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National Park of American Samoa
Natural Resources Inventory and Monitoring
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NPS photo by Larry Basch. |
Diver monitoring coral transects at Ofu. |
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Inventory and Monitoring in the Pacific Islands
The Natural Resources Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) Program provides an opportunity to improve the quantity, quality and availability of natural resources data for park managers and the public. It is a two-phase program. The first phase involves baseline inventory, or an extensive point-in-time effort to determine the location and condition of selected biologic resources. Inventory may involve both acquisition of new information and the compilation of existing information from disparate sources. The second phase is monitoring, or the collection and analyses of repeated observations over time to evaluate changes in the condition of a resource.
To reduce costs, the I&M program clusters individual parks with biological, physical and geographic affinities into networks. The Pacific Islands Network includes all the National Park units in the central and far Pacific—Hawaiian Islands, American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Marianas. The network concept offers efficiencies in designing and conducting inventory and monitoring work, and improved opportunities for exchange or ideas and information among parks.
View the Pacific Islands Inventory and Monitoring Program website.
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Inventory & Monitoring Program Pacific Island Network webpage more... | | Plant Inventory Checklist of higher plants with some illustrations more... | | Fish Inventory Lots of pictures of our local fishes more... | | Coral Inventory More than 200 species, many illustrated more... | |
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Did You Know?
In Samoan folklore, sea turtles were believed to have the power to save fishermen lost at sea by bringing them safely to shore. The Samoan word for sea turtle, “I'a sa,” translates literally to “sacred fish,” presumably because of this ability. Sadly, sea turtles here are now endangered.
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Last Updated: August 05, 2008 at 14:43 EST |