Mapping wilderness character in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks: Appendix 2 – high-resolution maps
Tricker J, Landres P, Fauth G, Hardwick P, Eddy A. 2014. Mapping wilderness character in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks: Appendix 2 – high-resolution maps. Natural Resource Technical Report. NPS/SEKI/NRTR—2014/872.2. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
This appendix accompanies a separately published report (IRMA reference number 2210052), Mapping Wilderness Character in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, to provide readers access to higher resolution versions of the five main maps representing impacts to the four qualities of wilderness character and the overall map of wilderness character for these parks. We provide five large (31x43 inches) high-resolution maps in this appendix to accompany the natural resource technical report: Mapping Wilderness Character in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (Tricker et al. 2014). These maps are provided to enable readers to more clearly view the details of degradations to the four qualities of wilderness character (natural, untrammeled, undeveloped, and solitude or primitive and unconfined recreation) and to overall wilderness character for the parks. To understand the process for creating these maps and their benefits and limitations, it is essential to review the primary report (Tricker et al. 2014). In brief, a set of indicators and measures was identified by Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (SEKI) staff to capture the impacts to the four qualities of wilderness character (natural, untrammeled, undeveloped and solitude or primitive and unconfined recreation). These measures were derived from 79 spatial datasets and were formatted to compare on a common relative scale. Each measure was “weighted” by SEKI staff to reflect its importance in relation to other measures. Maps were generated for each of the four qualities of wilderness character, which were added together to produce the composite wilderness character map for SEKI. The resulting SEKI wilderness character map delineates the range in condition of wilderness character, based on the measures that were identified and the datasets that were used. A histogram of the wilderness character map values reveals that the majority of wilderness character in SEKI is of high quality. This map will be used as a baseline representing wilderness character condition in SEKI, and future assessments of wilderness character can be updated with new and improved data as they become available. In addition, the map will be used by SEKI staff to evaluate spatial impacts of different planning alternatives during the development of the SEKI Wilderness Stewardship Plan.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Tricker, James; Landres, Peter; Fauth, Gregg; Hardwick, Paul; Eddy, Alex
- Date of Issue
- 2014-05
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- NRSS , SEKI
- Keywords
- Geographic Information System, GIS, Natural, qualities of wilderness character, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness, solitude or primitive and unconfined recreation, undeveloped, untrammeled, wilderness character, wilderness character mapping, wilderness character monitoring
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Human Use | Visitor and Recreation Use | Visitor Use