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 Back to Chapter 7: Collaboration and Public Participation Articles Public involvement at Blue Ridge Parkway By Bambi Teague and Chris Ulrey Russian scientists help seek brucellosis solutions for Yellowstone By Glenn Plumb, Wayne Brewster, and Margaret Wild Long-term bison management plan for Yellowstone and Montana Park Flight Program protects migratory birds beyond the United States By Carol Beidleman Technology and collaboration improve interagency fire planning By Anne Birkholz and Pat Lineback Work group initiated by National Park Service gains permanent support from county government By Kathleen Kodish Reeder Partners in plant protection at Capitol Reef National Park By Tom O. Clark Mountain of partnerships elevates North Cascades’ monitoring capabilities By Bruce L. Freet Other Developments A photographic mushroom survey Geologists-in-the-Parks program expands in scope Public participation and personal watercraft Award-winner Profile - Facility Manager Chris Case recognized with award Superfund cleanup at Grant Kohrs Ranch Progress developing the National Cave and Karst Research Institute International fisheries management plan for the Amistad Reservoir |
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 Joint conservation plan for the Potomac Gorge Despite its location in the Washington, D.C., area, the Potomac Gorge is one of the most significant natural areas in the eastern United States. The site harbors more than 400 occurrences of 200 rare species and communities, a major river system with numerous tributaries, noteworthy stands of upland forest, seeps and springs that contain rare groundwater organisms, and abundant wetlands. The National Park Service is the primary landowner (Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park and the George Washington Memorial Parkway), while the Nature Conservancy has a long-standing interest in the site’s extraordinary biological diversity. Working collaboratively, the two organizations completed the Potomac Gorge Site Conservation Plan in November 2001. The site conservation plan is organized around a group of conservation targets representing the site’s biodiversity—riparian and terrace communities, upland forest blocks, tributary stream systems, rare groundwater invertebrates, anadromous and semianadromous fish, and wetlands. The plan analyzes threats to these targets and presents strategies that will help ensure their conservation, and thus conservation of the gorge’s overall biodiversity. The National Park Service, The Nature Conservancy, and other stakeholders are currently exploring ways to implement the plan strategies. This site conservation planning process has many parallels to the NPS process for identifying park vital signs, and elements of the process will be incorporated into park inventory and monitoring plans. As one of the first site-based planning efforts between the National Park Service and The Nature Conservancy, this project serves as a model for the many other locations around the country where the organizations’ interests overlap. |
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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/yir2001/07_collaboration/07_od2_TNC.html Last Updated: |