Project

Parks Included

Status

Aspen Monitoring

CIRO, CRMO

Data collection scheduled for CIRO June 2009; Reporting scheduled for completion October 2009

Camas Monitoring

BIHO, NEPE

Data collection scheduled for May 2009 (NEPE) and June 2009 (BIHO); Reporting scheduled for completion October 2009

Natural Resource Condition Assessment

All UCBN Parks

Final report due for JODA, LARO, NEPE, and WHMI in February 2009; Field work begins for BIHO, CIRO, CRMO, and HAFO in May 2009

Osprey Monitoring

LARO

Initial protocol development April 2009; Osprey monitoring data collection scheduled at LARO June-July 2009

Pika Inventory

CRMO

Analysis, reporting, and close-out scheduled for completion by October 2009; Participation in 4-park NRPP project ongoing 2009

Photomonitoring (targeted projects)

NEPE, WHMI

Weippe Prairie photomonitoring May 2009 (NEPE); Doan Creek restoration photomonitoring June 2009 (WHMI)

Integrated Riparian Monitoring

BIHO, CIRO, JODA, NEPE, WHMI

Initial protocol development July-August, 2009

Sagebrush-steppe Vegetation Monitoring

CRMO, JODA, LARO

Revised protocol scheduled for completion March 2009; Field work scheduled for May-June 2009

Statistical Assisstance

All UCBN Parks

Multi-Network task agreement funded for continued assistance in FY09

Vegetation Mapping

CIRO, CRMO, HAFO, JODA, LARO

Plot data collection April-July 2009 (CIRO); Completion reports due for CRMO and HAFO; Photo interpretation work planned for JODA; Preliminary maps in progress for LARO

Water Quality Monitoring

BIHO, CIRO, WHMI

Water chemistry and macroinvertebrate data collection at BIHO and CIRO, and water chemistry data collection at WHMI; Field work begins May-June 2009