Strategic Plan for the U.S. Geological Survey. Status and Trends of Biological Resources Program: 2004-2009

Abstract

The mission of the USGS Status and Trends of Biological Resources Program is to measure, predict, assess, and report the status and trends of the Nation's biological resources to facilitate research, enable resource management and stewardship, and promote public understanding and appreciation of our living resources. Determining the status (abundance, distribution, productivity, and health) and trends (how these variables change over time) of our living natural resources is critical for their protection or restoration. The Program provides the USGS, other agencies of the Department of the Interior (DOI), other federal and state agencies, and the public with science-based monitoring data and information for local, regional, and national assessment of biological, regional, and national assessment of biological resources and the ecosystems that support them. The Status and Trends Program developed this Strategic Plan to better meet the biological inventory and monitoring information needs of the land and resource management community. By setting clear goals, strategies, and measures of success, this Plan will guide development of a more cohesive, unified Program over the next 5 years. Further, the Plan outlines strategies for increasing communication, cooperation, and collaboration among the USGS and other agencies and organizations involved in biological resource monitoring. Most importantly, the Plan envisions a process where scientifically valid biological status and trends information, across multiple spatial and temporal scales, is readily available to land and resource managers and their stakeholders to inform and enable sound stewardship of the Nation's biological resources and their supporting ecosystems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA433262

Entities

People

  • Daniel L. James
  • James Coyle
  • Paul H. Geissler
  • Paul V. Dresler
  • Timothy M. Bartish

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animals
  • Birds
  • Commerce
  • Ecology
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Environmental Protection
  • Fish
  • Geography
  • Geological Surveys
  • Governments
  • Great Lakes
  • Habitats
  • Infrastructure
  • Native Americans
  • Natural Resources
  • Resource Management
  • Wildlife

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  • Environmental science

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