America's Geoheritage II: Identifying, Developing, and Preserving America's Natural Legacy Proceedings of a Workshop (2021) / Chapter Skim
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8 Geoheritage Tools
8 Geoheritage Tools
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Katherine McCarville, Upper Iowa University, added the group stressed using tools to think "outside the box." Amanda Lanik, NPS, described a checklist focused on monitoring sites to evaluate vulnerability and degradation that may warrant mitigation measures. A vulnerability assessment tailored to the specific site is a useful initial action, she suggested, followed by monitoring of visitor use/damage, natural hazards, construction/development, and invasive species.
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Other cutting-edge applications integrate sounds with geography (e.g., "soundscapes" created at Montana State University and from Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks) and create multilayered digital twins (e.g., a digital twin and research repository created by The Nature Conservancy on the southern California coast)
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Participants expressed interest in continuing work through increased scholarly publications on geoheritage to elevate the U.S. presence, organization of theme sessions at diverse professional society meetings, continued participation in international geoheritage events and associations, the potential establishment of a Geoheritage Scientific Division at GSA, and in continuing to grow the U.S.
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