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Accession Number
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PB2013-102694
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Title
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Guidance for Designing an Integrated Monitoring Program.
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Publication Date
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Jun 2012
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Media Count
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58p
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Personal Author
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N/A
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Abstract
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This document is a compilation of guidance that was developed by the National Park Service (NPS) Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) Program and was made available through NPS websites during the period of 1999 to 2012 to the 32 I&M networks, their partners, and to other agencies and organizations. The guidance summarized here has been the basis for planning, designing, and implementing what has become a very successful long-term ecological monitoring program for more than 300 units of the National Park System. The guidance and examples that were previously presented on a series of I&M websites was consolidated into this document in 2012 once monitoring had been implemented in all 32 I&M networks, and as the I&M websites were being revised and simplified. One of the five goals of the I&M Program is to Share NPS accomplishments and information with other natural resource organizations and form partnerships for attaining common goals and objectives. It is hoped that the information and examples available in this document are helpful to others.
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Keywords
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Data analysis
Data management
Ecology
Inventory and Monitoring (I&M)
Monitoring program
National Park Service (NPS)
Natural resource monitoring
Natural resources
Protocols
Vital signs
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Source Agency
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National Park Service
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NTIS Subject Category
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48B - Natural Resource Management
57H - Ecology
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Corporate Author
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National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO. Natural Resource Stewardship and Science.
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Document Type
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Technical report
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Title Note
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N/A
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NTIS Issue Number
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1305
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Contract Number
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N/A
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