The HARPER process utilizes LANDSAT 8 imagery to accurately identify and map areas of low herbage and areas of undesirably high herbage in designated Blunt-Nosed Leopard Lizard (BNLL) core areas within the BLM�s Carrizo Plain National Monument. The use of satellite imagery greatly increased the rangeland managers ability to assess, quantify and map herbage levels for BNLP core areas within each pasture. �The cost of implementing a monitoring program using the HARPER process on a long-term basis is likely to be about equal to the current process of clipping and weighing herbage multiple times at random key areas. The HARPER process however yields significantly more useful information for rangeland managers and provides the ability to obtain good monitoring information for large areas with difficult access.
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