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NPS | 2012
In 2012, GPS and GIS remote sensing technologies were vital tools used for resource management in Kenai Fjords National Park (KEFJ). As part of an ongoing glacier monitoring effort, KEFJ staff used…
NPS | 2012
The NPS Alaska regional compliance team frequently uses aerial photography and satellite imagery to convey resource conditions and locations to the public in National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)…
NPS | 2012
Seagrass or submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) is a valuable and abundant resource found within the Gulf Islands National Seashore of Florida and Mississippi. Seagrass provides habitat for aquatic…
BOR | 2012
The Bureau of Reclamation routinely monitors more than 3.5 million acres of agriculture and riparian vegetation along the Lower Colorado River from Hoover Dam to the Southerly International Boundary…
BOR | 2012
Reclamation is responsible for administration of the Operating Criteria and Procedures (OCAP) for the Newlands Reclamation Project in Nevada. The OCAP directs Reclamation and the Truckee-Carson…
BOR | 2012
The San Joaquin River Restoration Program is a comprehensive long-term effort to restore flows to the San Joaquin River in California’s Central Valley from Friant Dam to the confluence of the Merced…
BOR | 2012
In 2000, the Department of the Interior (DOI) purchased Elwha and Glines Canyon dams, impounding the Aldwell and Mills Reservoirs on the Elwha River in Washington State. These two dams are to be…
BOR | 2012
Reclamation is charged with measuring consumptive water use (water that is removed from a watershed) within the Colorado River Basin. Irrigated agriculture accounts for the majority of…
NPS | 2011
The Alaska Land Resources Program Center uses orthoimagery available from the Alaska Region's GIS site. Prior to good high-resolution digital orthoimagery, the location of many parcels were drawn…
NPS | 2011
Many parks depend on surveying for activities ranging from locating boundaries and cultural resources to monitoring geomorphological change. Assateague Island National Seashore and Cape Cod…
NPS | 2011
In recent years, the retreat of Exit Glacier has kept Kenai Fjords National Park’s trail crews busy extending trails as they strive to maintain safe visitor access to the edge of the glacier. …
NPS | 2011
The Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) Central Alaska Network stream monitoring program relies heavily on GPS and remote sensing technology. Remotely sensed imagery, particularly IKONOS and…