Environmental
Publications
The Quarterly Environmental Surveillance Reports for 2000 through 2024 have moved to: http://inl.gov/aser/.
Natural Resources Publications
Special Status Species
Conservation Planning
Bat Protection Plan
Idaho National Laboratory Site Bat Protection Plan Annual Reports:
Candidate Conservation Agreement (CCA)
Implementing the Candidate Conservation Agreement for Greater Sage-Grouse on the Idaho National Laboratory Site Annual Reports:
| Year | Full Reports | Summary Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Full Report | Summary Report |
| 2024 | Full Report | Summary Report |
| 2022 | Full Report | Summary Report |
| 2021 | Full Report | Summary Report |
| 2020 | Full Report | Summary Report |
| 2019 | Full Report | Summary Report |
| 2018 | Full Report | Summary Report |
| 2017 | Full Report | Summary Report |
| 2016 | Full Report | Summary Report |
| 2015 | Full Report | Summary Report |
| 2014 | Full Report | |
| 2013 | Full Report | |
| 2010 | Full Report | |
| 2025 | Full Report | |
| 2009 | Full Report |
Monitoring & Research
Breeding Bird Survey
Long-Term Vegetation Transects
- The Idaho National Laboratory Site Long-Term Vegetation Transects: Updates Through 2022
- Idaho National Laboratory Site Long-Term Vegetation Transects: Updates Through 2016
- The Idaho National Laboratory Site Long-term Vegetation Transects: Understanding Change in Sagebrush Steppe
- The Idaho National Laboratory Site Long-term Vegetation Transects: A Comprehensive Review
National Environmental Research Park (NERP)
Past Research
- Evapotranspiration Caps for the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory: A Summary of Research and Recommendations
- Long-Term Performance of Alternative Evapotranspiration Caps for Protecting Shallowly Buried Wastes Under Variable Precipitation
- The Protective Cap/Biobarrier Experiment: A study of Alternative Evapotranspiration Caps for the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
Vegetation Community Classification Mapping
- Idaho National Laboratory Site Vegetation Map Update 2024
- Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystem Reserve Plant Community Classifications
- Vegetation Community Classification and Mapping of the Idaho National Laboratory Site 2011
- Vegetation Community Classification and Mapping of the Idaho National Laboratory Site 2019
Land Stewardship
Ecological Support for National Environmental Policy Act
- Big Lost River Trenches Revegetation Demonstration Project Progress Report and Formal Revegetation Assessment 2009
- Ecological Report for the Environmental Assessment for Expanding Capabilities at the Power Grid Test Bed at Idaho National Laboratory
- Ecological Resources Assessment for the Radiological Response Test Range Environmental Assessment
- Ecological Resources Assessment for the Resumption of Transient Testing of Nuclear Fuels and Material Environmental Assessment
- Ecological Resources Assessment for the Stand-Off Experiment Range Environmental Assessment
- Ecological Resources Associated With T-24 and T-25 and Potential Effects of Constructing a Haul Road
- Ecological Resources Associated with Two Alternative Sites for the Proposed Remotely Handled Low Level Waste Facility
- Ecological Resources Report for the Proposed Energy Technology Proving Grounds
- Ecological Review for an Environmental Assessment for the Two Dynamic Tests for Protective Elements and Vehicles Project DOE/EA-1537
- Ecological Support for Environmental Assessment for the Expansion of Idaho National Laboratory’s National Security Test Range and the Radiological Response Training Range. Rev 1.
- Final Quality Assurance Reporty for the INL Flood Hazard Study – Reducing Uncertainty for Paleohydrologic Bounds and 2-D Hydraulic Routing
- Review of Ecological Resources, Potential Impacts and Mitigative Actions Associated with East Powerline Road
- Sewage Wastewater Application Ecological Impact Study 2002
- Sewage Wastewater Application Ecological Impact Study 2003
- Survey and Review of Potential Impacts to Ecological Resources on the Idaho National Laboratory Due to Construction and Operation of the National and Homeland Security Research and Development Range
- Survey and Review of Potential Impacts to Ecological Resources on the INL Due to Construction of a Road as Described in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Consolidation of Nuclear Operations Related to Production of Radioisotope Power Systems DOE/EIS-0373D
Fire Protection Planning, Management, and Recovery
- 2020 Fires Ecological Resources Recovery Plan
- A Survey of Vegetation Recovery on Wildfire Containment Lines and an Ecological Evaluation of Pre-Suppression Firebreak Construction on the INEEL
- Dry Channel Fire Ecological Resources Recovery Plan
- Ecological Evaluation of Fire Fighting Efforts Associated with the Twin Butte/Moonshiner and Highway 20 Wildland Fires
- Idaho National Laboratory Site Natural Resources Wildland Fire Recovery Framework (INL/RPT-24-76050)
- Jefferson Fire Recovery: Options and Recommendations for Stabilizing the Burned Area and Addressing Habitat Conservation
- Sheep Fire Ecological Resources Post-Fire Recovery Plan
- Soil Stabilization and Revegetation at the INEEL Recommendations for Improvement
- Tin Cup Fire Recovery Report