Vital Signs Monitoring Meeting - Denver, Colorado
August 13-16, 2002
The Second Annual "Meeting of the Vital Signs Monitoring Networks" was held during the week of August 13-16, 2002 in Denver, Colorado at the Westin Hotel at Tabor Center. Approximately 135 resource managers, data managers, and others involved in planning and designing monitoring of natural resources attended the meeting.
Final Agenda
Meeting notes (DRAFT) Notetaker 1 08/29/02 version
Meeting notes (DRAFT) Notetaker 2 08/27/02 version
List of Participants
Phone, Fax, Address information for meeting participants
List of Regional, Network and Prototype Coordinators and Data Managers
Meeting Objectives:
- Review the latest guidance and strategies for designing and implementing natural resource monitoring throughout the NPS;
- Present the status, methods, and preliminary results of planning and design efforts by vital signs monitoring networks, and discuss the scientific and logistical merits and difficulties of the approaches being used;
- Promote integration among natural resource program areas; and
- Facilitate collaboration and communication among scientists and managers involved in designing network monitoring programs.
Download Powerpoint Presentations and Handouts
A pdf version was created for some of the large presentations to make it easier for people on slow connections to download them.
Presentation: Designing a Vital Signs Monitoring Program (2.79 MB) Overview of strategy and guidance - Steve Fancy
Presentation: Ambient air quality and effects monitoring (1.30 MB) Tonnie Maniero, Air Resources Division
Presentation: Geologic Resources Guidance for Integrated Monitoring (16.9 MB) Bob Higgins, GRD pdf version 5.3 MB
Presentation: Core Parameters for Water Quality Monitoring (6.57 MB) Pete Penoyer and Roy Irwin, WRD pdf 1.09 MB
Presentation: How to Work with the CESUs (1.35 MB) Kathy Tonnessen, Rocky Mountain CESU
Presentation: USGS Role in Monitoring Design and Protocol Development (62 kb) Paul Geissler, USGS
Presentation: North Coast and Cascades Network (1.5 MB) Steve Ralph
Presentation: Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network (3.6 MB) Bryan Milstead
Presentation: Heartland Network (13.6 MB) Janet Eckhoff or view the pdf version 781 kb
Presentation: Sonoran Desert Network (3.68 MB) Andy Hubbard
Presentation: National Capital Network (7.73 MB) Marcus Koenen
Presentation: Cumberland Piedmont Network (11.4 MB) Teresa Leibfreid pdf version 1.17 MB
Presentation: Appalachian Highlands Network (16.0 MB) Robert Emmott pdf version 1.11 MB
Presentation: Central Alaska Network (4.27 MB) Maggie MacCluskie
Presentation: Northern Colorado Plateau Network (7.66 MB) Angie Evenden pdf version 5.12 MB
Presentation: San Francisco Bay Network (4.15 MB) Jenny Bjork
Presentation: Mediterranean Coast Network (16.08 MB) Lane Cameron pdf version 1.53 MB
Presentation: Greater Yellowstone Network (9.14 MB) Cathie Jean
Presentation: Water Quality monitoring (11.3 MB) Gary Rosenlieb, Water Resources Division
Presentation: NatureServe (5.85 MB) Mary Klein, NatureServe
Presentation: Analysis and Protection of the Natural Soundscape in National Parks (1.28 MB) Bill Schmidt
Presentation: Fire Program Analysis and Fire Ecology Assessment Tools (2.2 MB) Ed Delaney and Tim Sexton, Fire Program
Presentation: Guidelines for Inventory and Monitoring of Invasive Plants (11.32 MB) Ron Hiebert
Presentation: NPSpecies Data Evaluation and Certification (242 kb) Mark Wotawa
Presentation: Remote Sensing for Inventory and Monitoring (3.43 MB) Mike Story
Presentation: Reporting the Results of I&M Efforts (57 kb) Multiple products for multiple audiences - Steve Fancy
Handout: Network Funding Sequence for Core Vital Signs Monitoring
Handout: Network Comparison Table Comparison among first 13 networks of staffing, committees, etc.
Handout: Ambient air quality and effects monitoring (60 kb) Tonnie Maniero
Handout: Air quality atlas (813 kb) John Ray and Tonnie Maniero
Handout: GeoIndicators (31 kb) Bob Higgins, Geologic Resources Division
Handout: Human Influences on Geology (30 kb) Bob Higgins, Geologic Resources Division
Handout: Species don't stand alone (197 kb) Bob Higgins, Geologic Resources Division
Handout: Recommendations on Core Water Quality Monitoring Parameters (150 kb) Gary Rosenlieb and Pete Penoyer
Handout: Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Units Briefing Statement (196 kb) Kathy Tonnessen
Handout: How the I&M Networks can work with the CESUs (40 kb) Kathy Tonnessen
Handout: USGS Role in Monitoring Design and Protocol Development (171 kb) Paul Geissler
Handout: North Coast and Cascades Network (7.9 MB) Steve Ralph
Handout: Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network (1.12 MB) Bryan Milstead
Handout: Heartland Network (198 kb) Janet Eckhoff
Handout: Sonoran Desert Network (40 kb) Andy Hubbard
Handout: National Capital Network (314 kb) Marcus Koenen
Handout: Cumberland Piedmont Network (417 kb) Teresa Leibfreid
Handout: Appalachian Highlands Network (112 kb) Robert Emmott
Handout: Central Alaska Network (245 kb) Maggie MacCluskie
Handout: Northern Colorado Plateau Network (1.51 MB) Angie Evenden
Handout: San Francisco Bay Network (39 kb) Jenny Bjork
Handout: Mediterranean Coast Network (434 kb) Lane Cameron
Handout: Greater Yellowstone Network (1.26 MB) Cathie Jean
Handout: NatureServe and the Natural Heritage Network (1.7 MB) Mary Klein
Handout: Analysis and Protection of the Natural Soundscape in National Parks (1.85 MB) Bill Schmidt
Handout: Research Permit and Reporting System (525 kb) Tim Goddard
Handout: Reporting the results of I&M efforts (32 kb) Steve Fancy
Handout: Draft Guidance for Peer Review for I&M Program (30 kb)
Handout: May 2, 2002 memo, Program Goals, 3-phase approach, Monitoring Plan Outline (48 kb) Development of Park Vital Signs Monitoring Programs and Integration of Water Quality Monitoring.
Handout: Guidance and Example for FY02-03 Annual Administrative Report and Work Plan (143 kb) Steve Fancy
Handout: Characteristics of a good monitoring protocol Steve Fancy
Handout: OMB Data Quality Guidelines (26 kb) Guidelines for Ensuring, Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility and Integrity of Information Disseminated by Federal Agencies - Dom Nessi
