Reports

Monitoring results are disseminated to a wide audience, including park superintendents, resource managers, interpretive staff, other scientists, and the general public. The reports listed here are status and trend reports written primarily for the park resource manager and superintendent. Beginning in 2006, some reports are accompanied by a one page monitoring summary written for the interpreters, interested citizen, and stakeholders. Additional information for the public is available on the Communication and Outreach page. A few reports contain sensitive information and are only available the NPS employees.

• Adjacent Land Use and Land Cover Monitoring
  • 2004 LU/LC  Interpretation and Analysis for Three National Monuments
  • Interactions between Heartland National Parks and Surrounding Land Use Change: Development of Conceptual Models and Indicators for Monitoring
• Aquatic Invertebrate Monitoring
  • 2005-2007 Report for George Washington Carver NM
  • 2005-2007 Trend Report for Homestead NM of America
  • 2005-2007 Trend Report for Pipestone NM
  • Resource Brief | 2005 Summary Report for Homestead NM of America
  • 2005 Summary Report for Agate Fossil Beds NM
  • Resource Brief | 2005 Summary Report for Pipestone NM
  • Resource Brief | 2005 Summary Report for Wilson´s Creek NB
  • 1989-2002 Summary Report: Agate Fossil Beds NM
  • 1989-2002 Summary Report: Homestead NM of America
  • 1989-2002 Summary Report: Pipestone NM
  • 1989-2002 Summary Report: Wilson's Creek NB
• Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Monitoring - SCBL
  • Resource Brief | Peitz, D. G., and J. T. Cribbs.  2008.  Black-tailed Prairie Dog Monitoring at Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska: Annual Status Report 2008.  Heartland Network Monitoring Report Update—August, 2008
  • Peitz, D. G., and J. T. Cribbs. 2007. Black-tailed Prairie Dog Monitoring at Scotts Bluff National Monument: Annual Status Report 2007. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2007/032. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • B. A. Hummel, J. T. Cribbs and D. G. Peitz. 2006. Black-tailed Prairie Dog Monitoring at Scotts Bluff National Monument: Annual Status Report 2006. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR–2006/020. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • 2005 Annual Report
  • 2004 Annual Report
  • 2003 Annual Report
  • 2002 Annual Report
  • 2001 Annual Report
  • 2000 Annual Report
  • 1999 Annual Report
• Breeding Bird Monitoring
  • Resource Brief | Peitz, D.G.  2009.  Bird monitoring at George Washington Carver National Monument, Missouri 2008 status report.  Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2009/193. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • Resource Brief | Peitz, D.G.  2009.  Bird monitoring at Pea Ridge National Military Park, Arkansas 2008 status report.  Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2009/194. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • Resource Brief | Peitz, D.G.  2009.  Bird monitoring at Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, Missouri 2008 status report.  Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2009/195. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • Resource Brief | Peitz, D.G.  2008.  Bird Monitoring at Hopewell Culture National Historical Site, Ohio: 2005-2007 Status Report.  Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2008/101 National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • Resource Brief | Peitz, D.G. 2008. Bird Monitoring at Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas: 2007 Status Report. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2008/099. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • Resource Brief | Peitz, D.G. 2008. Bird Monitoring at Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Indiana: 2007 Status Report. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2008/100. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • Peitz, D.G. 2007. Grassland Bird Monitoring at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Nebraska: 2001-2006 Status Report. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/MWR/HTLN/NRTR—2007/023. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • Resource Brief | Peitz, D.G. 2007. Grassland bird monitoring at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site Iowa: 2005-2006 Status Report. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR--2007/024. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • 2001 - 2003 Status Report: Grassland Bird Monitoring at Agate Fossil Beds NM and Tallgrass Prairie NPres
  • 2000 Grassland Birds Inventory for Seven Prairie Parks
• Fish Community Monitoring
  • Resource Brief | Dodd, H.R. 2009. Fish community monitoring at Ozark National Scenic Riverways: 2005-2007 status report. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR-2009/224. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • Resource Brief | Dodd, H.R. 2009. Fish community monitoring at Buffalo National River: 2006-2007 status report. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR-2009/185. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • 2005 T&E Annual Fish Report (NPS Only)
  • 2004 T&E Annual Fish Report (NPS Only)
  • 2003 T&E Annual Fish Report (NPS Only)
  • 2002 T&E Annual Fish Report (NPS Only)
  • 2001 T&E Annual Fish Report (NPS Only)
• Invasive Non-Native Plants Monitoring
