The EMA Program has begun work on creating long-term photo documentation and monitoring project that will assist in evaluating landscape scale changes on private and public lands in Northern Arizona.  Photographic monitoring is a fast, simple, and effective way to document changes in vegetation structure and composition, gain insights into the effects and dynamics of geomorphic processes, and measure the effects of land management activities.

Photo monitoring on Babbitt Ranches has begun. Photographs and information will soon be available through an online GIS-based interactive mapping system.

The EMA Program encourages other land owners in Northern Arizona to implement similar photographic monitoring projects on their lands. If you are interested in establishing photo monitoring points, would like assistance with project design, implementation and data management or would like more information about ecological photo monitoring, please contact the EMA Program office at 928-523-0716.