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