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Reporting Year:
2022
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Park:
Wind Cave
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Permit Type:
Monitoring
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Name of principal investigator or responsible official:
Dr Amy Symstad
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Office Phone:
605-745-1191
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Mailing Address:
Wind Cave National Park
26611 U.S. Highway 385 Hot Springs, SD 57747 US |
Office Fax:
605-745-1162
Office Email:
asymstad@usgs.gov
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Additional investigators or key field assistants
Name
Phone
Email
Timm Richardson
605-745-1179
Timm_Richardson@nps.gov
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Project Title
Supplemental vegetation monitoring plots at WICA to accelerate learning of the Annual Brome Adaptive Management (ABAM) model
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Park-assigned Study or Activity #:
WICA-00176
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Park-assigned Permit #:
WICA-2022-SCI-0008
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Permit Start Date:
Jul 11, 2022
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Permit Expiration Date:
Aug 31, 2022
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Scientific Study Starting Date:
Jun 01, 2021
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Estimated Scientific Study Ending Date:
Nov 30, 2022
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Study Status:
Continuing
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Study Closeouts:
___ A final report has been provided to the park or will be provided to the park within the next two years
___ Copies of field notes, data files, photos, or other study records, as agreed, have been provided to the park
___ All collected and retained specimens and retained material originating from such specimens have been cataloged into the NPS catalog system and NPS has processed loan agreements as needed.
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Activity Type:
Monitoring
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Subject/Discipline:
Exotic / Invasive Plants
Plant Communities (Vegetation)
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Purpose of Scientific Study or Science Education Activity during the reporting year:
The Annual Brome Adaptive Management (ABAM) project is a consortium of seven parks in the Northern Great Plains (NGP) working together to better understand how to control invasive annual grasses (including Bromus species) through an adaptive management approach. This approach is supported by a quantitative model that uses current data from standardized vegetation monitoring plots in all seven parks to annually update the model’s parameters and predictions regarding the effects of different management actions on invasive annual grasses and other components of the mixed-grass prairie plant community. This updating of the model is called “learning.”
The ABAM model includes treatments in which the herbicides indaziflam and imazapic are applied alone or in combination with or without a prescribed fire preceding or following their application. However, the original ABAM model did not have field data for the effects of those treatments on target invasive annual grasses and other components of the vegetation in conditions like those that frequently occur in ABAM parks (i.e., ungrazed). The purpose of this study is to increase the amount of information about these treatments and therefore accelerate the rate of learning accomplished in the adaptive management cycle. |
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Findings and status of Scientific Study or accomplishments of Science Education Activity during the reporting year:
Findings are presented in the attached document. End date of study was changed to 2022 because NPS Northern Great Plains Inventory & Monitoring Network or Fire Ecology program will be monitoring these plots in the future.
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For Scientific Studies (not Science Education Activities), were any specimens collected and removed from the park but not destroyed during analysis?
No
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Funding (specific for this Park and this year) |
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| NPS Funding $2,500.00 | |
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Other Governmental Agencies Funding
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| All other Funding $0.00 | |
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OMB # 1024-0236 Exp.Date 09/30/2023 Form No. 10-226 |