Site Number/Name: Shortgrass Steppe LTER

GFL No.:

Name:

State, Country: Weld County, Colorado, USA

Priority: 1

Site designation(s): LTER, OBFS

Other sponsoring/interested agencies, if any:

Colorado State University

USDA-Pawnee National Grassland

USDA-Agricultural Research Service

[USGS Biological Resources Division]

Location and size:

USGS Quads:

The following list includes all quads that touch the Pawnee National Grasslands in order from east to west going north to south (index map available):

Kimball SE ,NE

Kimball SW ,NE

Bushnell SE ,NE

Bushnell SW ,NE

Pine Bluffs SE ,WY/NE

Pine Bluffs SW ,WY

Dipper Spring ,CO

Battle Canyon ,CO

Vim School ,CO

Dolan Spring ,CO

Grover NE ,CO

Grover North ,CO

Hereford NW ,CO

Chalk Bluffs East ,CO

Chalk Bluffs West ,CO

Carr East ,CO

Avalo SE ,CO

Avalo ,CO

Gatehook Spring ,CO

Pawnee Buttes ,CO

Grover SE ,CO

Grover South ,CO

Hereford SE ,CO

Reno Res ,CO

Chalk Bluffs SE ,CO

Chalk Bluffs SW ,CO

Dover ,CO

Stoneham NE ,CO

Stoneham NW ,CO

Raymer NE ,CO

Raymer NW ,CO

Keota ,CO

Keota NW ,CO

Briggsdale ,CO

Baker Draw ,CO

Purcell ,CO

Antelope Res ,CO

Stoneham SE ,CO

Stoneham ,CO

Raymer ,CO

Buckingham ,CO

Keota SE ,CO

Dutch Girl Lake ,CO

Fosston ,CO

Cornish ,CO

Galeton ,CO

Eaton ,CO

Center: 104 11 16.55 40 48 28.21

NE corner: 103 33 44.03 41 0 20.93

SE corner: 103 34 15.63 40 35 51.93

SW corner: 104 48 35.76 40 36 23.19

NW corner: 104 48 31.56 41 0 52.64

Center elevation: 1538 meters (5045.93 feet)

Size (N-SxE-W):[in kilometers-km and nautical miles - nm]

N-S: 45.31 km

32.4 nm

E-W: 104.833 km

74.96 nm

Resource to be monitored:

Aboveground biomass, spatial and temporal patterns of annual and seasonal variability in productivity and diversity

Detailed description, management issues (e.g. ecosystem represented):

Shortgrass prairie; the effects of grazing, fire, and climate on patterns of productivity; scaling of small-scale ecological measurements to regional patterns, effect of cultivation on system processes

Frequency and time(s) of collection:

Resolution/scale:

Special characteristics (spectral values, thermal anomalies, underwater/ground, etc.):

none

Existing maps of area (digital):

Northern Weld County Soil Survey (digital)

Transportation (1:50,000 - digitial)

Drainages (1:100K or 1:50K digital)

Land Use and Natural Plant Communities-NRCS(registration not

accurate enough for image rectification)

Ownership (USDA, federal,state,private)

Natural Plant Communities

7.5 minute USGS quadrangle index map

Precipitation

Temperature

MEDEA sponsor (active/passive):

Sponsoring agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)

NSF agency point of contact: [Alan M. Gaines, Scott L. Collins]

NSF site point of contact (current security clearance, if any):

[John Vande Castle, Security Clearance  - YES