Wet Meadow and Fen Mapping of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks: A Photo Interpretation Mapping Project of Wetland Resources.

摘要

Meadows serve a variety of ecological functions including regulating water flow, recharging groundwater, and providing wildlife habitat; however, there has been relatively little historical monitoring of these important ecosystems. They are of particular interest within Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (SEKI) due to current and historic anthropogenic use and influence, as well as the important ecological and hydrological functions they provide. The Wetland Mapping Project was a joint effort of the National Park Service Inventory & Monitoring Program, Sierra Nevada Network (SIEN) and the Plant Ecology Program of SEKI to identify and map all fens and wet meadows more than 0.5 ha within SEKI. The main goal of the project was to produce a comprehensive spatial dataset of all target wetlands (fens and wet meadows) within SEKI.