Great Basin National Park Vegetation Mapping Project - Spatial Vegetation Data
Vegetation Inventory
Dates
Start Date
2009
End Date
2012
Summary
This metadata is for the vegetation and land-use geo-spatial database for Great Basin National Park (GRBA), Nevada and surrounding areas. This project is authorized as part of the USGS/NPS Vegetation Inventory Program. The program is being administered by the National Park Service's (NPS) Inventory and Monitoring Program in conjunction with the Biological Resources Division (BRD) of the United States Geological Survey (USGS). This inventory and mapping effort was performed by Cogan Technology Inc. (CTI), NatureServe, and Logan Simpson Design, Inc. under contract to the Mojave Desert Inventory and Monitoring Network (MOJN) of the National Park Service.
Summary
This metadata is for the vegetation and land-use geo-spatial database for Great Basin National Park (GRBA), Nevada and surrounding areas. This project is authorized as part of the USGS/NPS Vegetation Inventory Program. The program is being administered by the National Park Service's (NPS) Inventory and Monitoring Program in conjunction with the Biological Resources Division (BRD) of the United States Geological Survey (USGS). This inventory and mapping effort was performed by Cogan Technology Inc. (CTI), NatureServe, and Logan Simpson Design, Inc. under contract to the Mojave Desert Inventory and Monitoring Network (MOJN) of the National Park Service.
The NPS Vegetation Inventory Program goals are, among others, to consistently map and document the vegetation of all National Park Service units with a resource component, thereby creating a baseline vegetation inventory.
