Natural Resource Condition Assessment, Fort Union National

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

Natural Resource Condition Assessment, Fort Union National National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Natural Resource Stewardship and Science Fort Union National Monument Natural Resource Condition Assessment Natural Resource Report NPS/FOUN/NRR—2011/440 ON THE COVER Shortgrass prairie at Fort Union National Monument. Photograph by Robert Bennetts. Fort Union National Monument Natural Resource Condition Assessment Natural Resource Report NPS/FOUN/NRR—2011/440 Authors Kristine Johnson, Teri Neville, and Jacqueline Smith Natural Heritage New Mexico Biology Department, MSC03 2020 1 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131 August 2011 U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service Natural Resource Stewardship and Science Fort Collins, Colorado The National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science office in Fort Collins, Colorado publishes a range of reports that address natural resource topics of interest and applicability to a broad audience in the National Park Service and others in natural resource management, including scientists, conservation and environmental constituencies, and the public. The Natural Resource Report Series is used to disseminate high-priority, current natural resource management information with managerial application. The series targets a general, diverse audience, and may contain NPS policy considerations or address sensitive issues of management applicability. All manuscripts in the series receive the appropriate level of peer review to ensure that the information is scientifically credible, technically accurate, appropriately written for the intended audience, and designed and published in a professional manner. This report received informal peer review by subject-matter experts who were not directly involved in the collection, analysis, or reporting of the data. Views, statements, findings, conclusions, recommendations, and data in this report do not necessarily reflect views and policies of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use by the U.S. Government. This report is available from Southern Plains Inventory and Monitoring Network (http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/units/sopn/) and the Natural Resource Publications Management website (http://www.nature.nps.gov/publications/nrpm/). Please cite this publication as: Johnson, K., T. Neville, and J. Smith. 2011. Fort Union National Monument: Natural Resource Condition Assessment. Natural Resource Report NPS/FOUN/NRR—2011/440. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. NPS 402/109562, August 2011 ii Table of Contents Page Figures............................................................................................................................................ ix Tables ............................................................................................................................................. xi Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................... xiii Prologue ....................................................................................................................................... xiv 1. Introduction and Resource Setting ........................................................................................... 1 1.1. Natural Resource Condition Assessment Background Information ............................ 1 1.2. Introduction to Fort Union National Monument ......................................................... 1 1.2.1. Enabling Legislation and Management Guidance .............................................. 1 1.2.2. Geographic Setting.............................................................................................. 3 1.2.3. Visitation Statistics ............................................................................................. 4 1.3. Natural Resources ........................................................................................................ 5 1.3.1. Resource Descriptions ........................................................................................ 5 1.4. Resource Issues Overview: Threats and Stressors ....................................................... 9 1.4.1. Climate Change ................................................................................................... 9 1.4.2. Exotic Plants and Problems of Burrowing Animals ........................................... 9 1.4.3. Human Impacts/Adjacent Land Use ................................................................. 10 1.4.4. Effects of the Drought/Monsoon Cycle ............................................................ 10 1.4.5. Fire Issues ......................................................................................................... 10 1.4.6. Santa Fe Trail Ruts............................................................................................ 10 1.5. Resource Stewardship ................................................................................................ 11 1.5.1. Management Directives and Planning Guidance .............................................. 11 1.6. Literature Cited .......................................................................................................... 11 2. Study Scoping and Design ..................................................................................................... 13 iii Table of Contents (continued) Page 2.1. Scoping ...................................................................................................................... 13 2.1.1. Reporting Units ................................................................................................. 15 2.1.2. Study Priorities: Resources and Indicators ....................................................... 15 3. Natural Resource Condition .................................................................................................. 21 3.1. Natural Lightscapes ................................................................................................... 21 3.1.1. Background ....................................................................................................... 21 3.1.2. Data and Methods ............................................................................................. 22 3.1.3. Reference Conditions ........................................................................................ 22 3.1.4. Resource Description ........................................................................................ 22 3.1.5. Data Gaps .......................................................................................................... 22 3.1.6. Literature Cited ................................................................................................. 22 3.2. Acoustic Resources .................................................................................................... 24 3.2.1. Background ....................................................................................................... 24 3.2.2. Data and Methods ............................................................................................. 27 3.2.3. Reference Conditions ........................................................................................ 27 3.2.4. Resource Description ........................................................................................ 28 3.2.5. Condition of Data .............................................................................................. 30 3.2.6. Data Gaps .......................................................................................................... 30 3.2.7. Literature Cited ................................................................................................. 30 3.3. Air Quality ................................................................................................................. 33 3.3.1. Background ....................................................................................................... 33 3.3.2. Data and Methods ............................................................................................. 34 3.3.3. Reference Conditions ........................................................................................ 36 iv Table of Contents (continued) Page 3.3.4. Resource Description ........................................................................................ 36 3.3.5. Condition of Data .............................................................................................. 37 3.3.6. Data Gaps .......................................................................................................... 37 3.3.7. Literature Cited ................................................................................................. 37 3.4. Geology ...................................................................................................................... 39 3.4.1. Resource Description ........................................................................................ 39 3.4.2. Data and Methods ............................................................................................. 39 3.4.3. Reference Conditions ........................................................................................ 39 3.4.4. Resource Description ........................................................................................ 41 3.4.5. Condition of Data .............................................................................................
