Assessment of Reindeer Impacts to Lichen Ecosystems in Bering Land Bridge National Preserve

Project ID: J9088020047

Federal Agency: National Park Service

Partner Institution: Oregon State University

Fiscal Year: 2002

Initial Funding: $11,000

Total Funding: $52,000

Project Type: Technical Assistance

Project Disciplines: Biological

National Park: Bering Land Bridge National Preserve

Principal Investigator: McCune, Bruce

Agreement Technical Representative: Neitlich, Peter

Abstract: Provide the data enabling a comprehensive reindeer management plan focusing on vegetation health, recovery and grazing practice reform. Lichen communities will be assessed along regional gradients of grazing, succession and landscape variables, allowing for landscape modeling of condition classes.

Deliverables:

• Defining a Successional Metric for Lichen Communities in the Arctic Tundra (Final Report)