North Coast and Cascades Network vital signs monitoring report (2005)
Weber S, Woodward A, Freilich J. 2009. North Coast and Cascades Network vital signs monitoring report (2005). Natural Resource Report. NPS/NCCN/NRR—2009/098. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
Understanding the dynamic nature of park ecosystems and the consequences of human activities is essential for management decision making aimed to maintain, enhance, or restore the ecological integrity of park ecosystems and to avoid, minimize, or mitigate ecological threats to these systems. To this end, the NPS Invenory and Monitoring program was established and the North Coast and Cascades Network (among 32 networks service-wide) formed to implement the program within its seven park units. The broad goals of the NPS and NCCN monitoring program include: 1. Determine status and trends in selected indicators of the condition of park ecosystems to allow managers to make better-informed decisions; 2. Provide early warning of abnormal conditions and impairment of selected resources to help develop effective mitigation measures and reduce costs of management; 3. Support better understanding of the dynamic nature and condition of park ecosystems and to provide reference points for comparisons with other, altered environments; 4. Help meet certain legal and Congressional mandates related to natural resource protection and visitor enjoyment; and; 5. Serve in measuring progress towards performance goals.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Weber, Samantha; Woodward, Andrea; Freilich, Jerry
- Date of Issue
- 2009-03
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- EBLA , FOVA , LEWI , MORA , NCCN , NOCA , NRSS , OLYM , SAJH
- Keywords
- Aquatic, Data Analysis, Data Management, Ecosystem, Inventory And Monitoring, Monitoring, Natural Resource, NCCN, NCCN Plan, North Coast and Cascades Network, Plan, Protocol, Status, Survey, Trend, Vegetation, Vital Signs, Wildlife