Historic Vegetation at Fort Union National Monument, 1851-1983
Schackel S. 1983. Historic Vegetation at Fort Union National Monument, 1851-1983. Cultural Landscape Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Santa Fe, New Mexico
Authorized by Congress in July 1954 and established in April 1956, Fort Union National Monument strives to preserve, protect, and provide public access to the site and remaining structures of "Historic Old Fort Union," a United States Army Post, established in 1851 and abandoned in 1891. The National Park Service, which administers the Monument, agreed during Congressional hearings that there would be no reconstruction of Fort Union. Ongoing preservation/stabilization efforts are directed toward protection of the ruins in their existing form and interpretation of the historic scene. One aspect of maintaining an accurate historical image includes vegetation management. This study focuses on historic vegetation and the changes that have occurred over the past 132 years.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Schackel, Sandra
- Date of Issue
- 1983-10
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- FOUN , IMR
- Keywords
- adobe, Checklist, Fort, frontier, Grasses (Gramineae), Grazing, Map, military, Photographs, Plant Studies, Plants, Revegetation, Santa Fe Trail, Trees, Vegetation Types