BLM-CA Tasks GeomorphIS to Conduct Special Status Species Surveys in California

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Mother Lode Field Office (MLFO), California has tasked a GeomorphIS-Wild Ginger team to conduct botanical surveys of Special Status Plant (SSP) species within the MLFO area, to include surveys of suitable habitat to find new occurrences of SSP species as well as surveys to update previously documented Element Occurrences (EOs) of SSP’s for the California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB). Some of these Element Occurrences have not been verified in many years, making the information less reliable to land managers and resource specialists. Surveys will be conducted during appropriate phenological periods to best identify the target species. Survey results (including negative findings) will be collected using the mobile data collection platform Survey123 and ArcGIS online (AGOL). The surveys will take place in 2023 and 2024.