The overall goal of the SODN landbird monitoring program is to detect biologically significant changes in population parameters over time. This collaborative program is intended to maximize the strength of inferences within the context of finite resources. The monitoring design is a multitiered, flexible framework that will enable efficient estimation and monitoring of population parameters, periodic evaluation of assumptions, and the opportunity for adaptation to meet additional needs.

The Cultural Landscape Report (CLR) serves as the primary treatment document for cultural landscapes and the primary tool for managing those landscapes. It provides treatment guidance within the context of the site's history and significance, extant features and historic character, and current planning objectives and management goals. This report, the second volume of the CLR, includes overall treatment strategies for the site as well as direct treatment actions that are needed to ensure the long-term protection, preservation, and continued use of the landscape. Although ongoing park and volunteer efforts have succeeded in protecting and preserving many of the essential elements of the historic landscape, they have been operating without a comprehensive plan for managing the landscape as a whole. Volume 2 provides a comprehensive plan under the umbrella of the broader goals established in the park's General Management Plan.

This publication addresses the design guidelines for the White House and President's Park- including Lafayette Park, the White House and its adjacent grounds, and the Ellipse. It provides a framework of mutually agreed upon tenets that guide, but do not dictate, future development.

This Museum Management Plan (MMP) for the museum at San Juan Island National Historical Park (SAJH) identifies the key collection management issues facing the park, and presents a series of recommendations to address those issues. This plan was developed by a team of experienced museum collection management professionals working in cooperation with the park management team and staff.

The purpose of treatment in a cultural landscape report is to direct management of a landscape based on the goal of preserving and enhancing its historic character within the context of other park management goals such as public access, natural resources conservation, recreation, and interpretation. Treatment is described through narrative and graphics at a conceptual level.

This report recommends restoration of historic spaces and installation of historic furnishings in three separate phases. Implementation of the historic furnishings plan in stages will allow for thoughtful review of the current use of space by the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy (the Conservancy) within the historic structure, and provide greater fl exibility in funding signifi cant rehabilitation and restoration projects. Ongoing implementation of the furnishings plans will also provide an opportunity to review and revise visitor circulation patterns and other aspects of the operating plan. It is anticipated that this ongoing review will be critical in managing the large numbers of island visitors in a safe and effi cient manner, while providing them with site interpretation of the highest quality.

This archeological overview and assessment for Wilson's Creek National Battlefield describes the multiple episodes of archeological investigation that have occurred in the park. The report discusses the multiple recorded archeological sites in the park. The assessment discusses the park's archeological resources. The overview and assessment concludes with a series of recommendations for future archeological investigations, including an inventory of the prehistoric resources and a metal-detecting inventory of the battlefield of Wilson's Creek.

This Historic Furnishings Report recommends a period of refurnishing dating to approximately 1848-65. The author believes that this period most closely fulfills the interpretive goals as described in the draft General Management Plan. Excellent evidence for furnishings exists for this period, including original objects (many of which are marked with McMurran's name) and an 1865 roomby- room inventory that lists objects sold with the house.

The purpose of the Bates Well Ranch Historic Structure Report is to evaluate the existing conditions of the district of 14 buildings, structures and features and make recommendations to guide the future maintenance, preservation, and rehabilitation efforts necessary to utilize the district for future use. The HSR establishes a baseline of information, both archival and field documentation, from which future actions can be taken. The scope of the HSR was restricted to evaluating the architectural integrity of the site, i.e., the specific historic features that characterize the site's significance as documented by the National Register of Historic Places nomination form. This report provides condition assessment, recommended preservation treatments and action priority for holistic building systems, as well as individual features of building exteriors and interiors, as they pertain to preserving the site's historic and architectural integrity.

This report details the results of the 22nd year of the western snowy plover (Charadriusalexandrinus nivosus) monitoring program within Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California (PRNS). The goal of the 2011 monitoring effort was to determine abundance, distribution, and breeding success of snowy plovers nesting on federal lands within PRNS. The report provides an overview of the 2011 snowy plover monitoring program on federal lands and summarizes the results of the data collected during the field season.

The following is a survey of the current memorial plaques, waysides and identification plaques found throughout Washington Square as of January 2006. The memorial plaques in the square include everything from plaques that honor individuals and their work, those that commemorate important events, to identifying tree genus and species. Current waysides contain history about the Square and Philadelphia, while the identification plaques consist of various informational markers. The accompanying map locates the forty-two plaques and waysides currently within Washington Square. This map is divided into quadrants and further divided into zones, with each plaque and wayside appropriately located on the map. Other information found in this survey includes dimensions of the metal plaque or stone wayside, material from which the marker is made, installation or dedication date (if known), and the inscription that can be found on the plaque or wayside. In addition, two photographs of the plaque or wayside are included, one being a close shot of the marker at the time this survey was conducted, and another photograph showing the single marker within the wider surroundings of Washington Square.

