Highland Lake
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Grebe Survey Summary
- Max Adults: 2
- Year: 2009, 2010
- Most Recent Adults: 2
- Year: 2010
- Survey Type: Shore
- Most Common Threats Reported: N/A
- Lake name:
- Highland Lake
- Location:
- Colorado
- Latitude:
- 40.2462879
- Longitude:
- -105.0176931
- Basin type:
- reservoir
- Management agency:
- Highland Lake Reservoir Company; Colorado Parks and Wildlife
- Lake use:
- oil and gas fracking recreation
- Region associations:
- Grand Junction
- Comments:
- Low water levels is due to drawdown for oil and gas fracking in Weld County. For recreation, human contact with water is not recommended because there is no testing of water quality.
Surveys (1)
Survey Citation:
Cavitt, J. F., S. L. Jones, N. M. Wilson, J. S Dieni, T. S. Zimmerman, R. H. Doster, and W. H. Howe. 2014. Atlas of breeding colonial waterbirds in the interior western United States. Research Report, U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Denver, Colorado.
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Type
shore -
Time period
25 May 2009, 2010 -
Source
Report -
Both Western and Clarks?
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| Count Type | Range | Max | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Adults | 1 to 100 | 2 | 2009, 2010 |
| Most Recent Adults | 1 to 100 | 2 | 2010 |
| Max Nests | 1 to 100 | 1 | 2010 |
| Most Recent Nests | 1 to 100 | 1 | 2010 |
| Max Chicks | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Most Recent Chicks | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Comments:
Smith is observer. Nest X2 for the 2010 estimate of breeding adults (2). Only year is given for the 2010 survey date. Conducted as part of Western Colonial Waterbird Survey (WCWS), a breeding survey of 18 species from May to July 2009 to 2011, resulting in this Atlas. Survey dates given here are the only dates provided.