• Young, C.C, J.L. Haack, and M.S. Weber. 2008. Invasive exotic plant monitoring at Hopewell Culture National Historical Park: Year 1 (2008). Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2008/148. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
• Young, C.C, J.L. Haack, J.T. Cribbs, and H.J. Etheridge. 2007. Invasive exotic plant monitoring at Arkansas Post National Memorial: Year 1 (2006). Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2007/016. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
• Djuren, C.M. and C.C. Young. 2007. Invasive exotic plant monitoring at Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Year 1 (2007). Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2007/063. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
• Young, C.C, J.T. Cribbs, and J.L. Haack. 2007. Invasive exotic plant monitoring at Effigy Mounds National Monument: Year 1 (2006). Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2007/022. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
• Cribbs, J.T., C.C. Young, J.L. Haack, and H.J. Etheridge. 2007. Invasive exotic plant monitoring at George Washington Carver National Monument: Year 1 (2006). Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2007/017. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
• Young, C.C, J.T. Cribbs, J.L. Haack, K.E. Mlekush, and H.J. Etheridge. 2007. Invasive exotic plant monitoring at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site: Year 1 (2006). Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2007/018. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
• Young C.C., J.T. Cribbs, J.L. Haack, and H.J. Etheridge. 2007. Invasive exotic plant monitoring at Homestead National Monument of America: Year 1 (2006). Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2007/020. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
• Cribbs, J.T., C.C. Young, J.L. Haack, and H.J. Etheridge. 2007. Invasive exotic plant monitoring at Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial: Year 1 (2006). Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2007/021. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
• Young, C.C, J.T. Cribbs, J.L. Haack, and H.J. Etheridge. 2007. Invasive exotic plant monitoring at Pea Ridge National Military Park: Year 1 (2006). Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2007/019. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
• Young, C.C, J.L. Haack, J.T. Cribbs, K.E. Mlekush, and H.J. Etheridge. 2007. Invasive exotic plant monitoring at Pipestone National Monument: Year 1 (2006). Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2007/002. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
• Young, C.C, J.L. Haack, J.T. Cribbs, and H.J. Etheridge. 2007. Invasive exotic plant monitoring at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve: Year 1 (2006). Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2007/014. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
• Young, C.C., J.L. Haack, and H.J. Etheridge. 2007. Invasive exotic plant monitoring at Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield: Year 1 (2006). Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2007/013 National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
• Missouri Bladderpod Monitoring - WICR
  • Resource Brief | Young, C.C. 2008. Missouri Bladderpod Status Report for Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield: 2008.  Heartland Network Monitoring Report Update—July, 2008 (NPS Only)
  • Resource Brief | Young, C.C. and J.L. Haack. 2007 Missouri Bladderpod Status Report for Six Populations at Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2007/031. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. (NPS Only)
  • Cribbs, J.T., L.W. Morrison and C.C. Young. 2007. Missouri Bladderpod Habitat Relationships on Bloody Hill Glade at Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield.  Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/ HTLN/NRTR—2007/062. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. (NPS Only)
  • Resource Brief | Young, C.C., L.W. Morrison, and H.J. Etheridge. 2006. Missouri Bladderpod Population Size and Initial Habitat Assessment for the Bloody Hill Glade Population at Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2006/017. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. (NPS Only)
  • 2005 Missouri Bladderpod Cedar Report (NPS Only)
• Plant Community Monitoring
  • Resource Brief | James, K.M. and G.A. Rowell. 2009. Plant Community Monitoring Baseline Report, George Washington Carver National Monument. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2009/190. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • Resource Brief | Leis, S.A., and K. James. 2008. Effects of multiple intense disturbances at Manley Woods, Wilson's Creek National Battlefield. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR- 2008/123. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • Resource Brief | James, K. 2008. Forest Community Monitoring Baseline Report, Pea Ridge National Military Park. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2008/082. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • Resource Brief | James, K. 2008. Forest Community Monitoring Baseline Report, Hot Springs National Park. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2008/081. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • Resource Brief | James, K., and DeBacker, M. 2007. Plant Community Monitoring Trend Report, Homestead National Monument of America. