Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site, Science Status Report 2008
Seastedt T and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado-Boulder. 2008. Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site, Science Status Report 2008. Boulder, CO
The objectives of this project were to review available natural and cultural resources research reports that have been submitted to the park (reports identified below), evaluate the findings, conclusions, and recommendations, determine if any conclusions or recommendations are in conflict with one another, and summarize the findings and recommendations into one set of findings and recommendations for park management. The park is beginning its first General Management Plan and Comprehensive Interpretive Plan, and it is critically important that the park fully understands its baseline of natural and cultural resources data and resources management objectives to guide the planning process. This project attempts a synthesis and summarizes the various project reports, and, where possible, provides an analysis of the reports to see where the points of agreement, contradictions, etc. exist. This project identifies where there are contradictions or questions that would benefit from additional research, and summarizes key findings. Comments are presented to suggest how site manifestations of global environmental change will likely influence the management actions, and lastly, this report identifies how management might best achieve desired future conditions.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Seastedt, Tim; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado-Boulder
- Date of Issue
- 2008-01
- Units
- SAND
- Keywords
- Conflict, Cultural Resources, Natural Resources, Park Management, Science, science status