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Park staff, scientists, and volunteers monitor plant species in the tallgrass prairie at Herbert Hoover NHS.

Inventory and monitoring (I&M) builds a strong scientific foundation for the management and protection of natural resources in national park areas.

Herbert Hoover National Historic Site is a member of the Heartland Inventory and Monitoring Network, fifteen parks in the Midwest that share resources and professional expertise to inventory and monitor natural resources.

To verify records of which plants and animals live in the parks, teams of scientists from parks and universities inventory plants, mammals, birds, fish, and reptiles. Park managers use this data to monitor the vital signs--measurable, early warning signals of significant changes--to assess the long-term health of natural systems.

Inventory & Monitoring Reports and Data

Avian surveys at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site (PDF file, 1.53 MB)

Fish of Hoover Creek (PDF file, 41.0 KB). Fish species found in Hoover Creek in 2008.

Grassland Bird Monitoring at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, Iowa: 2005-2006 Status Report (PDF file, 1.33 MB)

A Herpetofaunal (Reptiles and Amphibians) Inventory of Herbert Hoover National Historic Site (PDF file, 1.47 MB)

Invasive Exotic Plant Monitoring at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site: Year 1 (2006) (PDF file, 4.91 MB)

Inventory of Distribution, Composition, and Relative Abundance of Mammals, including Bats, at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site (PDF file, 866 KB)

Vegetation Community Monitoring, 2004 (PDF file, 954 KB)

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