AIM Background
Toevs et al. 2011. BLM AIM Strategy: For Integrated Renewable Resources Management (PDF)
Taylor et al. 2014. BLM Tech Note 445 AIM Monitoring: A Component of the AIM Strategy (PDF)
Developing a Spatial Framework of Common Ecological Regions for the Conterminous US (PDF)
Draft Local Workgroup Report for the National AIM Strategy (PDF)
The Heinz Center 2008. Highlights from The State of the Nation’s Ecosystems (PDF)
Herrick et al. 2010. National Ecosystem Assessment Supported by Scientific and Local Knowledge (PDF)
Ecosystem Modeling, Mapping, and Remote Sensing
Booth and Cox 2008. Image Based Monitoring to Measure Ecological Change in Rangeland (PDF)
Omernik 1987. Ecoregions of the Conterminous US (PDF)
Technical Resources
Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health (PDF)
Monitoring Manual For Grassland, Shrubland, and Savanna Ecosystems Vol I – Core Methods (PDF)
Regional Monitoring for Wildlife and Water with an Emphasis on Energy Development (PDF)
Taylor et al. 2014. BLM Tech Note 445 AIM Monitoring: A Component of the AIM Strategy (PDF)
USFWS Writing Refuge Goals (PDF)
General Background Literature