National assessment prototype

"In the 1997-2001 Strategic Plan, the BLM committed to 'develop and implement a comprehensive strategy for systematic resource assessment on the public lands.' This National Assessment Prototype is a step toward developing such a systematic assessment for land health and resource use on the public lands. The Prototype tests the use of a small, carefully-selected set of indicators to portray patterns of resource condition and risk to public lands at the west-wide level"--Page 1.