Integrated upland monitoring in Cedar Breaks National Monument: annual report 2009 (non-sensitive version)
Witwicki D. 2010. Integrated upland monitoring in Cedar Breaks National Monument: annual report 2009 (non-sensitive version). Natural Resource Technical Report. NPS/NCPN/NRTR—2010/394.N. Natural Resource Program Center. Fort Collins, Colorado
The goal of the Northern Colorado Plateau Network (NCPN) integrated upland monitoring effort is to provide park managers with status and trend information on vegetation and soil attributes. This information is intended to determine natural variability of upland resources and provide early warning of resource degradation. In 2009, the NCPN initiated upland monitoring of forests and meadows above the rim in Cedar Breaks National Monument. This report outlines goals and objectives of NCPN upland monitoring, methods of the upland monitoring protocol, and procedures for defining and mapping target populations for monitoring, and describes the results of this year’s efforts and plans for future monitoring. Early monitoring data describe status of sites, and interpretation is limited until additional data are acquired and more rigorously analyzed.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Witwicki, Dana
- Date of Issue
- 2010-11
- Publisher
- Natural Resource Program Center
- Units
- CEBR , NCPN , NRSS
- Keywords
- Monitoring, NCPN Uplands Monitoring, Plant Studies, Upland, Uplands