Technical guide for monitoring selected conditions related to wilderness character

Peter B. Landres; Steve Boutcher; Liese Dean; Troy Hall; Tamara Blett; Terry Carlson; Ann Mebane; Carol Hardy; Susan Rinehart; Linda Merigliano; David N. Cole; Andy Leach; Pam Wright; Deb Bumpus

doi:10.2737/WO-GTR-80

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Technical guide for monitoring selected conditions related to wilderness character

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Authors:

Peter B. Landres, Steve Boutcher, Liese Dean, Troy Hall, Tamara Blett, Terry Carlson, Ann Mebane, Carol Hardy, Susan Rinehart, Linda Merigliano, David N. Cole, Andy Leach, Pam Wright, Deb Bumpus

Year:

2009

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/WO-GTR-80

Source:

General Technical Report WO-80. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 293 p

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Abstract

The purpose of monitoring wilderness character is to improve wilderness stewardship by providing managers a tool to assess how selected actions and conditions related to wilderness character are changing over time. Wilderness character monitoring provides information to help answer two key questions about wilderness character and wilderness stewardship: 1. How is wilderness character changing over time? 2. How do stewardship actions affect this change in wilderness character?

Keywords

wilderness, monitoring, character, stewardship

Citation

Landres, Peter; Boutcher, Steve; Dean, Liese; Hall, Troy; Blett, Tamara; Carlson, Terry; Mebane, Ann; Hardy, Carol; Rinehart, Susan; Merigliano, Linda; Cole, David N.; Leach, Andy; Wright, Pam; Bumpus, Deb. 2009. Technical guide for monitoring selected conditions related to wilderness character. General Technical Report WO-80. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 293 p.