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Jean Pan, Protocol Lead, MOJN I&M EcologistDonovan Craig, UNLV Invasives CooperatorDana Robinson, MOJN I&M GIS SpecialistDebbie Soukup, UNLV Soils CooperatorLeigh Ann Starcevich, Statistics CooperatorNita Tallent, MOJN I&M Program ManagerBob Truitt, MOJN I&M Data Manager
Integrated Uplands Protocol Progress
03/27/2012
7 vital signsVegetation
◦Upland shrub communitiesSoilsInvasive species – Status & Trend
◦Invasive species that are established, NOT still in the establishing phase
◦Prioritized list of target species
Protocol Components
2
Protocol Development Field Implementation
PDS
Sampling Plan
Draft Narrative
Draft SOPs
Draft Submitted
Draft Re-Submitted
Protocol Approved
Methods Selected
Methods Field-Tested
Pilot Data Acquired
Full Field Season
Data in Database
Annual Report
Integrated Uplands Progress - 2011
Protocol Development Field Implementation
PDS
Sampling Plan
Draft Narrative
Draft SOPs
Draft Submitted
Draft Re-Submitted
Protocol Approved
Methods Selected
Methods Field-Tested
Pilot Data Acquired
Full Field Season
Data in Database
Annual Report
Integrated Uplands Progress - 2012
Park Community Spatial dataset from (year):
Elevation (in feet)
Acres
DEVA Creosote-mixed shrubland Central Mojave Vegetation Map (2004)
3000-5000 824,143
GRBA Sagebrush shrub steppe Provisional vegetation map (2011)
5300 – 11200* 3,305**
JOTR Joshua tree wooded alliance Vegetation map (2010)
3200 – 4500* 40,258**
LAKE Creosote-bursage Landfire (2006) 1500 – 5000 366,419
MANZ Rabbitbrush-saltbrush shrub transition zone
Vegetation map (2010)
3800 – 3900* 181**
MOJA Joshua tree wooded scrubland
Central Mojave Vegetation Map (2004)
2600 – 6300* 327,448
PARA Sagebrush shrub steppe AZ strip dataset (2007)
3600 - 7200 190,806
Selected Park Communities
5*The elevation range here represents the selected elevation range for which the shrub community was specifically selected.**Acreage estimate is after parcels smaller than a macroplot (1 ha) were eliminated from the spatial distribution.
Alice Chung-MacCoubrey, Scott Newbold, & Burt Pendleton for providing the ground work for this protocol
Vegetation Working Group (Jane Cipra, DEVA; Ben Roberts, GRBA; Josh Hoines, JOTR; Alice Newton, LAKE; Les Inafuku, MANZ; Neal Darby, MOJA; Jennifer Fox, PARA) for comments on the protocol, park logistics, field sites, and park permitting.◦ Quarterly conference calls