Recommended publications
  • Genetic Evidence for a Tacaribe Serocomplex Virus, Mexico
    blood, samples of kidney and other solid tissues, and the Genetic Evidence skins and skeletons of the rodents were deposited into the Museum of Texas Tech University. for a Tacaribe The blood samples were tested by ELISA (10) for anti- body (immunoglobulin [Ig] G) to Whitewater Arroyo virus Serocomplex strain AV 9310135 (7). Samples of spleen and kidney from white-toothed woodrats TK133448 and TK133451, 7 oth- Virus, Mexico er white-toothed woodrats, 2 antibody-positive Nelson’s Catherine C. Inizan, Maria N. B. Cajimat, pocket mice (Chaetodipus nelsoni), and an antibody-pos- Mary Louise Milazzo, Artemio Barragán-Gomez, itive Merriam’s kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami) were Robert D. Bradley, and Charles F. Fulhorst tested for arenavirus by cultivation in monolayers of Vero E6 cells (11). Samples of kidney from the antibody-positive We isolated arenavirus RNA from white-toothed wood- rodents were tested for arenavirus RNA by using hemin- rats (Neotoma leucodon) captured in a region of Mexico in ested PCR assays. The fi rst-strand cDNA for the PCR was which woodrats are food for humans. Analyses of nucleotide synthesized by using SuperScript II Reverse Transcriptase and amino acid sequence data indicated that the woodrats were infected with a novel Tacaribe serocomplex virus, pro- (Invitrogen Life Technologies, Inc., Carlsbad, CA, USA) posed name Real de Catorce virus. in conjunction with oligont 19C-cons (2). The nucleotide sequence alignments were analyzed by using MRBAYES 3.1.2 (12) in the computer software package PAUP*, ver- he Tacaribe serocomplex (family Arenaviridae, ge- sion 4.0b10 (http://paup.csit.fsu.edu).
