Habitat Mapping and Habitat Condition Assessments of Mount Brandon Uplands within Páirc Náisiunta na Mara, Ciarraí

Description

The NPWS now wish to commission (1) a desktop review of the existing ecological datasets pertaining to habitats present at these sites and (2) a Habitat Condition Assessment of lands occurring at two sites within Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara, Ciarraí: (1) Owenmore River Valley and (2) Mount Brandon Uplands. This is (i) to both update and improve our understanding of the occurrence and distribution of habitats found here, (ii) to record trends in habitat condition based on re-survey of the NSUH monitoring plots and, if warranted, (iii) to establish appropriate additional habitat condition monitoring plots to augment any habitat and condition data deficiencies and so better inform on habitat condition trends and responses to any future management actions. The NPWS now wish to commission (1) a desktop review of the existing ecological datasets pertaining to habitats present at these sites and (2) a Habitat Condition Assessment of lands occurring at two sites within Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara, Ciarraí: (1) Owenmore River Valley and (2) Mount Brandon Uplands. This is (i) to both update and improve our understanding of the occurrence and distribution of habitats found here, (ii) to record trends in habitat condition based on re-survey of the NSUH monitoring plots and, if warranted, (iii) to establish appropriate additional habitat condition monitoring plots to augment any habitat and condition data deficiencies and so better inform on habitat condition trends and responses to any future management actions.