A Study Plan to Inventory Vascular Plants and Vertebrates: North Coast and Cascades Network (2001)
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National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Natural Resource Program Center A Study Plan to Inventory Vascular Plants and Vertebrates: North Coast and Cascades Network (2001) Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/NCCN/NRR—2009/089 ON THE COVER Green Lake, North Cascades National Park Photograph by: Ronald Holmes, NPS A Study Plan to Inventory Vascular Plants and Vertebrates: North Coast and Cascades Network (2001) Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/NCCN/NRR—2009/089 Regina Rochefort Gary Ahlstrand Katherine Beirne Anne Braaten Laurie Kurth Steven Fradkin Bruce Freet Jim Petterson Patti Happe Reed Glesne Barbara Samora Cat Hawkins Hoffman Ronald Holmes Darin Swinney Roger Hoffman Robert Kuntz II National Park Service John Meyer National Park Service Mount Rainier National Park National Park Service North Cascades National Park 55210 238th Ave. South Olympic National Park 810 SR 20 Ashford, WA 98304-9751 600 E. Park Avenue Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284 Port Angeles, WA 98362 Craig Dalby Gregg Fauth Bill Gleason National Park Service National Park Service National Park Service Pacific West Region Fort Vancouver National San Juan Island National 909 First Ave., 5th Floor Historic Site Historical Park Seattle, WA 98104 612 E. Reserve St. P.O. Box 429 Vancouver, WA 98661-3897 Friday Harbor, WA 98250 Kurt Jenkins Leigh Smith Scott Stonum U.S. Geologic Survey National Park Service National Park Service Biological Resource Division Ebey’s Landing National Fort Clatsop National Memorial Olympic Field Station Historical Reserve Park 600 E. Park Avenue P.O. Box 774 92343 Fort Clatsop Rd Port Angeles, WA 98362 162 Cemetery Road Astoria, OR 97103-9197 Coupeville, WA 98239 February 2009 U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service Natural Resource Program Center Fort Collins, Colorado The Natural Resource Publication series addresses natural resource topics that are of interest and applicability to a broad readership in the National Park Service and to others in the management of natural resources, including the scientific community, the public, and the NPS conservation and environmental constituencies. Manuscripts are peer-reviewed to ensure that the information is scientifically credible, technically accurate, appropriately written for the intended audience, and is designed and published in a professional manner. Natural Resource Reports are the designated medium for disseminating high priority, current natural resource management information with managerial application. 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Printed copies of reports in these series may be produced in a limited quantity and they are only available as long as the supply lasts. This report is also available from the Natural Resource Publications Management website (http://www.nature.nps.gov/publications/NRPM) and the North Coast and Cascades Network Inventory and Monitoring website (http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/units/NCCN) on the Internet, or by sending a request to the address on the back cover. Please cite this publication as: Rochefort, R. M., G. Ahlstrand, A. Braaten, K. Beirne, C. Dalby, G. Fauth, S. Fradkin, B. Freet, B. Gleason, R. Glesne, and others. 2009. A study plan to inventory vascular plants and vertebrates: North Coast and Cascades Network (2001). Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/NCCN/NRR—2009/089. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. The content of this document has not changed since the original version (revised January 24, 2001); only styles and formatting have been updated to meet the Natural Resource Publication Series standards (2009). NPS D-49, February 2009 ii Approvals Gretchen Luxenberg, Superintendent, Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve Don Striker, Superintendent, Fort Clatsop National Memorial Tracy A. Fortman, Superintendent, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site Jonathan B. Jarvis, Superintendent, Mount Rainier National Park William F. Paleck, Superintendent, North Cascades National Park Service Complex Dave Morris, Olympic National Park Cicely Muldoon, Superintendent, San Juan Island National Historical Park iii Contents Page Tables .......................................................................................................................................... vii Figures ........................................................................................................................................ viii Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 1 Program Overview .................................................................................................................. 1 Summary of Network Program ............................................................................................... 1 Network Description ..................................................................................................................... 3 Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve .......................................................................... 5 Fort Clatsop National Memorial ............................................................................................. 7 Fort Vancouver National Monument ...................................................................................... 9 Mount Rainier National Park ................................................................................................ 11 North Cascades National Park Service Complex .................................................................. 13 Olympic National Park ......................................................................................................... 15 San Juan Island National Historical Park .............................................................................. 18 Summary of Existing Data and Work Accomplished in FY00 ................................................... 21 Organizational Structure and Work Accomplishments ........................................................ 21 Status of Inventories ............................................................................................................. 24 Priorities for Biological Inventories ............................................................................................ 27 Selection of Work Element Priorities ................................................................................... 27 Overview of Program Priorities ............................................................................................ 29 Individual Study Plans ................................................................................................................ 31 Project Title: Landbird Inventory ......................................................................................... 31 Project Title: Forest Carnivore and General Mammal Inventory ......................................... 38 Project Title: Amphibian Inventory ...................................................................................... 44 v Project Title: Fish Inventory for the North Coast and Cascades National Park Network .... 54 Project Title: Vascular Plant Inventories and Distribution ................................................... 63 Data Management ....................................................................................................................... 79 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 79 Data Management Objectives ............................................................................................... 79 Staff Organization ................................................................................................................. 79 Data Management System .................................................................................................... 80 Data Organization ................................................................................................................. 81 Data Development ................................................................................................................ 81 Data Documentation ............................................................................................................. 82 Data Reporting and Dissemination ....................................................................................... 82 Products ....................................................................................................................................... 85 Budget ........................................................................................................................................