Ecological Restoration of a Wilderness and Cultural Landscape, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico
Jacobs BF. 1999. Ecological Restoration of a Wilderness and Cultural Landscape, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. Pages 215-217. In Jacobs BF (ed): Proceedings of the 10th Conference on Research and Resource Management In Parks and on Public Lands, the 1999 George Wright Society Blennlal Conference
In 1990, a program was conceived to actively restore the wilderness and cultural landscape of Bandelier National Monument, located in north-central New Mexico. Initial efforts were directed at documentation of baseline conditions, including vegetative cover and soil erosion rates in degraded pinyon and one-seed juniper woodlands. Development and testing of restoration methodologies began with small-scale evaluations of overstory thinning, slash mulching, and supplemental seeding techniques. Encouraging results from small-scale trials led to testing of overstory thinning and slash mulching techniques at a functional (l00-acre) watershed scale. With validation of restoration methodologies at multiple scales, the park successfully obtained funding to implement large-scale restoration efforts. lmplemation is being delayed however, pending environmental inpact statement (EIS) review of the proposed restoration actionss on wilderness, cultural, and natural values.
- Type
- Conference Proceeding Paper
- Authors
- Jacobs, Brian
- Units
- BAND
- Keywords
- Bandelier Wilderness, Ecological Restoration, Wilderness