Strategic plan for natural resource inventories: FY 2008 - FY 2012

National Park Service

The funding strategy during the timeframe FY 2008 – 2012 is presented for three major components of the inventory program: (1) completing of the initial phase for the 12 basic inventories; (2) providing funding for continuing and recurring inventories; and (3) operation and maintenance activities such as data management and decision support systems. To comply with the commitments made to Congress, a minimum of 80 percent of all funding available for inventories during FY 2008-2012 will be devoted to completing basic inventories for the 270 I&M parks in a timely manner. The actions and policies described in Chapters 4 and 5 will be implemented to accelerate the process and increase efficiency. Up to 5 percent (maximum) of the total annual inventory budget may be allocated to address continuing and recurring inventory needs. Continuing inventories are high-priority inventories that all parks do not have in common, or that were deferred until now when improved technology, taxonomy, and knowledge allow us to more cost-effectively undertake them. Examples include inventories of submerged resources (e.g., bathymetry, underwater vegetation, benthic habitat mapping), lichens, invertebrates, fossils, and wetlands. Priority during the FY 2008- FY2012 timeframe will be given to submerged resources inventories. Finally, up to 15 percent (maximum) of the total inventory budget may be allocated to the acquisition of Information Technology personnel and expertise required for the ongoing operation and maintenance of inventory data management and information management systems, and to fund various contractual and cooperative efforts associated with the development of IRMA and the modernization and streamlining of I&M data systems.

Strategic plan for natural resource inventories: FY 2008 - FY 2012

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