San Francisco Bay Area Network Inventory Summary Report 2000-2004.
Bjork J. 2006. San Francisco Bay Area Network Inventory Summary Report 2000-2004.. Natural Resource Technical Report. NPS/SFAN/NRTR—2006/021
The purpose of this document is to report on the accomplishments of the Inventory Program for the eight national parks in the San Francisco Bay Area Network (SFAN). The National Park Service’s (NPS) Inventory and Monitoring Program (I&M) provided $682,430 to the SFAN over five-years between 2000 and 2004 to obtain needed baseline information. Completion of the baseline inventories, such as vegetation mapping and certified species lists, was important to the SFAN parks because they have a high biodiversity at great risk. It is also the first step towards development of the monitoring program. Six parks with significant natural resources in the central California region create the core of the SFAN I&M program. The six parks include three medium-sized parks: Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GOGA), Pinnacles National Monument (PINN), and Point Reyes National Seashore (PORE). The SFAN includes small historic areas with significant natural resources: Fort Point National Historic Site (FOPO), John Muir National Historic Site (JOMU), and Muir Woods National Monument (MUWO). Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site (EUON) was added because it is jointly managed with JOMU and is surrounded on three sides by Las Trampas Wilderness Park. The Presidio of San Francisco (PRES) was added for important natural resources such as the restored dunes and marsh at Crissy Field. GOGA administers FOPO and MUWO. The Study Plan to Inventory Biotic Resources of the San Francisco Bay Area National Parks (2000) was approved by the national I&M program and served as the work plan. The SFAN initiated 32 inventory projects between 2000 through 2004. The majority of the inventory funds (85%) went to twenty-two of the projects from the approved Study Plan. The Data Manager salary was funded from the monitoring account rather than the inventory account freeing up funds for the expansion of existing and addition of new inventories. Six projects were initiated from the unfunded needs in the Study Plan (6% of the budget) and four were added as new projects (7%). The remaining funds were used to purchase supplies and equipment, to support travel to servicewide workshops, and to provide vehicles for local travel.