Casa Grande Ruins National Monument: Natural resource condition assessment
Baril L, Struthers K, Brunson M. 2019. Casa Grande Ruins National Monument: Natural resource condition assessment. Natural Resource Report. NPS/SODN/NRR—2019/1979. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
The Natural Resource Condition Assessment (NRCA) Program, administered by the National Park Service’s (NPS) Water Resources Division, provides a multidisciplinary synthesis of existing scientific data and knowledge about current conditions of important national park natural resources through the development of a park-specific report. The NRCA process for Casa Grande Ruins National Monument (NM) began with a January 2018 conference call and an on-site scoping meeting held in May 2018. Nine of the monument’s natural resources, grouped into four broad categories, were selected for condition assessment reporting. The categories included landscapes, air and climate, water, and biological integrity, (i.e., wildlife and vegetation resources). The monument’s upland vegetation/soils and soil crusts are currently in good condition, whereas, the landscape-scale resources such as viewshed, groundwater, night sky, air quality, and others were found to be of moderate or significant concern. The exception included mammals, whose condition is unknown at present due to the lack of a repeat survey for comparison.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Baril, Lisa; Struthers, Kimberly; Brunson, Mark
- Date of Issue
- 2019-08
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- CAGR , NRSS , WRD