Great Basin National Park LCF

Description

This report presents the results of a cooperative agreement between Great Basin National Park (Park) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to collaborate on fire and vegetation management issues at the Park. TNC applied Landscape Conservation Forecasting, including satellite imagery, remote sensing, predictive ecological models, and cost-benefit assessments. Objectives included 1) development of high-resolution maps of the Park's ecological systems; 2) determine current condition of all ecological systems using Fire Regime Condition Class metrics; 3) refine and use ecological models to forecast anticipated future condition with minimum management; 4) use ecological models to forecast anticipate future condition with alternative management strategies; 5) forecast future conditions with anticipated climate change; 6) use Return-on-Investment analysis to assess which strategies for which ecological systems yield the most advantageous results and 7) use GIS analysis to help determine and map recommended treatment areas.

Citation

Provencher L, Low G, Anderson T. 2010. Landscape Conservation Forecasting. Report to Great Basin National Park. Reno: The Nature Conservancy.