    [Show full text]
  • *For More Information, Please See
    Common Name Scientific Name Health Point Specifies-Specific Course(s)* Bat, Frog-eating Trachops cirrhosus AN0023 3198 3928 Bat, Fruit - Jamaican Artibeus jamaicensis AN0023 3198 3928 Bat, Mexican Free-tailed Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana AN0023 3198 3928 Bat, Round-eared - stripe-headed Tonatia saurophila AN0023 3198 3928 Bat, Round-eared - white-throated Lophostoma silvicolum AN0023 3198 3928 Bat, Seba's short-tailed Carollia perspicillata AN0023 3198 3928 Bat, Vampire - Common Desmodus rotundus AN0023 3198 3928 Bat, Vampire - Lesser False Megaderma spasma AN0023 3198 3928 Bird, Blackbird - Red-winged Agelaius phoeniceus AN0020 3198 3928 Bird, Brown-headed Cowbird Molothurus ater AN0020 3198 3928 Bird, Chicken Gallus gallus AN0020 3198 3529 Bird, Duck - Domestic Anas platyrhynchos AN0020 3198 3928 Bird, Finch - House Carpodacus mexicanus AN0020 3198 3928 Bird, Finch - Zebra Taeniopygia guttata AN0020 3198 3928 Bird, Goose - Domestic Anser anser AN0020 3198 3928 Bird, Owl - Barn Tyto alba AN0020 3198 3928 Bird, Owl - Eastern Screech Megascops asio AN0020 3198 3928 Bird, Pigeon Columba livia AN0020 3198 3928 Bird, Quail - Japanese Coturnix coturnix japonica AN0020 3198 3928 Bird, Sparrow - Harris' Zonotrichia querula AN0020 3198 3928 Bird, Sparrow - House Passer domesticus AN0020 3198 3928 Bird, Sparrow - White-crowned Zonotrichia leucophrys AN0020 3198 3928 Bird, Sparrow - White-throated Zonotrichia albicollis AN0020 3198 3928 Bird, Starling - Common Sturnus vulgaris AN0020 3198 3928 Cat Felis domesticus AN0020 3198 279 Cow Bos taurus
    [Show full text]
  • Vascular Plants and a Brief History of the Kiowa and Rita Blanca National Grasslands
    United States Department of Agriculture Vascular Plants and a Brief Forest Service Rocky Mountain History of the Kiowa and Rita Research Station General Technical Report Blanca National Grasslands RMRS-GTR-233 December 2009 Donald L. Hazlett, Michael H. Schiebout, and Paulette L. Ford Hazlett, Donald L.; Schiebout, Michael H.; and Ford, Paulette L. 2009. Vascular plants and a brief history of the Kiowa and Rita Blanca National Grasslands. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS- GTR-233. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 44 p. Abstract Administered by the USDA Forest Service, the Kiowa and Rita Blanca National Grasslands occupy 230,000 acres of public land extending from northeastern New Mexico into the panhandles of Oklahoma and Texas. A mosaic of topographic features including canyons, plateaus, rolling grasslands and outcrops supports a diverse flora. Eight hundred twenty six (826) species of vascular plant species representing 81 plant families are known to occur on or near these public lands. This report includes a history of the area; ethnobotanical information; an introductory overview of the area including its climate, geology, vegetation, habitats, fauna, and ecological history; and a plant survey and information about the rare, poisonous, and exotic species from the area. A vascular plant checklist of 816 vascular plant taxa in the appendix includes scientific and common names, habitat types, and general distribution data for each species. This list is based on extensive plant collections and available herbarium collections. Authors Donald L. Hazlett is an ethnobotanist, Director of New World Plants and People consulting, and a research associate at the Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, CO.
    [Show full text]
  • Annotated Checklist of Vascular Flora, Bryce
    National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Natural Resource Program Center Annotated Checklist of Vascular Flora Bryce Canyon National Park Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/NCPN/NRTR–2009/153 ON THE COVER Matted prickly-phlox (Leptodactylon caespitosum), Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. Photograph by Walter Fertig. Annotated Checklist of Vascular Flora Bryce Canyon National Park Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/NCPN/NRTR–2009/153 Author Walter Fertig Moenave Botanical Consulting 1117 W. Grand Canyon Dr. Kanab, UT 84741 Sarah Topp Northern Colorado Plateau Network P.O. Box 848 Moab, UT 84532 Editing and Design Alice Wondrak Biel Northern Colorado Plateau Network P.O. Box 848 Moab, UT 84532 January 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 scientifi c community, the public, and the NPS conservation and environmental constituencies. Manuscripts are peer-reviewed to ensure that the information is scientifi cally credible, technically accurate, appropriately written for the intended audience, and is designed and published in a professional manner. The Natural Resource Technical Report series is used to disseminate the peer-reviewed results of scientifi c studies in the physical, biological, and social sciences for both the advancement of science and the achievement of the National Park Service’s mission. The reports provide contributors with a forum for displaying comprehensive data that are often deleted from journals because of page limitations.
