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Vital Signs: Some Preliminary Trends John Gross I&M Program Ft Collins, CO

Vital Signs: Some Preliminary Trends John Gross I&M Program Ft Collins, CO. Roadmap …. Request and responses Results and general observations Conclusions. Goals. Identify commonalities among networks Avoid duplication Allocate resources effectively, and Provide feedback to networks.

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Vital Signs: Some Preliminary Trends John Gross I&M Program Ft Collins, CO

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  1. Vital Signs: Some Preliminary Trends John Gross I&M Program Ft Collins, CO

  2. Roadmap … • Request and responses • Results and general observations • Conclusions

  3. Goals • Identify commonalities among networks • Avoid duplication • Allocate resources effectively, and • Provide feedback to networks

  4. The request Send a draft list of vital signs … The plan is to use the items to tabulate how many networks have identified certain indicators or issues as a high priority, so that we can identify and discuss opportunities for further collaboration and coordination…

  5. The responses … • High level of creativity in approach and philosophy • Most > 1 list; some many pages • By network or by individual park unit • Stressors, attributes, indicators, measurements • High variation in detail • water quality vs dissolved oxygen • birds vs spotted owl • some phrased as questions

  6. Approach • Examine lists • SGSAT approach to identify categories • Assign vital signs to categories • Select priority vital signs • Category headings • Note issues

  7. Categories • Landscape / Humans • Abiotic • Biotic – terrestrial • Biotic – aquatic

  8. Landscape / Humans Land use (in and out of parks) Land cover (confounded) Visitor / backcountry use

  9. Abiotic

  10. Biotic:Terrestrial

  11. Biotic:Aquatic / Riparian / Wetlands

  12. Future summaries • ecological scale • region, landscape, ecosystem, …. • broad-scale habitat • terrestrial, freshwater, marine, wetland, riparian • taxonomic group • indicator vs attribute • frequency of measurement

  13. Opportunities … • exotic / invasive organisms • land use / land cover • remote sensing • aquatic organisms – fish, invertebrates • water chemistry • air quality • animals – amphibians, birds, mammals • deer • T&E species (rare taxa)

  14. Conclusions… • significant opportunities for coordination • categories need to be more specific • common (concise) format useful • repeat after October

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