Summary

Description

The Baseline Inventory Team recommends that each refuge have available abiotic data layers for topography, aerial photography, hydrography, soils, boundaries, and manmade features. Suggested sources are provided and appropriate scales are recommended. Recommendations for biotic inventory needs include vegetation mapping and National Wetland Inventory data. In addition, lists of vertebrate fauna and flora are discussed and the need to collect supplement data on resource of special interest e.g., Threatened or Endangered species is recognized. Finally, an implementation strategy is presented which includes suggested ways to collect and otherwise acquire the types of data needed.