Assessment of Natural Resources and Watershed Conditions for Rocky Mountain National Park and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

Updated 14 February 2008

Objectives

1. To provide park superintendents and managers with initial, science-based judgments about resource condition status, and to provide data, information, and recommendations that will be useful to park managers in their work to define their park’s management zones and desired conditions.

2. To provide assessment statistics and report summaries that will allow park superintendents and managers to develop reports that meet GPRA and OMB reporting requirements.

3. To develop an assessment framework and process that can be repeated in the future and can serve as a template for resource assessments at other park units.

Milestones

October 31^st 2006 – Project Oversight Team meeting

December 18 & 19^th, 2006 – Scoping workshop

February 15 & 16, 2006 – Project collaboration meeting with MORAP & NPS teams

April 23, 2007 – Preliminary indicators sent out for review (PDF)

May 2007 – feedback from Project Oversight Team (with notes, PDF)

May 29, 2007– meeting with ROMN to discuss indicators and data

September 18, 2007 – selection of indicators (final list here PDF)

September 20, 2007 – status report (PDF)

February 15, 2008 – status report ()

Supporting documents

EPA’s A Framework for Assessing and Reporting Ecological Condition (PDF)

Meeting notes

Project Oversight Team meeting 20061031 (PPT)

Scoping meeting December 18 & 19, 2006

Albright’s presentation (PDF)

Britten’s presentation (PDF)

Theobald’s presentation (PDF)

Resources

Rocky Mountain National Park

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

Conservation Measures Partnership