Attributes (Text Version)

Each attribute listed below is potentially at risk and important to protect. Choosing such attributes clarifies management goals and gives you a basis for measurement in the risk assessment.

Piping Plover

• Reproductive success of a piping plover.
• (Body weight, the other option, is a measure, not an attribute.)

Lake

• Lake nutrient cycling.
• Lake water quality.
• (Water chemistry, another option, is a measure, not an attribute.)
• Lake extent of aquatic habitat for smallmouth bass.

Wet Meadow

• Plant diversity in wetland.
• (Ecological integrity, another option, is a noble goal, but it is not an attribute.)
• Areal extent.
• (Biomass, another option, is a noble goal, but it is not an attribute.)