Landscape Scale Vegetation Mapping at Point Reyes and Golden

The National Park Service intends to award financial assistance for a project to conduct landscape-scale vegetation mapping at Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The project aims to understand vegetation cover, which is critical for fire and fuels management, project planning, sensitive species management, and more. The project will utilize science to identify best practices for park management actions and will provide baseline information in the case of a landscape-level event such as a wildfire. • The project will quantify patterns of vegetation change over the past 20 years. • The project will allow park managers to make better decisions about how to prioritize restoration actions and implement fire and fuels projects. • The project will provide baseline information in the case of a landscape-level event such as a wildfire. • The project will facilitate project planning and review, which will expedite implementation of a wide variety of projects that directly benefit the public.