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Survey protocol for the arroyo toad (1999)
Protocol for evaluating bald eagle habitat and populations in California (2004)
Survey methodology for the blunt-nosed leopard lizard (2004)
Guidelines for assessing the effects of proposed projects on rare, threatened, and endangered plans and natural communities (2000)
Burrowing owl survey protocol and mitigation guidelines (1993)
Revised guidance on site assessments and field surveys for the California red-legged frog (2005)
Interim guidance on site assessment and field surveys for determining presence or a negative finding of the California tiger salamander (2003)
Interim survey guidelines to permittees for recovery permits under Section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act for the listed vernal pool branchiopods (1996)
Standard Guidelines for Biological Resources Assessments, 2016 FINAL
Current minimum experience and qualifications required for biological consultants to be placed on the County's qualified biologists list
Survey protocol for the Morro Bay kangaroo rat (1996)
Protocol survey guidelines for the Morro shoulderband snail (2003)
Guidelines for conducting and reporting botanical inventories for federally listed, proposed, and candidate plants (2000)
Willow flycatcher survey protocol for California (2000)