, Nevada. 29 pp.
  		• Wiemeyer, S. N. 2003. Metals and trace elements in pondweed and aquatic invertebrates at Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, June 2002. Environmental Contaminants Program. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Reno, Nevada. 10 pp.
  		• Wiemeyer, S.N. 2004. Metals and trace elements in sediment and biological samples from the vicinity of the Kennecott Copper Smelter, McGill, Nevada - 1997. Environmental Contaminants Program. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Reno, Nevada. 11 pp.
  		• Wiemeyer, S.N. 2005. Metals and trace elements in water, sediment, and vegetation at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge - 1993. Environmental Contaminants Program. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Reno, Nevada. 15 pp.
  		• Wiemeyer, S.N., J. Miesner, P.L. Tuttle, E.C. Murphy, L. Sileo, and A. DeLong. 2001. Environmental contaminants in American white pelicans breeding at Pyramid Lake, Nevada, USA. . U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 1, Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office, Reno, Nevada. 54 pp .
  		• Wiemeyer, S.N., and P.L. Tuttle. 1995. Synoptic monitoring of water quality and trace elements in water, sediment, and vegetation at Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, September 1993. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 1, Nevada State Office, Reno, Nevada. 24 pp.
  		• Wiemeyer, S.N. 2004. Metals and trace elements in eggs of American white pelicans at Anaho Island, Nevada 2004. Environmental Contaminants Program. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Reno, Nevada. 8 pp.
  		• Wiemeyer, S.N. and D.L. Withers. 2004. Metals and trace elements in livers of American white pelicans at Anaho Island, Nevada 2004. Environmental Contaminants Program. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Reno, Nevada. 14 pp.
  		• Wiemeyer, S.N., D.K. Higgins, and P.L. Tuttle. 2003. Assessment of ecological concerns associated with alternative water sources used for wetland maintenance at Mason Valley Wildlife Management Area, Lyon County, Nevada. Environmental Contaminants Program. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Reno, Nevada. 80 pp. plus appendices.
  		• Wiemeyer, S.N., P.L. Tuttle, and D.K. Higgins. 2004. Assessment of wildlife hazards associated with mine pit lakes. Off-Refuge Investigations Sub-Activity FFS # 1130-1F34. Environmental Contaminants Program. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Reno, Nevada. 24 pp.
  		• Wiemeyer, S.N., P.L. Tuttle, and D.K. Higgins. 2004. Aquatic biota monitoring on the Humboldt River, Nevada, in relation to mine dewatering discharges. Off-Refuge Investigations Sub-Activity FFS # 1130-1F25. Environmental Contaminants Program. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Reno, Nevada. 101 pp. plus figures.
       
    Other Division of Environmental Quality-Related Reports
  		• Bevans, H.E., S.L. Goodbred, J.F. Miesner, S.A. Watkins, T.S. Gross, N.D. Denslow, and T. Schoeb. 1996. Synthetic organic compounds and carp endocrinology and histology in Las Vegas Wash and Las Vegas and Callville Bays of Lake Mead, Nevada, 1992,and 1995. U.S. Geological Survey, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4266.12 pp.
  		• Bryce, S.A., A.J. Woods, , J.D. Morefield, J.M. Omernik, T.R. McKay, G.K. Brackley, R.K. Hall, D.K. Higgins, D.C. McMorran, K.E. Vargas, E.B Petersen, D.C. Zamudio, and J.A. Comstock. 2003. Ecoregions of Nevada (color poster with map, descriptive text, summary tables, and photographs): Reston, Virginia, U.S. Geological Survey (map scale 1:1,350,000). (external link)
  		• Eisler, R., D.R. Clark, Jr., S.N. Wiemeyer, and C.J. Henny. 1999. Sodium cyanide hazards to fish and other wildlife from gold mining operations. Pages 55-67 In J.M. Azcue(ed.) Environmental impacts of mining activities. Springer-Verlag , Berlin .
  		• Hallock, R.J., and L.L. Hallock (editors). 1993. Detailed study of irrigation drainage in and near wildlife management areas, west-central Nevada , 1987-90. U.S. Geological Survey, Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4024B. 84 pp.
  		• Henny, C.J., R.J. Hallock, and E.F. Hill. Cyanide and migratory birds at gold mines in Nevada , USA . Ecotoxicology 3:45-58.
  		• Hoffman, R.J., R.J. Hallock, T.G. Rowe, M.S. Lico, H.L. Burge, and S.P. Thompson. 1990. Reconnaissance investigation of water quality, bottom sediment, and biota associated with irrigation drainage in and near Stillwater Wildlife Management Area, Churchill County, Nevada, 1986-87. U.S. Geological Survey, Water-Resources Investigations Report 89-4105. 150 pp.
  		• Rowe, T.G., M.S. Lico, R.J. Hallock, A.S. Maest, and R.J. Hoffman. 1991. Physical, chemical, and biological data for detailed study of irrigation drainage in and near Stillwater , Fernley, and Humboldt Wildlife Management Areas and Carson Lake , west-central Nevada . 1987-89. U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 91-185.199 pp.
  		• Seiler, R.L., G.A. Ekechukwu, and R.J. Hallock. 1993. Reconnaissance investigation of water quality, bottom sediment, and biota associated with irrigation drainage in and near Humboldt Wildlife Management Area, Churchill and Pershing Counties, Nevada,1990-91. U.S. Geological Survey, Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4072.115 pp.
  		• Seiler, R.L., and P.L. Tuttle. 1997. Field verification study of water quality, bottom sediment, and biota associated with irrigation drainage in and near Humboldt Wildlife Management Area, Churchill and Pershing Counties , Nevada , 1996. U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 97-586. 38 pp.
  		• Thodal, C.E. and P.L. Tuttle. 1996. Field screening of water quality, bottom sediment, and biota associated with irrigation drainage in and near Walker River Indian Reservation, Nevada , 1994-95. U.S. Geological Survey, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4214. 39 pp.
  		• Tuttle, P.L., and E.E. Thodal. 1998. Field screening of water quality, bottom sediment, and biota associated with irrigation in and near the Indian Lakes area, Stillwater Wildlife Management Area, Churchill County , west-central Nevada , 1995. U.S. Geological Survey, Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4250. 57 pp.
  		• Tuttle, P.L., R.J. Hoffman, S.N. Wiemeyer, and J. F. Miesner. 2000. Monitoring of inorganic contaminants associated with irrigation drainage in Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge and Carson Lake , west-central Nevada , 1994-1996. Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4173. U.S. Geological Survey. Carson City , Nevada . 61 pp.
  		• Wiemeyer, S.N., and C.J. Henny. 1995. Trends in cyanide solution concentrations and mine operations at gold mines in Nevada and their potential effects on cyanide-related mortality of vertebrates. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Nevada State Office. 13 pp.
    Last updated: July 19, 2008