Monitoring Lands & Vegetation in the Northeast Temperate Network

Lands and vegetation encompass the heart of what makes up the northern forest ecosystem. The monitoring programs that fall into this category help track the health of forests, wetlands, native and invasive plants and animals, and changes to the land use around parks.

Lands & Vegetation

  • Freshwater Wetland
    Freshwater Wetland

    Track the status and trends of the ecological health of freshwater wetlands in Acadia National Park.

  • SCA intern removes an inasive plant. NPS photo.
    Invasive Species Early Detection

    Use opportunistic sampling to find invasive species during the early stages of establishment before they have spread.

  • Hale Morrell and Camilla Seirup sampling trees in Acadia National Park. NPS photo.
    Forest Health

    Assess status and trends in the composition, structure, and function of NETN forested ecosystems.

  • Gray's Lilly - Jon Erickson photo
    Rare Plants

    Determine trends in rare, threatened, and endangered plant species along the Appalachian Trail corridor.

  • Landscape Dynamics

    Determine changes in land use and ecological cover types within and adjacent to NETN parks

Last updated: June 14, 2018