    [Show full text]
  • Lakeside Daisy Hymenoxys Herbacea
    COSEWIC Assessment and Status Report on the Lakeside Daisy Hymenoxys herbacea in Canada THREATENED 2002 COSEWIC COSEPAC COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF COMITÉ SUR LA SITUATION DES ENDANGERED WILDLIFE IN ESPÈCES EN PÉRIL CANADA AU CANADA COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows: Please note: Persons wishing to cite data in the report should refer to the report (and cite the author(s)); persons wishing to cite the COSEWIC status will refer to the assessment (and cite COSEWIC). A production note will be provided if additional information on the status report history is required. COSEWIC 2002. COSEWIC assessment and status report the lakeside daisy Hymenoxys herbacea in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 24 pp. Campbell, L.B. Husband and M.J. Oldham 2002. COSEWIC status report on the lakeside daisy Hymenoxys herbacea in Canada, in COSEWIC assessment and status report the lakeside daisy Hymenoxys herbacea in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. 1-24 pp. For additional copies contact: COSEWIC Secretariat c/o Canadian Wildlife Service Environment Canada Ottawa, ON K1A 0H3 Tel.: (819) 997-4991 / (819) 953-3215 Fax: (819) 994-3684 E-mail: COSEWIC/[email protected] http://www.cosewic.gc.ca Également disponible en français sous le titre Évaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur l’hyménoxys herbacé (Hymenoxys herbacea) au Canada Cover illustration: Lakeside Daisy — Illustration by Jack Wellington Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2003 Catalogue No.
    [Show full text]
  • Presentation Abstracts/Resúmenes De Presentaciones
    1 PRESENTATION ABSTRACTS/RESÚMENES DE PRESENTACIONES WILKS AWARD COMPETITION/COMPETICIÓN PARA EL PREMIO WILKS W1 BIRD OCCUPANCY IN RELATION TO HABITAT STRUCTURE IN THE OAK SAVANNA CROSS TIMBERS OF KANSAS, USA / OCUPACION DE PAJAROS EN RELACION A ESTRUCTURAS DE HABITAT EN EL ROBLE SABANA A TRAVES DE BISQUES DE KANSAS, USA Nathan S. Holoubek and William E. Jensen Department of Biological Sciences, Emporia State University, 1200 Commercial Ave, Emporia, KS 66801 Oak savanna, once widespread across central North America, has functionally vanished from most of its range. Our objective was to quantify avian habitat associations across a gradient from open-canopy oak savanna to closed-canopy forest in the Cross Timbers region of southeastern Kansas. Using 2012 point-count data, we modeled species-specific detection (p) and occupancy (ψ) probabilities against vegetative variables using program Presence. We first established the best p predictors and then used these when modeling ψ. Of 28 species modeled, ψ for 7 was strongly associated with vegetative variables. Occupancies of Contopus virens, Polioptila caerulea, and Passerina cyanea peaked at intermediate tree densities or canopy coverages. Icterus spurius, Spiza americana, and Spizella pusilla occupancies were highest at low tree densities or canopy coverages. These species might benefit from reductions in tree density within otherwise closed-canopy forest. Moderate habitat relationships with ψ were found for three other species. Point counts will resume in 2013. Quantifying bird habitat use in oak savanna will be useful in guiding future savanna restoration for avian conservation. Roble Sabana, una vez extendido a traves de Norte America central, ha funcionalmente desaparecido en la mayoria de su extension.
