Information synthesis for the Colorado Plateau
Subtitle: an analysis of regional resource condition
By: National Science & Technology Center, Bureau of Land Management
Contributors: United States. Bureau of Land Management
Publisher: National Science and Technology Center, Bureau of Land Management
Published: 2003
Place of publication: [Denver, Colo.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 84
Subjects: Information resources; Information retrieval; Ecological assessment (Biology); Public lands; Colorado Plateau; Management; Land use; Planning; United States. Bureau of Land Management; United States
Description: A critical agency need is to develop a timely, cost-effective means of assessing resource condition, cumulative impacts, and trends on a regional scale. This report is the result of a project to develop and test a strategy for quickly synthesizing, analyzing and interpreting regional information on critical resource conditions and trends related to priority public land management issues.
Notes: Cover title.

"February 20, 2003."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-55).
Table of contents: title: General findings and recommendations.; title: General findings and lessons learned --; title: Bioregional information synthesis : strategic considerations -- -- Colorado Plateau information synthesis.; title: Characteristics of the Colorado Plateau's resources --; title: Significant agents or vectors of change --; title: Risks and opportunities revealed --; title: Information thresholds --; title: Gaps in science information -- -- Applications of regional information.; title: Fragmentation versus conversion --; title: Colorado Plateau roads and landscape fragmentation --; title: Colorado Plateau mule deer habitat fragmentation --; title: Regional land use planning tool.