Mediterranean Coast Network Lane Cameron

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Mediterranean Coast NetworkLane Cameron
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MEDN Marine-water Quality Monitoring at Cabrillo
NM
Significant Intertidal Resources are Managed by
the Park
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Marine Water Quality Baseline Reconnaissance _at_
CABR
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Offshore
Onshore
Point Loma, CABR, Zone of Managed Intertidal,
Offshore Sample Locations.
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Cumberland-Piedmont NetworkMammoth Cave
PrototypeTeresa Leibfreid
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Ozone Monitoring Stations
CUPN PARKS
Ozone Monitoring Stations
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Continuous Portable Ozone Monitoring Station (ARD)
Passive Ozone Station located at Shiloh NMP
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Partnership BetweenUSGS-Biological Resources
Division Robert Woodman(now with Gulf Coast
Network)Mammoth Cave National Park-Bob Carson
and Johnathan JerniganNational Park ServiceAir
Resources Division John RayCumberland Piedmont
NetworkTeresa Leibfreid
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Sierra Nevada NetworkLinda Mutch
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SIEN, YOSE and NASA Partnership--Principle
Investigators Rama Nemani and Forrest Melton,
NASA-Ames
National Park Service Sierra Nevada Network
Yosemite Prototype NASA remote sensing data,
ecosystem modeling ground data used to
investigate capability for continuous park-wide
monitoring of ecosystem condition.

• (Current phase) Continuous, near real-time,
  park-wide monitoring of ecosystem conditions at a
  minimum resolution of 1-km.
• Short-term forecasting of a suite of parameters
  related to ecosystem function through the
  integration of NASA remote sensing data and
  ecosystem models.
• On-demand acquisition and delivery of
  high-resolution satellite data for periodic
  monitoring of critical habitats or events within
  a park.
• Implementation of hydrologic and ecosystem models
  to facilitate high resolution model runs for
  evaluation of the impacts of alternate management
  scenarios on hydrologic and vegetative patterns
  in the park.

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Near Real-time Tracking of Ecosystem Condition
Max Temperature, 12/18/2005
TOPS Snow cover- (30 m) Merced River
Watershed 5/14/2005
MODIS Snow cover-(1 km) Merced River
Watershed 5/14/2005
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MODIS Anomaly Monitoring for Disturbance Detection
Composite of MODIS Direct Broadcast and Thermal
Anomaly (MOD 14) Data
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San Francisco Bay Area NetworkMarcus Koenen
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SFAN - Harbor Seals Adaptive Management through
Monitoring
Elephant seal
NOAA Docents at TB
Kayak use at DE modified
Coyote
El Nino
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Central Alaska NetworkDoug Wilder
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Tablet Computers Streamline Field Data Collection
Field computers will reduce need for biotech time
by 6 weeks
Forms with pick-lists reduce data entry error
GPS allows spatial data entry
Withstand adverse field conditions
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Sonoran Desert NetworkDebbie Angell
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RESEARCH ATLAS A Data Sharing Application for the
Sonoran Desert Regional Ecosystem Monitoring
Project

• Query content and location of research projects
• Functional system for the eleven SODN parks
  currently under development
• Planned future expansion to Huachuca Mountains
  Grassland Valley Complex in southern Arizona to
  test functionality as an interagency data
  switchboard

Sonoran Desert Network, February 2006
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Sonoran Desert Network, February 2006
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Rocky Mountain NetworkBrent Frakes
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White Pine Blister Rust Database Brent Frakes

• Blister rust (Cronartium ribicola) introduced to
  North America in early 20th century
• Spread throughout the range of western
  five-needled white pines
• Ecosystem Disruption
• Soil erosion
• Modified Snowmelt
• Species Regeneration
• Habitat
• Food
• Logistical Problems
• International (US and Canada)
• Inter-agency (USFS, NPS, BLM)
• Lack of database
• Lack of protocol

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White Pine Blister Rust Database

• Addresses needs of three network parks
• Possible vital sign
• Collaborated with Whitebark Pine Ecosystem
  Foundation (WPEF), US Forest Service, and Parks
  Canada
• Developed a database to match protocol
• Common database fostersinteragency coop. on
  protocol and management

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White Pine Blister Rust DatabaseFeatures

• NRDT structure
• Exports data to the USDA-FS Forest Health
  Protection Program
• Image Viewer
• F1 Help Screens
• Version control

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Mid-Atlantic NetworkKristina Callahan
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Vegetation Map Review Procedures
Northeast Region Inventory and Monitoring Program

• Northeast Region has developed and documented a
  detailed set of procedures for reviewing
  vegetation map products.
• Digital Vegetation Map Products
• - Spatial data (points and polygons)
• - Metadata
• - Tabular data (PLOTS database)
• - Final report
• - Photos
• Goals of the detailed data review
• - ensure consitency between products
• - reduce errors
• - define minimum standards

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Northern Great Plains NetworkAmy Symstad
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Integrating IM vegetation monitoring with Fire
Effects monitoring and Exotic Plant Management
Team activities

• The Northern Great Plains Fire Effects program
  has been collecting vegetation data from burn
  units for several years.
• The NGPN IM Program will be collecting
  vegetation data throughout the parks.
• By integrating Fire Effects and IM vegetation
  monitoring numerous benefits can be realized.
  They include

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• Effectively doubling the sample size for the IM
  Program with no additional cost
• Allowing the Fire Effects to compare changes
  across burn and non-burn (i.e., control) units
• Greater efficiencies in recruiting seasonals,
  travel costs, data management, GIS analyses,
  reporting, and other tasks
• Happier park staff because they are being visited
  by only one vegetation monitoring crew

See poster for results of first collaboration
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Southern Florida/Caribbean NetworkBrian Witcher
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Northern Great Plains NetworkJoel Brumm
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Northern Great Plains Network Image Library

• Use ThumbsPlus. Application based on an MS
  Access engine.
• User fields are customizable.
• File nomenclature is BADL_N4356234E625435_200
  5-01-15_1315_001.jpg
• Over 5,000 images in the database.
• Network has started opportunistically recording
  photo points.

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Heartland NetworkSara Melena
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Protecting the Habitat of Our Heritage
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Bridging the Communication Gap

• Part of the Inventory Monitoring programs
  responsibility is to make the findings widely
  available

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Education Outreach