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Developing Effective Vegetation Monitoring and Data Analysis ProgramsPIERC Project Leader: James Jacobi, Ph.D. |
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Objectives: Work with land managers to identify management goals and monitoring objectives Develop vegetation monitoring and analysis program to meet management needs Assist with designing an adaptive management strategy |
| Accomplishments: Helped design and conduct a 4-day veg. monitoring workshop Conducted pilot studies to refine vegetation monitoring strategies for several areas and habitats Continuing to help connect appropriate monitoring programs with management activities |
Significance: Management programs often lack adequate or appropriate monitoring programs to support them Data management and analysis is a crucial component of monitoring |
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