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2007/028. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • Resource Brief | James, K., and DeBacker, M. 2007. Plant Community Monitoring Trend Report, Pipestone National Monument. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2007/029. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • Resource Brief | James, K., and DeBacker, M. 2007. Plant Community Monitoring Trend Report, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2007/030. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • Resource Brief | Williams, M.H., S.A. Leis, and P. Christiansen. 2007. Evaluation of fire effects and restoration progress through 21 years of prairie vegetation monitoring at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, 1982-2005. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR–2007/052. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • Sasseen, A., and DeBacker, M. 2006. Baseline Plant Community Monitoring Report, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2006/019. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • 2005 Agate Fossil Beds NM & Scotts Bluff NM Report
  • 2005 George Washington Carver NM Report
  • 2005 Scott's Bluff NM USGS Grazing Research Report
  • 2004 Effigy Mounds NM Report
  • 2004 Herbert Hoover NHS Preliminary Report
  • 2003 Wilson's Creek NB Report on Tornado Damage to Vegetation
  • 2003 Woodland Vascular Plant Inventory at Homestead NM of America
• Prairie Fringed Orchid Monitoring - PIPE
  • Resource Brief |Young, C.C., L.W. Morrison, and J.L. Haack. Summary Report: Western Prairie Fringed Orchid Monitoring at Pipestone National Monument, 1993-2008. Heartland Network Monitoring Report Update—December 2008. (NPS Only)
  • Resource Brief | Young, C.C., L.W. Morrison, J.L. Haack, and G. Wagner,. Summary Report: Western Prairie Fringed Orchid Monitoring at Pipestone National Monument, 1993-2007. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2007/059. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. (NPS Only)
  • Resource Brief | Young, C.C., L.W. Morrison, G. Wagner, and J.L. Haack. Summary Report: Western Prairie Fringed Orchid Monitoring at Pipestone National Monument, 1993-2006. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2006/018. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.(NPS Only)
  • 2005 annual report (NPS Only)
  • 2004 annual report (NPS Only)
  • 2003 annual report (NPS Only)
  • 2002 annual report (NPS Only)
  • 2000 annual report (NPS Only)
• Wetland Vital Signs Monitoring - CUVA
  • Wetland Vital Signs Report (NPS Only)
  • Wetland Vital Signs Literature Search (NPS Only)
  • Wetland Vital Signs Data (NPS Only)
• White-Tailed Deer Monitoring
  • Interactive Reports | Instructions for viewing interactive reports
    • White-tailed Deer Monitoring at Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas: 2005-2009
    • White-tailed Deer Monitoring at Pea Ridge National Military Park, Arkansas: 2005-2009
    • White-tailed Deer Monitoring at Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, Missouri: 2005-2009
  • Resource Brief | Cribbs, J.T. and D.G. Peitz.  2008.  White-tailed Deer Monitoring at Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas: 2008 Status Report.  Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2008/103. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • Resource Brief | Cribbs, J.T. and D.G. Peitz.  2008.  White-tailed Deer Monitoring at Pea Ridge National Military Park, Arkansas: 2008 Status Report.  Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2008/104. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • Resource Brief | Cribbs, J.T. and D.G.Peitz. 2008. White-tailed Deer Monitoring at Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, Missouri: 2008 Status Report. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2008/102. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • Resource Brief | Cribbs, J.T. and D.G. Peitz. 2007. White-tailed Deer Monitoring at Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas: 2007 Status Report. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2007/025. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • Resource Brief | Cribbs, J.T. and D.G. Peitz. 2007. White-tailed Deer Monitoring at Pea Ridge National Military Park, Arkansas: 2007 Status Report. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2007/026. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • Resource Brief | Cribbs, J.T. and D.G. Peitz. 2007. White-tailed Deer Monitoring at Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, Missouri: 2007 Status Report. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2007/027. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • Peitz, D.G. 2006. White-tailed Deer Monitoring at Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas: 2005-2006 Status Report. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2006/014. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • Peitz, D.G. 2006. White-tailed Deer Monitoring at Pea Ridge National Military Park, Arkansas: 2005-2006 Status Report. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2006/015. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • Peitz, D.G. 2006. White-tailed Deer Monitoring at Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, Missouri: 2005-2006 Status Report. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/HTLN/NRTR—2006/016. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.