Restoration Field Monitoring Grasslands National Park

These data sets are comprised of restoration field monitoring data collected in Grasslands National Park, SK, Canada. The restoration fields are in mixed-grass or dry-grass prairie. GNP’s restoration fields vary in area, shape, seeded species and year of seeding. GNP has been collecting monitoring data from 2001 to present. One dataset is comprised of community structure information including cover of total live native herbaceous cover (graminoids), total live native forb cover, total bare ground, total litter cover, animal dung, lichen/moss cover, total native shrub cover, total non-native cover and total noxious plant cover. Cover estimates for individual species can be found in the other data set. Restoration field monitoring was collected via two different methods, with the procedure updated in 2020. Restoration field monitoring post-2020 takes place bi-annually until set targets are met or until the field reaches 15 years of age then follows a reduced sampling of every 4 years. This monitoring takes place between mid-June and July 31st. Stratified random sampling points were created from a grid pattern in GIS where 160-acre fields consisted of 40 sampling points while…

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Parks Canada

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5

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2026-01-29