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PROJECT SUMMARY

Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit Cooperative Agreement Modification
FUNDING AGENCY:National Park Service
MODIFICATION NO.: [ insert # ]		COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT NO.: 1200-99-009		FUNDING AMOUNT: $11,500
INVESTIGATORS Contact Information: [please list all CO-Pis contact information] Rod Parnell 928-523-3329 Trevor Persons
PROJECT TITLE: [ insert title ] Assessment of Declining Grassland Whiptail Lizard at Wupatki National Monument
EFFECTIVE DATES:[start/end date] 4/01/01 through 4/01/02
PROJECT ABSTRACT: [ insert short description of project ] This project investigates the status, distribution, and habitat association of the little striped whiptail lizard at Wupatki NM. The first year of work will begin in spring of 2000. The budget submitted is for the both years of the project (FY 2001-2002). This project contributes to the goals of the CESU by providing resource managers at Wupatki, and at other grassland areas on the Colorado Plateau, with information on the status of an important part of the southern Colorado Plateau grassland vertebrate fauna. In addition, the little whiptail is an excellent candidate for a grassland “indicator” reptile species, and development of a monitoring protocol at Wupatki, will be useful to resource managers elsewhere.
Agency Representative: Ron Hiebert, NPS Research Coordinator CPCESU Northern Arizona University P.O. Box 5765 Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5765 Tel: (928) 523-0877 Fax: (928) 520-8223 Ron.Hiebert@nau.edu	Agency Administration Representative Lynell Wright Budget Assistant Intermountain Support Office Denver, CO 80225-0287 Tel: (303) 969-2654 Lynell_Wright@nps.gov		Investigator: Rod Parnell CPCESU Director Box 5765 Flagstaff, AZ 86011 928-523-3329 Rod.Parnell@nau.edu		Partner Admin. Contact: Claudette Piper Grants and Contracts Northern Arizona University Box 4130 Flagstaff, AZ 86011 Claudette.Piper@nau.edu
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Agency Manager contact information @ Specific Park: Paul Whitefield 928-526-1157 ext 235 Flagstaff Area Parks
Annual Report Received: Final Report Received: Publications on File:
This Modification is subject to all the provisions included in the Cooperative Agreement, dated 6/22/99.

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