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 Back to Chapter 2:Science-Based Management Articles Lynx inventories under way in the Intermountain Region By Laura Hudson Inventories yield large benefits for Devils Postpile National Monument By Linda Mutch Carl Sandburg Home: Biodiversity in a small park By Anne Ulinski New report on air quality in California Class I national parks By Annie Esperanza and Judy Rocchio Assessing potential social consequences of deer management in Cuyahoga Valley By Kevin L. Skerl “Flightlines”: Developing partnerships for migratory bird conservation in the North Cascades By Robert C. Kuntz II USGS science supports NPS in managing park resources By John Dennis, Sharon Kliwinski, and Lindsay McClelland Other Developments USGS science helps protect Congaree Swamp Effects of snowmobiles on wildlife MGM2: Economic analysis for park-community planning Award-winner profiles - Weber and Finley honored for science-based management efforts Ungulate management - Tule elk at Point Reyes Technology in monitoring - Knowing where the falcons go |
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 Process emerges for park vital signs water quality monitoring The advent of inventory and monitoring (I&M) networks presents many opportunities for improving natural resource management across the National Park System. For example, they offer an efficient new approach for integrating water quality monitoring into the park vital signs monitoring program the networks carry out. The overall objectives for the water quality component of vital signs monitoring are to improve the quality of impaired waters and to maintain the quality of pristine waters in the national parks. In 2001 the National Park Service began developing a network-based water quality monitoring program for the Northern Colorado Plateau I&M Network with funding from the Natural Resource Challenge and assistance from the NPS Water Resources Division (WRD). From a national perspective, the Water Resources Division wanted to develop a planning approach that can serve all I&M networks. Therefore, WRD staff formulated a concept paper identifying existing park-specific information and water-related data sources and presenting a synthesis process using this information. The synthesis will identify those park water bodies where water quality monitoring is adequate and expose those that need to be monitored or that warrant modification to existing monitoring. The concept paper provides the foundation for design and implementation of a network-based monitoring program. The Water Resources Division will continue to evaluate and modify the concept for other networks as needed. |
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This material is from Natural Resource Year in Review--2001, published by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, in May 2001 (publication D-2255) /YearInReview/yir/yir2001/02_management/02_od4_water.html Last Updated: |