Plot-Transect - 1990 Relocation - Roan Mountain Massif Data Management Project

This data set represents efforts to relocate a set of transects and plots that
were originally installed in 1987 and 1988 on the grassy balds complex of the
Roan Mountain Massif [Round Bald, Engine Gap, Jane Bald, Grassy Ridge, Big
Yellow Mountain (also known as Yellow Mountain), Little Hump Mountain, Bradley
Gap, and Hump Mountain (also known as Big Hump Mountain)]. Data collected from
the transects and plots were to characterize baseline conditions against which
the effects of future vegetation management actions could be evaluated. This
legacy data set contains information on a relocation effort conducted in 1990
to relocate and re-monument (in the field) the transects and plots that were
originally installed in 1987 and 1988. This 1990 relocation was the first
attempt to relocate the original 1987 and 1988 transects and plots.
Information for this legacy dataset comes from the following sources: two
inventories that document the transects and plots that were re-located, a map
that shows the general location of transects on all grassy balds, and
interviews with the originators of the transect and plot data. This metadata
record documents geospatial legacy data to the extent practicable, as required
by Executive Order 12906, "Coordinating Geographic Data Acquisition and Access:
The National Spatial Data Infrastructure," dated April 11, 1994. Details may be
missing, but given the resources available, the information provided herein is
as concise as possible at this point in time.