A Summary of Biological Inventory Data Collected at San Antonio Missions National Historical Park: Vertebrate and Vascular Plant Inventories

Park managers are directed by federal law and National Park Service (NPS) policies to know the status and trends in the condition of natural resources under their stewardship in order to fulfill the NPS mission of conserving parks unimpaired for future generations. The National Park Service established the Inventory and Monitoring Program (I&M) in 1992 to provide funding, technical assistance, and coordination for more than 270 parks to complete 12 basic natural resource inventories...
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Park managers are directed by federal law and National Park Service (NPS) policies to know the status and trends in the condition of natural resources under their stewardship in order to fulfill the NPS mission of conserving parks unimpaired for future generations. The National Park Service established the Inventory and Monitoring Program (I&M) in 1992 to provide funding, technical assistance, and coordination for more than 270 parks to complete 12 basic natural resource inventories and to begin monitoring the status and trend of park natural resources. As part of this effort, the I&M Program's Gulf Coast Network (GULN) completed several inventories of the vertebrate species and vascular plants at San Antonio Missions National Historical Park (SAAN). These efforts included cataloging all existing data, followed up by additional field investigations. The primary purpose of these inventories was to document the presence of resources in parks, and to assess and document the current condition and knowledge of natural resources in the parks. This report provides a summary of results. Results are also briefly discussed within the context of future inventory efforts, long-term monitoring, and management.