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Detailed Description
The BLM uses this set of tools to determine whether: interim and long-term requirements and criteria are being met, reclamation and monitoring protocols are providing appropriate and sufficient information, and data are being collected as specified. This effort enables the BLM to evaluate large amounts of data and to derive information that was previously unavailable, such as total acreage impacted, spatial changes over time, habitat fragmentation, stage of reclamation by feature or as a summary, and the success of reclamation efforts at a landscape level.
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.
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