Vegetation and soil cover from 134 reclaimed oil and gas well pads and 583 AIM reference plots in the Southwestern United States

These data were compiled to assess the recovery of vegetation on reclaimed oil and gas sites. Objective(s) of our study were to assess patterns in reclamation outcomes relative to 1) soil attributes, climate, and time since 39 reclamation and 2) plant and soil reference benchmarks. These data represent observations of vegetation and soil cover from 134 reclaimed oil and gas well pads and 583 AIM reference plots. These data were collected on lands impacted by oil and gas development on the Colorado Plateau as well as Arizona and New Mexico Plateau of New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. Data was collected from July- September of 2020 and May-September of 2021. These data were collected by Assessment Inventory and Monitoring (AIM) certified field crews using field observations and AIM methods. These data can be used to estimate plant community recovery on reclaimed oil and gas pads.

本数据集旨在评估油气复垦地块的植被恢复状况。本研究旨在解析复垦成效的分布特征，其关联研究维度包括：1）土壤属性、气候条件与复垦后时长；2）植被与土壤参照基准。本数据集包含134处油气复垦井场以及583个AIM（Assessment Inventory and Monitoring）参照样地的植被与土壤覆盖观测数据。数据采集自受油气开发活动影响的地块，分布范围涵盖科罗拉多高原，以及新墨西哥州、科罗拉多州与犹他州境内的亚利桑那高原和新墨西哥高原区域。数据采集时段为2020年7月至9月，以及2021年5月至9月。本数据集由通过AIM认证的野外作业团队，依据野外观测规范与AIM标准方法完成采集。本数据集可用于估算油气复垦井场的植物群落恢复状况。