Natural Community Health Indices
Land managers of both public and private lands need rapid and repeatable assessment and monitoring tools to gauge the health of the natural communities they are restoring such as tallgrass prairies or glades.
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Land managers of both public and private lands need rapid and repeatable assessment and monitoring tools to gauge the health of the natural communities they are restoring such as tallgrass prairies or glades.
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As part of MDC’s One Health initiative, we are happy to bring you a project we have been working on which focuses on the health benefits of being out in nature. Inspired by the Park Rx movement, we hope that through sharing information on this...
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Although many avian species can be observed using wetlands from a distance, the taxa below the water's surface can be much harder to document. This includes the wide array of fish, amphibians, reptiles, and aquatic invertebrates. Knowing how best...
Light Range and Detection, which is more commonly referred to as LiDAR, is remote sensing technology that has become increasingly available and used for a wide range of purposes in the last 10-15 years. LiDAR sensors measure distances and are...
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The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has developed a Bat Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) to address the potential for covered forest management activities to cause incidental take of five listed or otherwise at-risk bat species over a...