NPAM predictive model improvements and piloting NPAM on partner lands

    We conducted a retrospective analysis of monitoring data gathered during seven annual cycles of the USFWS-USGS Native Prairie Adaptive Management (NPAM) initiative to empirically derive parameters used in predictive models and to assess effects of abiotic factors on treatment efficacy. We conducted an outreach effort to potential non-USFWS partners to evaluate interest and capabilities of those partners to participate in NPAM.