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State of the Las Ciénegas National Conservation Area, Part I

Published Article

Arizona

Publication date: July 1, 2005

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This report supports BLM’s adaptive management program by analyzing 1995–2004 grassland condition data, reviewing monitoring protocols, and outlining the adaptive management process launched in 2004/2005 to meet Resource Management Plan objectives.

Subject Tags

  • Conservation Planning
  • Grassland

Abstract

Summarizes work completed to assist the Bureau of Land Management in the development and implementation of a science-based adaptive management and monitoring program to evaluate progress toward objectives established in BLM’s Resource Management Plan. Includes 1) an analysis of data collected between 1995 and 2004 on the condition and trend of the NCA’s grasslands, 2) a review of monitoring protocols, and 3) an outline of the adaptive management process implemented by BLM in 2004/2005.

Citation

Gori, D. and Schussman, H., 2005. State of the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area. Part I. Condition and trend of the desert grassland and watershed. The Nature Conservancy, Arizona Chapter, Tucson, AZ.

TNC Authors

  • David Gori
    The Nature Conservancy

  • Heather Schussman
    The Nature Conservancy