The project includes:
(1) managing and analyzing acoustic data provided by Reclamation from the bat monitoring acoustic stations location at Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation (LCRMSCP) areas; (2) Quantify the volume of bat minutes per species per night, presence per species per night
and mean nightly bat minutes per species per month for the four covered and evaluated LCR MSCP bat species.Regional expertise in analyzing acoustic bat files is necessary to limit the costs associated with the project.The acoustic data collected by United States Bureau of Reclamation biologists at the acoustic stations will be processed and analyzed using filters and methods established by AZGFD and USBR utilized from 2016 through 2018 and as outlines in this agreement including the Analook and Kaliedoscope software and acoustic filters.