    [Show full text]
  • Climate and Floristic Variation in Great Basin Mountain Ranges
    David A. Charlet and Pat Leary College of Southern Nevada Funding and other support for this work: Nevada Climate Change Infrastructure for Climate Change Research, Education, and Outreach Clark County Ecosystem Indicators Project (Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act) US Geological Survey USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service US Fish and Wildlife Service Bureau of Land Management College of Southern Nevada Wesley E. Niles Herbarium, UNLV Premier location to study climate change Paleoclimate proxy data sets: Biological: fossil, pollen, woodrat midden Geomorphological: pluvial lake shores and basins, sand dunes, glacial and periglacial features Presence of all major temperate life-zones except Humid Transition Understanding our flora requires the context of climate change, isolation of populations, and refugia Hunt 1967 Plant species have specific tolerances for conditions and resource availability (e.g., temperature, nutrients, water) Vary one of the conditions (climate), and the distributions of the plants should change To detect changes in vegetation as it responds to changes in climate, we must first know where the vegetation is now We don’t know very well how species are distributed We must develop the baseline data Charlet Billings (1951) Merriam (1898) Alpine Alpine tundra MZS Arctic-Alpine Subalpine Limber pine-bristlecone pine MZS Hudsonian Montane Yellow pine-White fir MZS Canadian Pygmy Conifer Pinyon-juniper MZS Upper Sonoran Sagebrush Sagebrush-grass Upper Sonoran Blackbrush Creosote-bush Lower Sonoran
    [Show full text]
  • Plant Community Composition and Structure Monitoring for Agate Fossil Beds National Monument 2011-2015 Summary Report
    National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Natural Resource Stewardship and Science Plant Community Composition and Structure Monitoring for Agate Fossil Beds National Monument 2011-2015 Summary Report Natural Resource Report NPS/NGPN/NRR—2016/1198 ON THIS PAGE Photograph of riparian long-term monitoring plot 261 at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, 2015. Photograph courtesy of the National Park Service. ON THE COVER Photograph of plant community monitoring at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, 2015. Photograph courtesy of the National Park Service. Plant Community Composition and Structure Monitoring for Agate Fossil Beds National Monument 2011-2015 Summary Report Natural Resource Report NPS/NGPN/NRR—2016/1198 Isabel W. Ashton Christopher J. Davis National Park Service Northern Great Plains Inventory & Monitoring Network 231 East St. Joseph Street Rapid City, SD 57701 April 2016 U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service Natural Resource Stewardship and Science Fort Collins, Colorado The National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science office in Fort Collins, Colorado, publishes a range of reports that address natural resource topics. These reports are of interest and applicability to a broad audience in the National Park Service and others in natural resource management, including scientists, conservation and environmental constituencies, and the public. The Natural Resource Report Series is used to disseminate comprehensive information and analysis about natural resources and related topics concerning lands managed by the National Park Service. The series supports the advancement of science, informed decision-making, and the achievement of the National Park Service mission. The series also provides a forum for presenting more lengthy results that may not be accepted by publications with page limitations.
    [Show full text]
  • PROCEEDINGS of the OKLAHOMA ACADEMY of SCIENCE Volume 98 2018
    PROCEEDINGS of the OKLAHOMA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE Volume 98 2018 EDITOR: Mostafa Elshahed Production Editor: Tammy Austin Business Manager: T. David Bass The Official Organ of the OKLAHOMA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE Which was established in 1909 for the purpose of stimulating scientific research; to promote fraternal relationships among those engaged in scientific work in Oklahoma; to diffuse among the citizens of the State a knowledge of the various departments of science; and to investigate and make known the material, educational, and other resources of the State. Affiliated with the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Publication Date: January 2019 ii POLICIES OF THE PROCEEDINGS The Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science contains papers on topics of interest to scientists. The goal is to publish clear communications of scientific findings and of matters of general concern for scientists in Oklahoma, and to serve as a creative outlet for other scientific contributions by scientists. ©2018 Oklahoma Academy of Science The Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy Base and/or other appropriate repository. of Science contains reports that describe the Information necessary for retrieval of the results of original scientific investigation data from the repository will be specified in (including social science). Papers are received a reference in the paper. with the understanding that they have not been published previously or submitted for 4. Manuscripts that report research involving publication elsewhere. The papers should be human subjects or the use of materials of significant scientific quality, intelligible to a from human organs must be supported by broad scientific audience, and should represent a copy of the document authorizing the research conducted in accordance with accepted research and signed by the appropriate procedures and scientific ethics (proper subject official(s) of the institution where the work treatment and honesty).
