National Park Service natural resource stewardship and science framework: Four pillars to guide natural resource activities and investments
Natural Resource Advisory Group. 2016. National Park Service natural resource stewardship and science framework: Four pillars to guide natural resource activities and investments. National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science. Washington, D.C.
The document presents a forward-thinking rationale around which natural resource priorities and investments can be articulated, and provides a basis for current and future strategies. The framework recognizes actions that “hold the line”—those day-today natural resource activities in parks that managers must attend to—while embracing the need to equip and position the NPS for an increasingly complex and dynamic future. The framework identifies four pillars that guide the NPS to adapt and respond to continuous change, with a focus on long-term ecological integrity and viability: - Holding the Line - Managing amid Continuous Change - Leveraging for Conservation at Scale - Enhancing Stewardship and Science Access and Engagement
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Natural Resource Advisory Group
- Date of Issue
- 2016-09
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science
- Units
- NRSS
- Keywords
- adaptive management, biodiversity, climate change, ecosystem integrity, human activities, investments, land use change, Leadership Council, NRAG, partnership, priorities, seascape, viewshed