|
Showing 1 - 3 of
3 matches in All Departments
As part of the Upper Columbia Basin Network's effort to conduct
vital signs monitoring, we completed monitoring of camas (Camassia
quamash) in Big Hole National Battlefield (BIHO) and Nez Perce
National Historical Park (NEPE). Camas is a unique resource for
these parks because it is both culturally and ecologically
significant. Camas was and remains one of the most widely utilized
indigenous foods in the Pacific Northwest and it is strongly
associated with the wet prairie ecosystems of the region that have
been degraded or lost due to historic land use practices. A
long-term citizen science-based monitoring program for detecting
status and trends in camas populations at BIHO and Weippe Prairie,
a unit of NEPE, serves as a central information source for park
adaptive management decision making and will provide essential
feedback on any eventual restoration efforts of park wet prairie
habitats. The involvement of student citizen scientists in this
particular program has been effective both in terms of leveraging
resources as well as in engaging communities in park stewardship
and science education. This annual report details the status and
trend estimates obtained from the first six years of monitoring,
2005-2010, at Weippe Prairie and BIHO.
As part of the Upper Columbia Basin Network's effort to conduct
vital signs monitoring, we completed monitoring of camas (Camassia
quamash) in Big Hole National Battlefield (BIHO) and Nez Perce
National Historical Park (NEPE). Camas is a unique resource for
these parks because it is both culturally and ecologically
significant. Camas was and remains one of the most widely utilized
indigenous foods in the Pacific Northwest and it is strongly
associated with the wet prairie ecosystems of the region that have
been degraded or lost due to historic land use practices. A
long-term citizen science-based monitoring program for detecting
status and trends in camas populations at BIHO and Weippe Prairie,
a unit of NEPE, serves as a central information source for park
adaptive management decision making and will provide essential
feedback on any eventual restoration efforts of park wet prairie
habitats. The involvement of student citizen scientists in this
particular program has been effective both in terms of leveraging
resources as well as in engaging communities in park stewardship
and science education. This annual report details the status and
trend estimates obtained from the first five years of monitoring,
2005-2009, at Weippe Prairie and BIHO.
The UCBN recognizes the need to raise overall awareness about the
work of the inventory and monitoring (I&M) program, the
network's role and activities in I&M, and sharing monitoring
status and trend results. Effective communication and outreach is a
critical link in dissemination of I&M results. The success of
the I&M program ultimately depends on whether park managers
find the information produced by the UCBN to be useful in the
management of natural resources in their park. In addition, to
achieve that success, it is critical that park staff make their
needs known to the UCBN. This comprehensive science communications
plan addresses the need to raise awareness and inform internal and
external audiences of the UCBN's scientific findings. This plan
also reiterates the importance of a two-way exchange of knowledge
between the I&M program and the parks that they serve.
Essentially, this plan details the why, where, how, and when of the
UCBN's science communications program. We have included
descriptions of UCBN communication products such as resource
briefs, informational posters, and a copy of our biannual
newsletter. Our hope is that this communication plan will enable
park staff to gain an understanding of the depth and breadth of the
UCBN commitment to science communication. The intent of this plan
is to ensure that a seamless and credible story about UCBN
inventory and monitoring efforts is told to park managers and
visitors.
|
You may like...
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R398
R330
Discovery Miles 3 300
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.