    [Show full text]
  • Updated and Revised Checklist of the Mammals of Oklahoma, 2019
    1 Updated and Revised Checklist of the Mammals of Oklahoma, 2019 William Caire Biology Department, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK 73031 Lynda Samanie Loucks Biology Department, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK 73031 Michelle L. Haynie Biology Department, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK 73031 Brandi S. Coyner Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Department of Mammalogy, Norman, OK 73072 Janet K. Braun Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Department of Mammalogy, Norman, OK 73072 Abstract: An updated list of the mammals of Oklahoma was compiled from literature records, sight records, and museum specimens. A total of 108 native species, 4 extirpated species, and 5 introduced/exotic species are reported. jugossicularis, and Perognathus merriami), not Introduction included in the most recent checklist of Choate and Jones (1998), have been verified as occurring in the state. Choate and Jones (1998) included In a checklist of mammals of Oklahoma the domestic dog and cat as introduced/exotic (Caire et al. 1989), a total of 106 species of species which we did not. This document has mammals were listed as occurring in Oklahoma, been created in part to assist those working with including 4 extirpated and 4 introduced species. the many different and varied aspects related to In 1998, an updated checklist was published the state’s mammals. It will provide a common (Choate and Jones 1998) listing 111 species point of reference and terminology. of mammals including 4 extirpated and 7 introduced/exotic species. Since the publication Methods by Caire et al. (1989) and the updated checklist of Choate and Jones (1998), there have been To compile the updated list, we began with several changes in distributional occurrences Caire et al.
    [Show full text]
  • Mammals of Colorado, Second Edition
    1 Environments of Colorado Mammals are a familiar and important component of understand the distribution and abundance of mammals Earth’s biodiversity. Biodiversity is the kinds of organisms and the details of their daily lives we must fi rst understand and their genetic and ecological relationships—an evolu- the resource base, the mosaic of Colorado’s environments tionary and ecological phenomenon in space and time (E. in space and time. Wilson 1992). The mammalian fauna of Colorado is a fas- cinating piece of that whole. To understand the diversity of mammals we need to have a perspective of the ecosphere more generally. Such a perspective is the purpose of this Geography chapter, with a focus on environments of Colorado. Colorado is known for its scenic beauty—from majes- From the standpoint of political geography, Colorado is tic mountain peaks and rushing white rivers tumbling simple: it is roughly rectangular (if we neglect some minor down dark canyons, to red-rock deserts and ceaselessly old surveyors’ errors and the fact that Earth is spherical), shifting sand dunes, to the expansive sweep of the short- measuring approximately 607 km by 444 km (377 by 276 grass prairie. Grandeur is wherever we stop to appreciate mi.) and encompassing some 270,000 km2 (104,000 sq. mi.). it, at every scale, from canyons carved in crystalline rocks Colorado lies between approximately 102° and 109° west 2 billion years old, to bold peaks sculpted by the glaciers longitude and 37° and 41° north latitude, and is subdi- of the last Ice Age, to last night’s furtive trail of a mouse vided into 64 counties (Map 1-1).
    [Show full text]
  • Annotated Checklist of Vascular Flora, Cedar Breaks National
    National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Natural Resource Program Center Annotated Checklist of Vascular Flora Cedar Breaks National Monument Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/NCPN/NRTR—2009/173 ON THE COVER Peterson’s campion (Silene petersonii), Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah. Photograph by Walter Fertig. Annotated Checklist of Vascular Flora Cedar Breaks National Monument Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/NCPN/NRTR—2009/173 Author Walter Fertig Moenave Botanical Consulting 1117 W. Grand Canyon Dr. Kanab, UT 84741 Editing and Design Alice Wondrak Biel Northern Colorado Plateau Network P.O. Box 848 Moab, UT 84532 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 scientifi c community, the public, and the NPS conservation and environmental constituencies. Manuscripts are peer-reviewed to ensure that the information is scientifi cally credible, technically accurate, appropriately written for the intended audience, and is designed and published in a professional manner. The Natural Resource Technical Report series is used to disseminate the peer-reviewed results of scientifi c studies in the physical, biological, and social sciences for both the advancement of science and the achievement of the National Park Service’s mission. The reports provide contributors with a forum for displaying comprehensive data that are often deleted from journals because of page limitations. Current examples of such reports include the results of research that addresses natural resource management issues; natural resource inventory and monitoring activities; resource assessment reports; scientifi c literature reviews; and peer- reviewed proceedings of technical workshops, conferences, or symposia.
    [Show full text]