Projects

Project	Investigators	Institutions	Date (start-finish)
Assessment of Rangeland Ecosystem Conditions in the Indian Creek Allotment, San Juan County, Utah	Mark Miller	U.S. Geological Survey	2007 - 2010
Annotated Checklist of Vascular Flora, Canyonlands National Park	Walt Fertig	NPS-NCPN Moenave Consulting Univ. of Wyoming	2009
Macroinvertebrate Communities and Habitat Characteristics in the Northern and Southern Colorado Plateau Network	Anne Brasher	U.S. Geological Survey	2010
Integrated Multi-scale Analysis of the Salt Creek Watershed, Canyonlands National Park, Utah	Anne Brasher Mark Miller Michael Scott Duty Perkins David Thoma	U.S. Geological Survey NPS-SEUG U.S. Geological Survey NPS-NCPN NPS-NCPN	2009 - 2011
Ecological Thresholds as a Basis for Defining Management Triggers for NPS Vital Signs	Mark Miller Steve Garman	U.S. Geological Survey	2009 - 2011
Vegetation Classification and Mapping Project Report, Canyonlands National Park	Janet Coles Amy Tendick Aneth Witgh Dusty Perkins Marion Reid Karin Decker	NPS-NCPN NatureServe Colorado State Univ.	2011
Development of a Science Based Decision Making Model in Restoration of a Pinyon-Juniper Woodland	Nichole Barger Mark Miller Jeff Herrick	Univ. of Colorado NPS-SEUG USDA-ARS	2009 - 2012
Satellite Detection and Mapping of Early Season Invasive Plants, Canyonlands National Park	Ray Kokaly Mark Miller	U.S. Geological Survey NPS-SEUG	2006 - Ongoing
Evaluation of Field and Analysis Techniques for use as long-term monitoring tools for Mexican Spotted Owls and their Habitats	Leah Lewis Brent D. Bibles Frank P. Howe	Utah State Univ. UT Div. of Wildlife Res.	2010 - 2013
Differences in macroinvertebrate community structure along a gradient of habitat conditions in streams and rivers of the semi-arid Colorado Plateau	Matthew Miller Anne Brasher	U.S. Geological Survey	2009 - in review
Carbon management on public lands in the Intermountain West: Multi-scale analysis of carbon stock response to human and natural disturbances	Jason Neff Nichole Barger Lisa Dilling Jana Milford	University of Colorado	2011 - 2014
Examining the trade-offs between fugitive dust production, suppression, and potential effects on roadside vegetation in Arches National Park, UT, USA	Scott Hoffman Mark Brunson Jayne Belnap Janis Boettinger Chris Call Chris Montz	Utah State Univ. U.S. Geological Survey	2009-2012
Landscape Genetics of Stipa hymenoides (Indian ricegrass) in Arches and Canyonlands National Parks—Research to Support Grassland Restoration Planning in the Context of Changing Climatic Conditions	Troy Wood Mark Miller	U.S. Geological Survey National Park Service	2011-2012
Long-Term Changes in Colorado Plateau Ecosystems Using Repeat Photography	Mark E. Miller Robert H. Webb Charles D. Schelz Jayne Belnap	National Park Service U.S. Geological Survey	2011-2014
Ecosystem Assessment on the Monticello Ranger District, Manti-La Sal National Forest	Matt Van Scoyoc Eugene Schupp Karie Veblen Barry Baker	Utah State University The Nature Conservancy U.S. Forest Service	2011-2013