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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Park Service (NPS) Vegetation Characterization Program initiated a project at Joshua Tree National Park (JOTR or Park) in 1996 to classify, describe, and map the vegetation communities of the Park. The project, including the final map, classification, and report, was completed in 2012. Initial mapping, photo-interpretation, and field work was conducted between 1996 and 2005. Final reports for these efforts were generated by 2005, including a map, ecological descriptions, classification, key, and photo-interpretation guide. Following this, a total of 1,313 accuracy assessments were conducted in 2007 and 2008, the results of which spurred additional field relev�s...
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University of California Riverside’s Center for Conservation Biology will create a sustainable resource monitoring framework that will provide empirical data identifying if and how climate change is changing the composition and vitality of Joshua Tree National Park. These data will then help focus the Park’s resource management programs to help ensure the Park’s rich biodiversity can be sustained to the extent possible. A broader goal is to have this framework adopted across the surrounding public lands to then integrate data from multiple sites and land management philosophies to create an unambiguous picture of the impacts of climate change across the desert region.
Categories: Data,
Project;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: 2013,
Biodiversity,
CA-08,
CA-36,
California, All tags...
Climate change,
Datasets/Database,
Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative,
EARTH SCIENCE,
ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT,
Federal resource managers,
HUMAN DIMENSIONS,
Interested public,
Joshua Tree National Park,
LAND MANAGEMENT,
LCC,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
Methodology/Protocol,
Mojave Desert Pilot Area,
Monitoring,
Monitoring,
Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection,
Presentation,
Project,
United States,
Vulnerability Assessment,
biota,
completed, Fewer tags
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