Monitoring is an important part of any land/water restoration project or land management plan. Monitoring can include collecting data for scientific research, adaptive management goals or to see how well a treatment is performing.

Bullseye! Targeting Your Rangeland Health Objectives
by Kirk Gadzia, Resource Management Services and Todd Graham, Sun Ranch
Funded by the Sand County Foundation~Bradley Fund for the Environment and The Quivira Coalition.
~Version 1.0: April 2006
Authors' Comments:
"We produced Bullseye! Targeting Your Rangeland Health Objectives to fill the gap between the needs of land managers and the confusing array of monitoring methods available. Often, monitoring results are exhibited as tables of numbers and confusing charts with interpretation difficult for hands-on application. In addition, the choice of which type of monitoring methodology best fits the situation of the potential user is commonly unclear. We hope this manual will be of use in your efforts to improve rangeland health. Further, we hope users will modify and improve the techniques and pass these on to help others."
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The following links and publications are just a few of the protocols for Riparian and Upland monitoring and assessments with some utilized by The Quivira Coalition during their riparian restoration projects.

Jornada Experimental Range Monitoring & Assessment

Rich Schrader with River Source

Steve Vrooman: stevevrooman@starband.net

Kirk Gadzia with Resource Management Services

Todd Graham: todd@aerosceneland.com (Bozeman, MT.)