Table 2.
Prevalence of potential landscape indicators and the resources they refer to in Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land health standards across 19 BLM Resource Advisory Committee areas
Resource advisory committee area | Amount and distribution | Diversity | Patch size | Connectivity/corridors | Fragmentation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alaska | G, H, O | G, S | V/H | O | |
Arizona | G, O | S | |||
California (NW) | G, S, H, O | S | V/H | V/H | O |
California (NE) and Nevada (NW) | G, S, H, O | S | V/H | V/H | |
California (Central) | G, S, H, O | S | V/H | V/H | O |
California Desert District | S | S | |||
Colorado | G, S, O | G, S | V/H | H | |
Idaho | G, S, H, O | G, S | |||
Montana (Butte, Dillon, Missoula FOs) | G, O | G, S | V/H | H | |
Montana (Lewistown and Malta FOs) | G, S, O | G, S | V/H | H | |
Montana (Miles City and Billings FOs) | G, S, O | G, S | V/H | H | |
North and South Dakota | G, S, O | G, S | V/H | H | |
Nevada (Mojave-Southern Great Basin) | G, S, H, O | G, S | V/H | V/H | |
Nevada (Sierra Front - NW Great Basin) | G, S, O | G, S | V/H | V/H | H |
Nevada (NE Great Basin) | G, S, H, O | S | V/H | V/H | |
New Mexico | G, S, O | G, S | |||
Oregon and Washington | G, H, O | S | V/H | O | |
Utah | G, S, H, O | S | V/H | ||
Wyoming | G, S, H, O | S | H | ||
Total Resource Advisory Committee areas | G: 18, S: 15, H: 10, O: 18 | G: 10, S: 19 | V/H: 6 | V/H: 12 | H: 7, O: 4 |
Letters refer to the resource addressed: G: vegetation generally, vegetation types, or vegetation communities; S: individual species or groups of species of vegetation, H: habitats (e.g., special status species), O: other (e.g., litter, biological soil crusts, rock, bare ground), V/H: vegetation or habitats