General Information

• Agenda Only (44 KB .pdf)
• Full meeting report (2 MB .pdf)
• Meeting Handout Package (4.5 MB .pdf) - a single pdf file with the agenda, meeting objectives, background papers on NPS I&M and PCA EI Monitoring, breakout group charges, oral presentation and poster abstracts, biographies of oral presenters, and poster abstracts .

Meeting Presentations

Introduction

• Meeting Introduction - Cihlar, J. (114 KB .pdf).
• NPS Vital Sign Monitoring, Remote Sensing, and the Path to Thresholds and Assessment Points - Gross, J.E. (2.8 MB .pdf).
• EI Monitoring in Canada's National Parks - Use of Remote Sensing Data - McLennan, D. (1.5 MB .pdf).

Theme 1 - Remote sensing for monitoring land surface change in parks.

• Click here to download all intro and Theme 1 presentations in a single file. (46.6 MB .zip)
• Land Cover Change Protocol Developed For A Park Ecological Integrity Observing System (Park-EIOS) Fraser, R. (3.2 MB .pdf).
• Observing and Modeling Land Use Change and its Ecological Implications in the Mid-Atlantic and New England - Goetz, S. (8.8 MB .pdf).
• Multi-Resolution Land Characterization Consortium (MRLC) Products - Homer, C. (9.8 MB .pdf).
• The Proposed North American Land Change Monitoring System - Homer, C. (7.0 MB .pdf).
• Status of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission and Related Activities Irons, J. (1.0 MB .pdf).
• Challenges and Successes in Developing Landsat-based Monitoring Protocols for National Parks - Kennedy, R.E. (7.0 MB .pdf).

Theme 2 - Landscape pattern and biodiversity

• Click here to dowload all Theme 2 presentations in a single file (37.4 MB .zip).
• Modeling focal species distributions using RS inputs - Kerr, J. (3.9 MB .pdf).
• Multi-scale Assessment of Biodiversity in Mexico - New Approaches to a National Gap Analysis Kolb, M. (6.1 MB .pdf).
• Evaluating Landscape Connectivity in an Eastern US Network of Parks - Lookingbill, T. (6.1 MB .pdf).
• FragCube - Using Ecologically Scaled Landscape Indices for Monitoring Landscape Pattern in Canada's National ParksQuirouette, J., and P. Zorn. (2.7 MB .pdf).
• Remote Sensing Based Products Applicable to National Park Monitoring in México - Ressel, R. (6.9 MB .pdf).
• Landscape-scale Indicators of Protected Area Quality and Effectiveness - Rothley, K. (908 KB .pdf).
• Measuring Landscape Dynamics for Park Resources - Theobald, D. (6.7 MB .pdf).

Theme 3 - Desired conditions for protected landscapes

• Click here to download all Day 3 presentations in a single file (3.8 MB .zip).
• NARSEC 2007 Follow-On - Cihlar, J. (118 KB .pdf).
• On Thresholds and Assessment Points: Making Sense Out of Data - Gross, J. E. (1.86 MB .pdf).
• State of Protected Heritage Area Report - McCanny, S. (175 KB .pdf).
• EI Monitoring in Canada's National Parks Landscape -Targets, Thresholds and EI Assessment - McLennan, D. (22.6 MB .pdf).
• Landscape Pattern: Targets and Thresholds - Zorn, P. (1.60 MB .pdf).

Contributed Posters

• Parameters of Detecting Animals - Bergen, S. (736 KB .pdf).
• Free Satellite Images for Busy People or the Technologically Disinterested - Geller, G. (179 KB .pdf).
• Katmai National Park and Preserve Landcover Mapping Project - Grunblatt, J. (5.85 MB .pdf).
• IKONOS High Resolution Imagery - Grunblatt, J. (2.4 MB .pdf).
• Proactive Gazing Management in the Valles Caldera National Preserve Using Internet Mapping Services and Remotel Sensed Forecast Models Montano, E. (2.58 MB .pdf).
• Remote Sensing of Terrestrial and SubMerged Aquatic Vegetation in Fire Island National Seashore: Towards Long Term Monitoring - Wang, Y.Q. (5.50 MB .pdf).
• Modeling wood turtle (Clemmys insculpta ) distributions in La Mauricie National Park Young, E. (185 KB .pdf).

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