The author details the deployment of three acoustical monitoring systems in April 2009 in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument (ORPI). The purpose of this monitoring effort was to characterize existing sound levels and estimate natural ambient sound levels in these areas, as well as identify audible sound sources prior to the construction of several Department of Homeland Security Rapid Deployment Towers (RDT) that will be located on or adjacent to ORPI. Acoustical monitoring provides a scientific basis for assessing the current status of acoustic resources, identifying trends in resource conditions, quantifying impacts from other actions, assessing consistency with park management objectives and standards, and informing management decisions regarding desired future conditions.

The Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CVNP) Comprehensive Rail Study provides a 20-year framework for the growth and development of Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad (CVSR). This study documents the current state of the system as a baseline for analysis, and, using CVNP- and CVSR-defined vision and goals for the system, develops a prioritized program of improvements to achieve stakeholders' desired future state.

The purpose of the study is to identify historic places that best represent the wartime mobilization that occurred in the United States and its territories and possessions between 1939 and 1945 to assist in identifying whether any of these places should be considered for potential inclusion in the National Park System.

The purpose of this report is to inform the MOU agencies, stakeholders, and the public about the current status and trends of wet nitrogen deposition at RMNP. The MOU agencies will use the information provided in this annual report to make a determination of whether the interim milestones have been achieved in 2013, 2018, 2023, and 2028.

The purpose of this special resource study is to evaluate the potential of adding Moton Field in Tuskegee, Alabama, to the National Park System to commemorate the role of the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II. The study applies national significance, suitability, and feasibility criteria and presents feasible management and development alternatives. This study does not include a preferred alternative.

This document provides a report on the expenditures and accomplishments of the Vanishing Treasures Program (VT) in FY 1999. It includes specific information on expenditure of program funds, an accounting of preservation treatment projects implemented in a select number of VT parks, and it presents a report on the personnel that have been hired with VT funds since FY 1998 and many of their accomplishments. This document provides information regarding the proposed use of funds in FY 2000, and some projections for FY 2001 and beyond. Finally, it provides an update on the activities of the Program's Advisory and Workgroups.

This study of slavery and runaways from the Eppes plantations near City Point and Petersburg, VA, was originally planned as one part of a three-part history study of the Underground Railroad that would include three NPS sites within the Northeast Region of the NPS. The primary goal of this multi-site study was to demonstrate the widespread activity of the Underground Railroad and its connections from region to region and nation to nation. A secondary goal was to place the Underground Railroad within the context of African American life at those three sites, two of which were upper South plantations using enslaved labor.

This annual report highlights the individual accomplishments of Vanishing Treasures staff within their respective parks, as well as projects that parks have been able to execute with funding provided by the Vanishing Treasures Program.

This historic structure report (HSR) was written preparatory to the rehabilitation of Building 32 by the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area (NRA) to accommodate several of the park's functions. Rehabilitation work was completed in June 1996. As a result, the current (2004) interior appearance of the structure differs greatly from that described in this report. A more detailed account of the work performed can be found in the appendix of this report. It was determined that this historic structure report would be a Level- B report, which required only secondary- source research and nondestructive investigation of Building 32. The research tasks included the review of all existing reports and documents located at the Northeast Cultural Resources Center, at the Boston Support Office, and in the park archives. All historical documents, photographs, and maps available in the park archives were also examined.

This report documents the evolution of the Gatehouse using both primary and secondary sources, including public and private records and collections, historic photographs, historic maps, personal interviews, and an investigation of the building's existing architectural fabric.

This report will focus on Aspet, the home of Augustus Saint- Gaudens, and on his studio, known as the Little Studio. The scope of this project as stated in its Project Agreement is limited to providing an update to four previously compiled historic structure reports for the main house (Aspet) and the Little Studio. The current project had two primary purposes. The first was to update the buildings' developmental and architectural history - i.e., to document changes to Aspet and the Little Studio from 1977 to the present, according to the Cultural Resource Management Guideline (NPS- 28),1 while organizing the data in a chronology format. This report includes a brief review of the architectural development of the structures prior to 1977, as provided in the previous reports. It will not restate physical descriptions as found in those reports. However, if a feature has been added, changed, or removed, such changes were documented. The second primary component of this report was the determination and evaluation of the structures' character- defining features (CDFs). Identifying the CDFs of each building will help guide the park's decisions when future projects that may impact the architectural appearance and integrity of Aspet and the Little Studio are planned and implemented.

This Draft General Management Plan / Environmental Impact Statement presents and analyzes four draft alternative future directions for the management and use of Minuteman Missile National Historic Site (the national historic site). Alternative 4, Cold War Symbols, is the National Park Service's preferred alternative. The potential environmental impacts of all alternatives have been identified and assessed.