The Northern Colorado Plateau Inventory and Monitoring Network, with the support of the U.S. Geological Survey National Park Service Vegetation Mapping Program, undertook this project to describe and map existing vegetation at Arches National Park.

The Rapid Visual Screening (RVS) handbook can be used by trained personnel to identify, inventory, and screen buildings that are potentially seismically vulnerable. The RVS procedure comprises a method and several forms that help users to quickly identify, inventory, and score buildings according to their risk of collapse if hit by major earthquakes. The RVS handbook describes how to identify the structural type and key weakness characteristics, how to complete the screening forms, and how to manage a successful RVS program.