Information synthesis for the Colorado Plateau : an analysis of regional resource condition

By

National Science and Technology Center (U.S.)
United States. Bureau of Land Management.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

[Denver, Colo.], National Science and Technology Center, Bureau of Land Management, 2003

Notes

A critical agency need is to develop a timely, cost-effective means of assessing resource condition, cumulative impacts, and trends on a regional scale. This report is the result of a project to develop and test a strategy for quickly synthesizing, analyzing and interpreting regional information on critical resource conditions and trends related to priority public land management issues.

Contents: General findings and recommendations. | General findings and lessons learned -- | Bioregional information synthesis : strategic considerations -- | Colorado Plateau information synthesis. | Characteristics of the Colorado Plateau's resources -- | Significant agents or vectors of change -- | Risks and opportunities revealed -- | Information thresholds -- | Gaps in science information -- | Applications of regional information. | Fragmentation versus conversion -- | Colorado Plateau roads and landscape fragmentation -- | Colorado Plateau mule deer habitat fragmentation -- | Regional land use planning tool.

Cover title.

"February 20, 2003."

Subjects

Bureau of Land Management , Colorado Plateau , Ecological assessment (Biology) , Information resources , information retrieval , Land use , Management , Planning , Public lands , United States

Call Number

QH104.5.C58 I546 2003

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 56819670