National Park Service Vegetation Mapping
Effective management of land and biological resources requires accurate and detailed data on the location and types vegetation communities in an area. Ecologists with CNHP provide partners in the National Park Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and others with vegetation classification and mapping services. We use a standardized approach to produce maps that depict the spatial distribution of vegetation communities within an area of interest. Using the U.S. National Vegetation Classification (USNVC) framework allows managers to evaluate and compare ecosystems across broad regions and a range of thematic scales.
Working with our partners at the National Park Service (NPS), we have produced vegetation map products for Rocky Mountain National Park, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Missouri National Recreation River, Niobrara National Scenic River, Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Big Thicket National Preserve, and Bents Old Fort and Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Sites. By providing the accuracy assessment data and analysis, we have also supported the NPS in completing vegetation maps at Fort Union National Historic Site, Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
CNHP vegetation classification and mapping projects provide our partners with a range of valuable products to complement the digital and hardcopy maps. These typically include permanently marked plot locations, a database of vegetation plot and accuracy plot data, plot photo database, a vegetation classification based on the USNVC, field keys to the vegetation types and map classes, vegetation type and map class descriptions, and a geodatabase to accompany map polygons.
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Below are links to CNHP National Park Service Vegetation Mapping Reports
- Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site Vegetation Classification and Mapping, A Report for the Southern Plains Network
- Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado 2001-2005 VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION AND MAPPING
- Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Vegetation Classification and Mapping, A report for the Southern Plains Network
- Vegetation Classification and Mapping at Niobrara National Scenic River, A report for the National Park Service
- Vegetation Survey and Accuracy Assessment of Vegetation Mapping at Fort Union National Monument, New Mexico
