ANTI-MONO-MANA Natural Resource Condition Assessments

ANTI-MONO-MANA Natural Resource Condition Assessments

The National Park Service is carrying out assessments of the natural resource condition (NRCA) for nearly 300 of the National Parks throughout the country deemed to have significant natural resources. This project, to assess the condition of Antietam, Monocacy, and Manassas National Battlefields in Maryland and Virginia, is aimed at collating and synthesizing all available data to assess current status and trend for each metric, combining these into an overall framework for each park. The focus of this study has been to develop a habitat based framework to assess natural resource condition.

 

Key Personnel

Jane Thomas
Science Communicator

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2009

The Battlefields

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2016

Completion of 11 Natural Resource Condition Assessments for the National Capital Region Network (MAY)

2011

UMCES researchers attend biennial Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Conference (DECEMBER)

Natural resource condition assessments for national battlefield parks (AUGUST)

2010

NPS workshops on natural resource assessments and lessons learned (MARCH)

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2011

Diagram showing desired and degraded condition of wetland and waterway habitats within Manassas National Battlefield Park (GRAPHIC)

Diagram showing summary results of habitat-based resource condition assessment of Manassas National Battlefield Park (GRAPHIC)

Diagram showing desired and degraded condition of forest habitats within Manassas National Battlefield Park (GRAPHIC)

Diagram showing desired and degraded condition of croplands within Monocacy National Battlefield (GRAPHIC)

Diagram showing desired and degraded condition of forests within Monocacy National Battlefield (GRAPHIC)

Diagram showing desired and degraded condition of grasslands within Monocacy National Battlefield (GRAPHIC)

Diagram showing desired and degraded condition of pasture lands within Monocacy National Battlefield (GRAPHIC)

Diagram showing desired and degraded condition of wetlands and waterways within Monocacy National Battlefield (GRAPHIC)

Diagram showing summary results of habitat-based resource condition assessment of Monocacy National Battlefield (GRAPHIC)

2010

Diagram illustrating desired and degraded condition of croplands within Antietam National Battlefield (GRAPHIC)

Diagram illustrating desired and degraded condition of forests within Antietam National Battlefield (GRAPHIC)

Diagram illustrating desired and degraded condition of grasslands within Antietam National Battlefield (GRAPHIC)

Diagram illustrating desired and degraded condition of pastures within Antietam National Battlefield (GRAPHIC)

Diagram illustrating desired and degraded condition of wetlands and waterways within Antietam National Battlefield (GRAPHIC)

This diagram shows the summary results of habitat-based resource condition assessment of Antietam National Battlefield (GRAPHIC)

Maize/corn crop (SYMBOL)

Maize/corn stalk (SYMBOL)

Andropogon gerardii (Big Bluestem) (SYMBOL)

Festuca spp. (Fescue) (SYMBOL)

Schizachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem) (SYMBOL)

Sorghastrum nutans (Indian Grass) (SYMBOL)

2009

Caddisfly : larva in case (SYMBOL)

2008

Weather: solar radiation (SYMBOL)

Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Bobolink) (SYMBOL)

2007

Bos taurus (Hereford Steer) (SYMBOL)

Odocoileus virginianus (White-tailed Deer) : buck (SYMBOL)

Odocoileus virginianus (White-tailed Deer) : doe (SYMBOL)

Odocoileus virginianus (White-tailed Deer) : fawn (SYMBOL)

2005

Monument 1 (SYMBOL)

Ambystoma maculatum (Spotted Salamander) (SYMBOL)

Poaceae (Grass) (SYMBOL)

Carya ovata (Shagbark Hickory) (SYMBOL)

Dendroica discolor (Prairie Warbler) (SYMBOL)

Hylocichla mustelina (Wood Thrush) (SYMBOL)

Oporonis formosus (Kentucky Warbler) (SYMBOL)

Salmo trutta (Brown Trout) (SYMBOL)

Cardinalis cardinalis (Northern Cardinal) (SYMBOL)

2004

Caddisfly : larva (SYMBOL)

Stonefly : larva (SYMBOL)

Lymantria dispar (Gypsy Moth) (SYMBOL)

Fagus grandifolia (American Beech) (SYMBOL)

Quercus montana (Chestnut Oak) (SYMBOL)

Tsuga canadensis (Eastern Hemlock) (SYMBOL)

DNA strand 1 (SYMBOL)

2003

Concentration: high oxygen (SYMBOL)

Concentration: high salinity (SYMBOL)

Amphipod (SYMBOL)

Concentration: high nitrate (SYMBOL)

Introduced species (SYMBOL)

Typha spp. (Cattail) (SYMBOL)

pH: acidic (SYMBOL)

pH: neutral (SYMBOL)

1999

Tractor 3 (SYMBOL)

Urban: parking lot (SYMBOL)

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2011

Antietam National Battlefield Natural Resource Condition Assessment (REPORT)

Manassas National Battlefield Park Natural Resource Condition Assessment (REPORT)

Monocacy National Battlefield Natural Resource Condition Assessment (REPORT)

Antietam National Battlefield Natural Resource Condition Assessment - Executive Summary (REPORT)

Antietam National Battlefield Natural Resource Condition Assessment Resource Brief (BROCHURE)

Manassas National Battlefield Park Natural Resource Condition Assessment - Executive Summary (REPORT)

Manassas National Battlefield Park Natural Resource Condition Assessment Resource Brief (BROCHURE)

Monocacy National Battlefield Natural Resource Condition Assessment - Executive Summary (REPORT)

Monocacy National Battlefield Natural Resource Condition Assessment Resource Brief (BROCHURE)

2006

Antietam National Battlefield (POSTER)

Manassas National Battlefield Park (POSTER)

Monocacy National Battlefield Park (POSTER)

Timeframe

  • Start: 2008-12-01
  • Finish: 2011-12-31
  • Duration: 3 years

Partners

National Park Service

Funding Agencies

National Park Service

Locations

Antietam National Battlefield Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park
Monocacy National Battlefield Park