Landscape Conservation Forecasting for Washington County's National Conservation Areas
Report and appendices for Landscape Conservation Forecasting for Washington County, Utah's National Conservation Areas. The St. George Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management and The Nature Conservancy collaborated to address fire, vegetation, and desert tortoise management issues for the Red Cliffs and Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Areas in southwestern Utah.
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Subject Tags
- Land management
- Conservation Planning
- Ecosystem management
Description
The St. George Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) collaborated to address fire, vegetation, and desert tortoise management issues for the Red Cliffs and Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Areas (NCAs) of Washington County in southwestern Utah. The objectives of the project were to 1) map current vegetation and potential vegetation of the two NCAs; 2) determine the condition of ecological systems expressed as ecological departure from reference conditions, or as departure from desirable habitat conditions for desert tortoise; and 3) guide the development of specific, cost-effective fire and vegetation management actions to maintain, enhance or restore the condition of the NCAs' ecological systems. The report can be found at the above right and appendices are here.
Citation
York E, Tuhy J, Green G, Provencher L, Anderson T. 2011. Landscape Conservation Forecasting for Washington County's National Conservation Areas. Report to the Bureau of Land Management St. George Field Office. The Nature Conservancy.
TNC Authors
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Elaine York
Utah West Desert Regional Director
The Nature Conservancy
Email: eyork@tnc.org -
Tanya Anderson
Nevada Project Manager
The Nature Conservancy
Email: tanderson@tnc.org -
Louis Provencher
Nevada Director of Science
The Nature Conservancy