APPENDIX B

INTUITIVE CONTROLLED SURVEY AND SPATIAL DOCUMENTATION

Intuitive Controlled Survey

Intuitive controlled surveys are intensive searches in those portions of the project area with the highest potential for locating the target species. The surveyor walks through the project area enough to see a representative cross-section of all the major habitat types and environmental conditions, looking for the target species while en route between different areas. When the surveyor arrives at an area of potential habitat (that was predetermined in the pre-field review or encountered during the field visit), an intensive search should be made within the potential habitat areas (figure 3).

Spatial Documentation of Extent of Survey

To facilitate accurate information transfer into a GIS system, spatial documentation of the area surveyed should be precisely recorded as shown below. Designate plot locations where taxon encountered with an + and corresponding plot number.