Proceedings of the Second Biennial Conference on Research in Colorado Plateau National Parks

Van Riper C (ed). 1995. Proceedings of the Second Biennial Conference on Research in Colorado Plateau National Parks. Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona. 25-28 October 1993. National Park Service. Denver, Colorado. Proceedings of the Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau

The papers in this volume are contributions from National Biological Service (NBS) scientists, university students, and resource managers throughout the Colorado Plateau. The focus of all studies in this volume is on providing baseline scientific information on the physical, cultural, and natural resources of the Colorado Plateau. Support for these studies came from a myriad of federal, state, and private partners concerned about the well-being of the Plateau's resources. The rich variety of the 68 presentations given at the conference and the 16 papers included here reflects the diversity of science presently being carried out on the Colorado Plateau. I applaud the effort of the contributors who, with modest funding and a broad base of public and institutional support, have pursued important lines of work in the four states that make up this vast biogeographic region. All across America, we face the prospect of extensive environmental changes that will continue to affect the physical, cultural, and natural resources on our federal lands. As the biological and ecological research branch of the Department of the Interior, we in the NBS are committed to providing sound scientific information that can be used by both public lands managers and private landowners to conserve and manage natural resources. National parks represent the best remaining examples of America's natural ecosystems and, as such, are baselines for measuring future change. To protect parks and other federal lands, we must increase our efforts to inventory and monitor their biological resources, to understand the factors, both natural and human-induced, that threaten them, and to assist with the desgn of resource management programs that will ensure that future generations can use and enjoy them as we have. In short, we must provide the sound science needed to conserve and manage the natural resources that sustain us, inspire us, and represent our biological and environmental heritage.

Type
Conference Proceeding
Authors
Van Riper, Charles
Date of Issue
1995
Publisher
National Park Service
Units
ARCH , CANY , GLCA , GRBA , GRCA , NABR , NCPN , SCPN
Keywords
Blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima), Colorado, Colorado Plateau, Colorado Plateau, Cookie Jar Butte, ehistory, Geologic, geological, Geomorphology, Germination, Grand Canyon, Great Basin, History, National Parks, NPS, Plant Studies, Plants, plateau, radiocarbon, Research & Studies, Sandstone, Seedlings, Shrubs, Utah, Weathering

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