BLM-CA Awards GeomorphIS Rare Plant Monitoring Survey Task Order

The US Bureau of Land Management, California Desert District, awarded a GeomorphIS-Elliott Environmental Consulting team a multi-year task order to conduct rare plant surveys within the BLM El Centro Field Office area. Survey data will be used by BLM to better understand rare plant status, distribution, and how new or ongoing impacts could influence rare plant populations. The data collected will aid in the detection of year-to-year trends in abundance, recruitment, and survivorship. The team is surveying for more than 40 special status plants (SSPs or rare plants), starting with those species and locations previously entered into the California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB). The botany team will update past location information and add newly discovered species locations to the database.