Ohio River Valley Ecosystem Team

Adams Cave Gating Project

In the November of 2002, The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (in Kentucky) protected a biologically significant cave known as Adams Cave. The cave was inventoried prior to gating for fauna, all garbage removed and a specially designed steel exclusion gate erected. more...

Henslow's Sparrow Roadside
Transect Surveys

The Henslow's sparrow population has been surveyed annually at Big Oaks NWR since 1995. Much of the grassland habitat present on the refuge was former pastures and agricultural fields allowed to revert to natural vegetation under the U.S. Army's prior management. more...

Status Assessment for Three Imperiled Mussel Species: Spectaclecase (Cumberlandia Monodonta), Sheepnose (Plethobasus Cyphyus), and Rayed Bean (Villosa Fabalis)

The Ohio River Valley Ecosystem Team, Mollusk Subgroup, conducted a cursory review of the status of 19 imperiled wide-ranging mussels centered in the Ohio River system. more...