Coastal Breeding Bird Monitoring Protocol for Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area: Northeast Temperate Network
Trocki CL, Mitchell BR, Paton PW. 2010. Coastal Breeding Bird Monitoring Protocol for Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area: Northeast Temperate Network. Natural Resource Report. NPS/NETN/NRR—2010/176. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
In 1992, the National Park Service (NPS) developed a national policy “to better understand [the] dynamic nature and condition of natural resources, to detect or predict changes that may require intervention, and to serve as reference points for more altered parts of the environment. By integrating this information into NPS planning, management, and decision-making, scientific knowledge of natural resources will improve NPS stewardship of our heritage lands” (NPS 1992). The result was that NPS developed an Inventory & Monitoring Program which identified all parks in the NPS system with significant natural resources and in 1998 created 32 “networks,” or groupings, of parks linked by geography and shared natural resource characteristics. The goals of the networks are to work to develop common monitoring methodologies for data comparability, to reduce the level of effort required, and to share resources. Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area (BOHA) is one of thirteen park units included in the Northeast Temperate Network (NETN), which is one of four networks in the NPS Northeast Region.BOHA includes 34 islands and peninsulas situated within the Greater Boston shoreline (Figure 1). It was established by Congress as a unit of the National Park System in 1996 (Public Law 104-333). The park has a threefold purpose of (1) preserving and protecting a drumlin island system within Boston Harbor, along with its associated natural, cultural, and historic resources, (2) telling the islands’ individual stories and enhancing public understanding and appreciation of the island system as a whole, and (3) providing public access, where appropriate, to the islands and surrounding waters for education, enjoyment, and scientific and scholarly research for this and future generations (BOHA General Management Plan 2002). In support of the park’s mission, volunteers will be used to implement the coastal breeding bird protocol. This will enhance community involvement with park islands, provide an opportunity for various stakeholders to participate in long-term monitoring within the park, and be a cost-effective means to implement this program.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Trocki, Carol; Mitchell, Brian; Paton, Peter
- Date of Issue
- 2010-01
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- BOHA , IMDP , NETN , NRSS
- Keywords
- Birds, Boston Harbor Islands, Breeding, Coastal, Monitoring, NETN, Protocol, Trocki
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Marine Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Birds , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | At-risk Biota | T&E Species and Communities
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Other versions
- Coastal breeding bird monitoring protocol for Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area: 2015 revision.
- Coastal breeding bird monitoring protocol for Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area: 2014 revision
- Coastal breeding bird monitoring protocol for Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area: 2013 revision
- Coastal Breeding Bird Monitoring Protocol for Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area: 2011 Revision