Homestead National Monument (HOME) was created at the to celebrate the significance of the Homestead Act of 1862 which granted 160 acres of free land to claimants and was one of the most significant and enduring events in the westward expansion of the United States. The National Monument encompasses 184 acres in Gage County, west of Beatrice, Nebraska. This unique site also hosts the oldest prairie restoration in the National Park system, and the secondoldest tallgrass prairie restoration known. This park unit also has a small remnant of native tallgrass prairie and remnants of bur-oak forest.

The Northern Colorado Plateau Inventory and Monitoring Network cooperated with the U.S. Geological Survey - National Park Service Vegetation Mapping Program to describe and map vegetation at Cedar Breaks National Monument (CEBR). This collaborative effort involved many project partners, particularly the Rocky Mountain Geographic Science Center of the U.S. Geological Survey, the Western Region office of NatureServe, engineering-environmental Management, Inc., and their cooperators.

The Northern Colorado Plateau Inventory and Monitoring Network worked with the support of the U.S. Geological Survey - National Park Service Vegetation Mapping Program to describe and map vegetation at Fossil Butte National Monument (FOBU). This collaborative effort involved many project partners, particularly the FOBU superintendent and natural resources staff, the Rocky Mountain Mapping Center of the U.S. Geological Survey, the Western Region office of NatureServe, engineering-environmental Management, Inc., and their cooperators.

The Natural Resource Publication series addresses natural resource topics that are of interest and applicability to a broad readership in the National Park Service and to others in the management of natural resources, including the scientific community, the public, and the NPS conservation and environmental constituencies. Manuscripts are peer-reviewed to ensure that the information is scientifically credible, technically accurate, appropriately written for the intended audience, and is designed and published in a professional manner.

The Northern Colorado Plateau Inventory and Monitoring Network cooperated with the U.S. Geological Survey - National Park Service Vegetation Mapping Program to describe and map vegetation at Cedar Breaks National Monument (CEBR). This collaborative effort involved many project partners, particularly the Rocky Mountain Geographic Science Center of the U.S. Geological Survey, the Western Region office of NatureServe, engineering-environmental Management, Inc., and their cooperators.