Vital Signs: Some Preliminary Trends John Gross I&M Program Ft Collins, CO
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Vital Signs: Some Preliminary Trends John Gross I&M Program Ft Collins, CO. Roadmap …. Request and responses Results and general observations Conclusions. Goals. Identify commonalities among networks Avoid duplication Allocate resources effectively, and Provide feedback to networks.
Vital Signs: Some Preliminary Trends John Gross I&M Program Ft Collins, CO
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Vital Signs: Some Preliminary Trends John Gross I&M Program Ft Collins, CO
Roadmap … • Request and responses • Results and general observations • Conclusions
Goals • Identify commonalities among networks • Avoid duplication • Allocate resources effectively, and • Provide feedback to networks
The request Send a draft list of vital signs … The plan is to use the items to tabulate how many networks have identified certain indicators or issues as a high priority, so that we can identify and discuss opportunities for further collaboration and coordination…
The responses … • High level of creativity in approach and philosophy • Most > 1 list; some many pages • By network or by individual park unit • Stressors, attributes, indicators, measurements • High variation in detail • water quality vs dissolved oxygen • birds vs spotted owl • some phrased as questions
Approach • Examine lists • SGSAT approach to identify categories • Assign vital signs to categories • Select priority vital signs • Category headings • Note issues
Categories • Landscape / Humans • Abiotic • Biotic – terrestrial • Biotic – aquatic
Landscape / Humans Land use (in and out of parks) Land cover (confounded) Visitor / backcountry use
Future summaries • ecological scale • region, landscape, ecosystem, …. • broad-scale habitat • terrestrial, freshwater, marine, wetland, riparian • taxonomic group • indicator vs attribute • frequency of measurement
Opportunities … • exotic / invasive organisms • land use / land cover • remote sensing • aquatic organisms – fish, invertebrates • water chemistry • air quality • animals – amphibians, birds, mammals • deer • T&E species (rare taxa)
Conclusions… • significant opportunities for coordination • categories need to be more specific • common (concise) format useful • repeat after October