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Evaluation of Mount Howard - East Peak, Wallowa County, Oregon for its merit in meeting national significance criteria as a National Natural Landmark to represent Montane Grasslands in the Columbia Plateau Biophysiographic Province

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  • The National Natural Landmarks (NNL) Program encourages the preservation of exceptional examples of the nation’s biological and geological features. To qualify for NNL designation, a site must be one of the best examples of a geological or biological feature within a biophysiographic province. Mount Howard - East Peak represents a high quality, representative example of this the Montane Grasslands Sub-Theme, within the Grasslands theme in the Columbia Plateau Biophysiographic Province. The initial report recommended the site as the best remaining example of the montane grasslands subtheme, although many sites were evaluated and many sites contain high quality and relatively representative examples of this theme. This report recommends that the Mount Howard – East Peak PNNL meets the national significance criteria required for the NNL Program. The proposed site has the best, most representative, diverse and accessible examples of montane grasslands, and contains many other features making it perfect for NNL designation.
  • Keywords: Montane Grasslands, Mount Howard - East Peak, Conservation, Columbia Plateau Biophysiographic Province, Eagle Cap Wilderness Area, National Natural Landmarks, Vegetation
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  • Kagan, J.S. 2014. Evaluation of Mount Howard - East Peak, Wallowa County, Oregon for Merit in Meeting National Significance Criteria as a National Natural Landmark to Represent Montane Grasslands in the Columbia Plateau Biophysiographic Province. National Park Service Technical Report, National Natural Landmarks Program, Fort Collins, CO.
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