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Monitoring OHV Recreation in California Deserts

Monitoring OHV Recreation in California Deserts. DMG Resource Inventory and Monitoring Workshop Palm Springs, CA 30 January 2002. BLM California State Office. Development Objectives. Baseline Inventory Methods Monitoring Protocols Institutional Collaboration Database Management.

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Monitoring OHV Recreation in California Deserts

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  1. MonitoringOHV Recreation in California Deserts DMG Resource Inventory and Monitoring Workshop Palm Springs, CA 30 January 2002 BLM California State Office

  2. Development Objectives • Baseline Inventory Methods • Monitoring Protocols • Institutional Collaboration • Database Management BLM California State Office

  3. Management Objectives • Establish Thresholds for Action • Meet OHV Trail Maintenance Needs • Restore Habitats BLM California State Office

  4. Pathways to Meet Objectives Partnerships Interdisciplinary Monitoring Teams Technology Investments Information Access BLM California State Office

  5. Interagency Partnerships Baseline SurveysNRCS, USGS Monitoring ProtocolsUSGS, CA Parks Restoration NPS TrainingUSGS, NGOs BLM California State Office

  6. Interdisciplinary Monitoring Teams GIS Soils Botany Wildlife Biology Recreation Sociology BLM California State Office

  7. Technology Investments Digital Photography Remote Sensing Data High-Accuracy GPS Units GIS Landscape Ecology Analysis BLM California State Office

  8. Information Management Website Information Access Cross-Agency Data Sharing Standardized Data Collection Documentation and Analysis BLM California State Office

  9. Baseline Surveys SoilsJawbone-Butterbredt ACEC Johnson Valley OHV Area Chemehuevi Management Unit BLM California State Office

  10. Baseline Surveys SpeciesDesert Tortoise Bats CulturalJawbone-Butterbredt Resources ACEC BLM California State Office

  11. Monitoring Protocols T & E / Sensitive Species Biological Diversity Ecosystem Functions Habitat Fragmentation Restoration Techniques BLM California State Office

  12. T & E / Sensitive Species Pierson’s Milkvetch Mojave Monkeyflower Mohave Ground Squirrel Burrowing Owl BLM California State Office

  13. Biological Diversity Ants Herps Raptors BLM California State Office

  14. Ecosystem Functions Air Quality Surficial Geology Downstream Effects Natural Vegetation Restoration BLM California State Office

  15. Habitat Fragmentation Route Proliferation Seed-Eating Birds Noxious Weeds BLM California State Office

  16. OHV Trail Inventory & Monitoring Statewide ProtocolInterface: GPS to GISCadastral Expertise Dove Springs OHV Area Eagle Lake Field Office Ukiah Field Office BLM California State Office

  17. Restoration Two Desert Teams Three Plant Communities creosote scrub Joshua tree woodland riparian woodland BLM California State Office

  18. Needs • Diversify funding sources • Establish BLM monitoring teams Palm Springs and El Centro • Coordinate with BLM monitoring efforts in Nevada and Arizona

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