Effective long-term management and stewardship of natural resources in the National Capital Region Network begins with basic knowledge of these resources. To acquire this knowledge, an inventory program was established to gather baseline information on a variety of resources, from species occurrence and distribution to bibliographic information.

The twelve basic resource inventories listed below(and defined in appendix A of the Natural Resources Inventory & Monitoring Guidelines: NPS-75) are those that were found to be of the greatest value in initiating I & M's long-term monitoring program.

12 Basic Inventories and Links to Further Information

Inventory	Reports & Other Products	Completion Status
Natural Resource Bibliography	Data located at the IRMA online data portal.	Complete
Species Lists	Park species lists available through the online NPSpecies search tool (also in IRMA).	Complete
Species Status and Abundance	Amphibians and Reptiles Inventory Report Bats Inventory Report (NPS only) Birds Inventory Report Fish Inventory Report Grasses, Sedges, and Rushes Inventory Report Macrofungi Inventory Report Small Mammals Inventory Report Vascular Plants Inventory Report	Complete
Vegetation (Map) Inventory	Classifications, descriptions, and detailed maps of vegetation communities in each park are in final draft stage. The Vegetation Inventory for Rock Creek Park is complete.	In Progress
Base Cartography	Data located at the IRMA online data portal.	Complete
Geologic Resources	NCRN Paleontological Resources Inventory Report(NPS only) Additional data and reports can also be found at the NPS Geologic Resources Division Page.	Complete
Soils Resources	Soils data and reports can also be found at the NPS Soils Resource Management Page.	Complete
Water Body Location and Classification	Data located at the IRMA online data portal.	Complete
Baseline Water Quality	Data located at the on the NPS Baseline Water Quality Data Inventory & Analysis Page.	Complete
Air Quality	Additional reports, documents, and online data display tools are available at the NPS Air Resources Website.	Complete
Air Quality Related Values	Additional reports, documents, and online data display tools are available at the NPS Air Resources Website.	Complete
Climate	Data located at the IRMA online data portal.	Complete

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