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In natural resource management, decisions and actions are based on the best available science...or at least they should be. Here we will highlight local examples of science and management collaborations and explore practical reasons why it doesn't always work according to theory.

Using historic photographs to track landscape changes in Bandelier National Monument

September 18, 2013 Posted by: Amy Washuta

As we study the thin skin of life on the surface of Earth, we find an extremely complex symphony that is not static, but changes through both time and space. The Jemez Mountains and Bandelier National Monument are no exception. Here, the landscape is rich with a history of powerful natural disturbances such as volcanism and fires, shifting climates, and 10,000 years of human inhabitation.

ecology, historicalecology, photography