What We Inventory

Western banded gecko (Coleonyx variegatus) captured during a herpetofauna inventory.

NPS

Effective long-term care and management of the natural resources in parks must rely upon accurate information about those resources. The National Park Service's Inventory and Monitoring program has identified basic resource inventories that have the greatest value for the Vital Signs Monitoring Program.

The Southern Colorado Plateau Network has worked with partners to complete resource inventories and associated reports for selected network parks.