Jay E. Anderson, Kristin T. Ruppel, James M. Glennon,
Karl E. Holte
Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho

Ronald C. Rope
Lockheed Idaho Technologies Company, Idaho Falls, Idaho

Published by:
Environmental Science and Research Foundation
O. Doyle Markham, Executive Director
101 S. Park Avenue, Suite 5
Idaho Falls , ID    83402

 June 1996       

The Department of Energy and its predecessors have supported ecological research at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory since 1950 when D.L. Goodwin and colleagues established the permanent vegetation transects.  Additional plots were established in 1957.  These early efforts established the baseline for future floristic and vegetation studies.  Roy Harniss and Neil West reexamined the permanent plots in 1965 and contributed two publications, including the first vegetation map of the area.  The first comprehensive floristic survey of the area was published in 1970 by Duane Atwood.  Richard Jeppson sampled the permanent vegetation plots in 1975 and established the INEEL Herbarium in 1976.  He collected and prepared the vast majority of the specimens in that herbarium.  Ray McBride, Norm French, A.H. Dahl, and Jack Detmer produced a map of vegetation types and a description of soils in 1978.  Their map has been used by many investigators over the past two and a half decades.  Anita Cholewa and Douglass Henderson assessed the status of rare vascular plants at the INEEL in 1984.  We have drawn from the knowledge and insights of these and numerous recent investigators (see INEEL Studies) and gratefully acknowledge their contributions.

        We thank the following individuals who reviewed portions or all of the manuscript;  their comments, corrections, and suggestions resulted in many significant improvements:  Roger Blew, Eddie Chew, Rick Holmer, Doyle Markham, Randy Morris, Gail Olson, Lorenz Pearson, Teresa Ratzlaff, Dick Smith, and Julie Tullis.  Tracy Bowlin, Randy Lee, and Randy Stamm provided technical support.  We are also indebted to Drusilla Gould, Shoshone linguistic specialist, and Ramona Wahlema, Bannock ethnobotanist, for many contributions to the ethnoecology section.  Teresa Ratzlaff prepared Appendix 1.  Financial support was provided by the Environmental Science and Research Foundation, by the Department of Energy, and by Idaho State University.  We especially want to thank Doyle Markham who encouraged and enthusiastically supported the project. 

        This report is a contribution of the Environmental Science and Research Foundation through Contract No. DE-ACO7-94ID13268 with the Department of Energy.

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