Vegetation Characterization Products Now Available for Kings Mountain National Military Park and Morristown National Historical Park

USGS-National Park Service (NPS) Vegetation Characterization Program (VCP) documentation for Kings Mountain National Military Park and Morristown National Historical Park has been completed and is available on the VCP Web site.  The goal of the VCP is to classify and map the vegetation communities of National Parks that have a natural resource component. Complete documentation is currently available for one hundred four park units and two U.S. Fish and Wildlife refuge units. The VCP is managed by the USGS Center for Biological Informatics in cooperation with the NPS Inventory and Monitoring Program. The USGS Vegetation Characterization effort includes the management and upkeep of the VCP protocols, Web-based access to the standards, and the Web-based access to NPS Vegetation Characterization program finished products.

(Photo: Kings Mountain National Military Park, courtesy of the Vegetation Characterization Program web site.)