Geologic Resources Inventory Scoping Meeting Summary: Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument, Nevada
Port R. 2015. Geologic Resources Inventory Scoping Meeting Summary: Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument, Nevada
The Geologic Resources Inventory (GRI) is one of 12 natural resource inventories within the National Park Service (NPS). The Geologic Resources Division (GRD) of the NPS administers the inventory. The GRI provides each of the 270 identified natural area National Park System units with, first, a geologic scoping meeting and summary (this document), followed by a digital geologic map, and lastly a GRI report. The purpose of GRI scoping meetings is to 1) evaluate the adequacy of existing geologic maps for resource management, 2) discuss distinctive geologic features and processes, and park-specific geologic management issues, and 3) identify geologic monitoring and research needs. If possible, the scoping meeting also includes a site visit with local experts. Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument is a newly established (December 2014) monument and therefore is not one of the “original 270” units. As of August 2015, how the monument will be addressed by the Inventory and Monitoring Program, as well as what GRI products will ultimately be produced for it, remains to be determined.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Port, Rebecca
- Date of Issue
- 2015-10
- Units
- GRD , GRI , MOJN
- Keywords
- geologic features, Geologic Issues, Geologic Mapping Plan, geologic processes, Geologic Resources Inventory, Geology, GRI, National Park Service, Nevada, NPS, scoping meeting, Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument, TUSK
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Geomorphology | Windblown Features and Processes , Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Geomorphology | Hillslope Features and Processes , Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Geomorphology | Stream/River Channel Characteristics , Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Subsurface Geologic Processes | Seismic Activity , Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Paleontology | Paleontology