Golden Spike National Historic Site Wildland and Prescribed Fire Monitoring Plan
Bastian H. 2004. Golden Spike National Historic Site Wildland and Prescribed Fire Monitoring Plan. National Park Service
Golden Spike National Historic Site (GOSP) has established a program of fire management to achieve resource management objectives associated with the protection and stewardship of fire-adapted ecosystems. The purpose of fire monitoring is to provide effective evaluation of the wildland and prescribed fire programs. The focus of the GOSP fire monitoring program is monitoring vegetation and how it is affected by the application of fire or fire-related activities. The GOSP fire monitoring program is designed to determine whether fire and resource management objectives are being met and to document any unexpected consequences of fire management activities. The monitoring program is intended to inform the staff about results of management activities so management can adapt to changing conditions using the best available information. To be the most effective, evaluation and integration of fire monitoring data will be a shared responsibility between fire management personnel primarily from Zion National Park (NP) and GOSP management staffs. The program covers fire effects monitoring at GOSP and areas that the Fire Ecology / Effects program within the National Park Service (NPS) Intermountain Region at Zion NP Utah / Great Basin / Colorado Plateau Geographic Area covers. Primary Park Group: Zion NP, Bryce Canyon NP, GOSP, Lake Mead National Recreation Area (NRA), Arches NP, Great Basin NP, Mesa Verde NP. Secondary Park Group: Cedar Breaks National Monument (NM), Pipe Spring NM, Glen Canyon NRA, Capital Reef NP, and other parks in the Colorado Plateau geographic area. This fire monitoring plan describes the framework that will be used for collecting, managing, and evaluating fire effects information at GOSP. The overall sampling design is based on the Great Basin Sagebrush vegetation community found within the Site. As new information and research results are obtained, relevant changes to the monitoring program will be made. These changes may include new or alternative monitoring techniques, changes in treatment prescriptions, or refinement of management objectives.
- Type
- Administrative
- Authors
- Bastian, Henry
- Date of Issue
- 2004-09
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- GOSP
- Keywords
- Biota, Ecology, Environment, FFI, FIRE, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, fire weather, FMH, Golden Spike National Historic Site, Monitoring, Plan, Utah, Vegetation
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Landscapes | Fire and Fuel Dynamics | Fire and Fuel Dynamics