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Vegetation Surveys

The ESER team recognizes that the central portion of the INL has been maintained as a mostly untouched sagebrush steppe ecosystem.  This provides an exciting opportunity for research and also offers a baseline, which is useful for evaluating impacts from INL facility activities, grazing and off-road vehicle use.  

The ESER team:

• Evaluates the impact of current and past work on the INL.
• Evaluates long-term vegetation trends
• Monitors the invasion and impacts of cheatgrass on  INL lands. 
  Cheatgrass is not native to the INL and out-competes other native vegetation.  
• Supports revegetation efforts after fire, remediation, and other site activities.
• Provides expertise and advice to DOE-ID on land management issues, including animal damage control and depredation prevention, noxious weed control, and reclamation of disturbed areas.

Related Links

• INL Environmental Protection and Compliance Policy

• Idaho National Environmental Research Park

• Environmental Science and Research Foundation Report:  Plant Communities, Ethnoecology, and Flora of the Idaho National Laboratory

• Nature Conservancy

• Natural Areas Association