Great Basin Integrated Landscape Monitoring Pilot Summary Report

Sean P. Finn; Kate Kitchell; Lori Anne Baer; David R. Bedford; Matthew L. Brooks; Alan L. Flint; Lorraine E. Flint; J.R. Matchett; Amy Mathie; David M. Miller; David S. Pilliod; Alicia Torregrosa; Andrea Woodward

doi:10.3133/ofr20101324

Great Basin Integrated Landscape Monitoring Pilot Summary Report

Open-File Report 2010-1324

By: Sean P. Finn, Kate Kitchell, Lori Anne Baer, David R. Bedford, Matthew L. Brooks, Alan L. Flint, Lorraine E. Flint, J.R. Matchett, Amy Mathie, David M. Miller, David S. Pilliod, Alicia Torregrosa, and Andrea Woodward

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Abstract

The Great Basin Integrated Landscape Monitoring Pilot project (GBILM) was one of four regional pilots to implement the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Science Thrust on Integrated Landscape Monitoring (ILM) whose goal was to observe, understand, and predict landscape change and its implications on natural resources at multiple spatial and temporal scales and address priority natural resource management and policy issues. The Great Basin is undergoing rapid environmental change stemming from interactions among global climate trends, increasing human populations, expanding and accelerating land and water uses, invasive species, and altered fire regimes. GBLIM tested concepts and developed tools to store and analyze monitoring data, understand change at multiple scales, and forecast landscape change. The GBILM endeavored to develop and test a landscape-level monitoring approach in the Great Basin that integrates USGS disciplines, addresses priority management questions, catalogs and uses existing monitoring data, evaluates change at multiple scales, and contributes to development of regional monitoring strategies. GBILM functioned as an integrative team from 2005 to 2010, producing more than 35 science and data management products that addressed pressing ecosystem drivers and resource management agency needs in the region. This report summarizes the approaches and methods of this interdisciplinary effort, identifies and describes the products generated, and provides lessons learned during the project.

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Publication type	Report
Publication Subtype	USGS Numbered Series
Title	Great Basin Integrated Landscape Monitoring Pilot Summary Report
Series title	Open-File Report
Series number	2010-1324
DOI	10.3133/ofr20101324
Year Published	2010
Language	English
Publisher	U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location	Reston, VA
Contributing office(s)	Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
Description	iv, 21 p.; Tables; Figures; Appendices
Country	United States
Additional Online Files (Y/N)	N
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