Grassland Monitoring Protocol: Southern Plains Network and Fire Group
Folts-Zettner T and Owen M. Grassland Monitoring Protocol: Southern Plains Network and Fire Group. 2010. National Park Service
The parks of the Southern Plains Network (SOPN) are dominated by mid- and shortgrass prairies that have been impacted by grazing, fire suppression and rowcrop agriculture. Individual restoration efforts of varying techniques and duration have been employed in the past in most of these parks with mixed results. Monitoring of these efforts has been minimal. This grassland vegetation monitoring protocol has been developed to inform park management of the status and trends of the overall health of their grasslands and to provide some information on the effectiveness of restoration efforts. Collaboration with the Southern Plains Fire Group (SPFG) fire effects monitoring program has been developed to address broader issues of vegetation health and to achieve economic efficiencies in both programs. This protocol reflects this collaboration.
- Type
- Project
- Authors
- Folts-Zettner, Tomye; Owen, Merran
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ALFL , BEOL , CAVO , CHIC , FOLS , FOUN , LAMR , LYJO , PECO , SAND , SOPN , WABA
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Grassland/Herbaceous Communities
Program
- The Southwest Network Collaboration (SWNC): A joint effort between the Sonoran Desert Network, Chihuahuan Desert Network, and Southern Plains Network
- Southern Plains Inventory and Monitoring Network (SOPN)
Products
- Bent's Old Fort NHS 2011 Grasslands and Fire Effects Monitoring Brief
- Chickasaw NRA 2011 Grasslands and Fire Effects Monitoring Brief
- Fort Larned NHS 2011 Grasslands and Fire Effects Monitoring Brief
- Fort Union NM 2011 Grasslands and Fire Effects Monitoring Brief
- Lake Meredith NRA & Alibates Flint Quarries NM 2011 Grasslands and Fire Effects Monitoring Brief
- Lyndon B. Johnson NHP 2011 Grasslands and Fire Effects Monitoring Brief
- Pecos NHP 2011 Grasslands and Fire Effects Monitoring Brief
- Vegetation and exotic plant management: 2017 annual report for Bent’s Old Fort NHS
- Vegetation and exotic plant management: 2017 annual report for Sand Creek Massacre NHS
- Vegetation and exotic plant management: 2017 annual report for Washita Battlefield NHS
- Grassland monitoring protocol for the Southern Plains I&M Network and Fire Group: Narrative Version 1.00
- Washita Battlefield NHS 2011 Grasslands and Fire Effects Monitoring Brief
- Grassland Monitoring Protocol and Standard Operating Procedures for the Southern Plains I&M Network and Fire Group
- Grassland Monitoring standard operation procedures for the Southern Plains Network
- Grassland Vegetation Monitoring Data for the Southern Plains Network (SOPN): 2022-2024 — Data Package (INTERNAL)
- SOP #01: Field Preparation and Equipment List, Version 2.1. Vegetation Monitoring Procedure for the Southern Plains Grassland Protocol
- SOP #02: Using a GPS, Navigation & Measuring Techniques, Version 1.3. Vegetation Monitoring Procedure for the Southern Plains Grassland Protocol
- SOP #03: Plot Design and Setup, Version 2.2. Vegetation Monitoring Procedure for the Southern Plains Grassland Protocol
- SOP #04: Photographing Plots, Version 2.0. Vegetation Monitoring Procedure for the Southern Plains Grassland Protocol
- SOP #06: Line-Point Intercept Procedures, Version 2.2. Vegetation Monitoring Procedure for the Southern Plains Grassland Protocol
- SOP #10: Management of Unidentified Taxa (Unknowns), Version 1.2. Vegetation Monitoring Procedure for the Southern Plains Grassland Protocol
- SOP #13: Daily Data Management, Version 1.2. Vegetation Monitoring Procedure for the Southern Plains Grassland Protocol
- SOP #14: Circular Quadrat Sampling, Version 3.1. Vegetation Monitoring Procedure for the Southern Plains Grassland Protocol
- SOP #15: Canopy Closure, Version 1.1. Vegetation Monitoring Procedure for the Southern Plains Grassland Protocol