Tag Archives: vegetation monitoring

Prescribed Burn Monitoring – Fire Intensity and Vegetation Community Changes

Posted on December 3, 2024 by jmasonfpdwc

Part 2 – Why Bother Doing Prescribed Burn Monitoring The ecological effects of prescribed burns can vary a lot depending on seasonality, frequency, and fire intensity.  In recent years, we have been using a standardized protocol to monitor the intensity … Continue reading →

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The power and limits of photo monitoring

Posted on November 9, 2023 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

By Bill Kleiman Take a look at this one point on the MRCP Hill Site on four dates. The first photo looks north, then the next photo looks at the ground. What I see in these photos: We did a … Continue reading →

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Photo monitoring results

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

By Bill Kleiman On the left is the Hill Site owned and managed by the Middle Rock Conservation Partners. On the right is how the left used to look before a brush mower did a lot of work, followed up … Continue reading →

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Monitoring vegetation with GIS Field Maps

Posted on July 14, 2022 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

By Bill Kleiman Arc GIS Field Maps, known previously as Collector, is a powerful phone app. The app is free, but you do need a GIS online program to run it, which typically means you need your employer to support … Continue reading →

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Baseline vegetation survey linked to photos

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

By Bill Kleiman For a recently protected tract I developed a baseline vegetation protocol that seems doable, statistically sound, understandable, and visual. First I created numbered sequential random points.  There is a way to get GIS to randomize these points … Continue reading →

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