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    • Forest health monitoring summary data (2007–2024) from eight national parks in the Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network

    Metadata Updated: November 25, 2025

    This data package contains records and metadata from long-term forest health monitoring collected in eight national park units in the Eastern Rivers and Mountains Inventory and Monitoring Network from 2007 - 2024. Data on forest composition and structure, tree dieback, forest pests and pathogens, tree regeneration, shrubs, invasive plants, groundstory diversity and nativity, herbaceous plants sensitive to browse, and coarse woody debris were collected from over 380 plots, most of which were sampled four times. Plots were sampled on a four-year panel design, in which one panel containing one-fourth of a park’s total plots was sampled each year. Field methods and data quality control procedures are described in detail at the National Park Service's Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network website (https://www.nps.gov/im/ermn/vegetation-soils.htm). This monitoring program focuses on indicators of forest ecological integrity to provide information on the condition of the parks’ forests and how this condition is changing over time. Plot locations were determined through a random, spatially balanced sampling design for each park. Therefore, these data are appropriate for precisely estimating forest health metrics within each monitored park.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: us-pd

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date September 28, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date November 25, 2025

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    Harvested from DOI NPS DCAT-US

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date September 28, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date November 25, 2025
    Publisher National Park Service
    Maintainer
    Identifier http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/nps-datastore-2298542
    Data First Published 2025-09-25T00:00:00Z
    Data Last Modified 2025-09-25T00:00:00Z
    Category Data Package
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 010:24
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://ddi.doi.gov/nps-data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 301fdbe2-0008-47da-bbc5-1c54a4f7cde3
    Harvest Source Id d917c1a9-26b7-43ea-b8c5-c77ec750a850
    Harvest Source Title DOI NPS DCAT-US
    Homepage URL https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2298542
    License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
    Program Code 010:119, 010:118
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 3072973bdcadc5ccd53d0a67f972b050427da95161d3f3e8eed30c3f5084d40a
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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