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	The objective of monitoring the Natural Quality is to assess the effects of modern civilization on the integrity of wilderness ecosystems, with a focus on plants, animals, air and water, and ecological processes. The Wilderness Act defines wilderness as an area that "is protected and managed so as to preserve its natural conditions" and that these areas should be free from the effects of "an increasing population, accompanied by expanding settlement and growing mechanization" (sections 2(c) and 2(a), respectively). Human-caused changes to wilderness ecological systems can be intentional or unintentional. While managers may have control over some impacts to natural ecosystems in wilderness, many threats come from external sources outside of their jurisdiction (e.g., air pollutants and '''nonindigenous species'''). In contrast to the Untrammeled Quality, which monitors actions that manipulate or control ecological systems, the Natural Quality monitors the effects on wilderness ecosystems from actions as well as external forces. While this quality encompasses all the naturally occurring species, physical resources, and ecological functions and processes in wilderness, practical limitations require that a relatively small but significant subset of possible measures are monitored.		The objective of monitoring the Natural Quality is to assess the effects of modern civilization on the integrity of wilderness ecosystems, with a focus on plants, animals, air and water, and ecological processes. The Wilderness Act defines wilderness as an area that "is protected and managed so as to preserve its natural conditions" and that these areas should be free from the effects of "an increasing population, accompanied by expanding settlement and growing mechanization" (sections 2(c) and 2(a), respectively). Human-caused changes to wilderness ecological systems can be intentional or unintentional. While managers may have control over some impacts to natural ecosystems in wilderness, many threats come from external sources outside of their jurisdiction (e.g., air pollutants and '''nonindigenous species'''). In contrast to the Untrammeled Quality, which monitors actions that manipulate or control ecological systems, the Natural Quality monitors the effects on wilderness ecosystems from actions as well as external forces. While this quality encompasses all the naturally occurring species, physical resources, and ecological functions and processes in wilderness, practical limitations require that a relatively small but significant subset of possible measures are monitored.

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	== 3.1 Monitoring Question ==		== 3.1 Monitoring Question ==

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	The objective of monitoring the Natural Quality is to assess the effects of modern civilization on the integrity of wilderness ecosystems, with a focus on plants, animals, air and water, and ecological processes. The Wilderness Act defines wilderness as an area that “is protected and managed so as to preserve its natural conditions” and that these areas should be free from the effects of “an increasing population, accompanied by expanding settlement and growing mechanization” (sections 2(c) and 2(a), respectively). Human-caused changes to wilderness ecological systems can be intentional or unintentional. While managers may have control over some impacts to natural ecosystems in wilderness, many threats come from external sources outside of their jurisdiction (e.g., air pollutants and nonindigenous species). In contrast to the Untrammeled Quality, which monitors actions that manipulate or control ecological systems, the Natural Quality monitors the effects on wilderness ecosystems from actions as well as external forces. While this quality encompasses all the naturally occurring species, physical resources, and ecological functions and processes in wilderness, practical limitations require that a relatively small but significant subset of possible measures are monitored.		The objective of monitoring the Natural Quality is to assess the effects of modern civilization on the integrity of wilderness ecosystems, with a focus on plants, animals, air and water, and ecological processes. The Wilderness Act defines wilderness as an area that “is protected and managed so as to preserve its natural conditions” and that these areas should be free from the effects of “an increasing population, accompanied by expanding settlement and growing mechanization” (sections 2(c) and 2(a), respectively). Human-caused changes to wilderness ecological systems can be intentional or unintentional. While managers may have control over some impacts to natural ecosystems in wilderness, many threats come from external sources outside of their jurisdiction (e.g., air pollutants and nonindigenous species). In contrast to the Untrammeled Quality, which monitors actions that manipulate or control ecological systems, the Natural Quality monitors the effects on wilderness ecosystems from actions as well as external forces. While this quality encompasses all the naturally occurring species, physical resources, and ecological functions and processes in wilderness, practical limitations require that a relatively small but significant subset of possible measures are monitored.

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	! ~~Header text !! Header text !! Header text~~		! colspan="3"\| Natural Quality
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	\| ~~Example~~ \|~~\| Example \|\| Example~~		\| colspan="3"\| Monitoring question: What are the trends in the natural environment from human-caused change?
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	\| ~~Example~~ \|\| ~~Example~~ \|\| ~~Example~~		! Indicator !! Measure !! Measure type
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			\| Plants \|\| Acres of nonindigenous plants \|\| Required
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			\| rowspan="2"\| Animals \|\| Index of nonindigenous terrestrial animal species \|\| rowspan="2"\| Required to select at least one
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			\| Index of nonindigenous aquatic animal species
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			\| rowspan="6"\| Air and water \|\| Concentration of ambient ozone \|\| rowspan="5"\| Required to select at least one
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			\| Deposition of nitrogen
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			\| Deposition of sulfur
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			\| Amount of haze
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			\| Index of sensitive lichen species
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			\| Extent of waterbodies with impaired water quality \|\| Required
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			\| rowspan="2"\| Ecological processes \|\| Watershed condition class \|\| rowspan="2"\| Required to select at least one
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			\| Number of animal unit months of commercial livestock use
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	~~\| Example \|\| Example \|\| Example~~
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	environmental conditions and biodiversity.		environmental conditions and biodiversity.

	== 3.2.1 Measure: Acres of Nonindigenous Plant Species ==		=== 3.2.1 Measure: Acres of Nonindigenous Plant Species ===

	This measure assesses the total number of acres, or the estimated percentage of acres,		This measure assesses the total number of acres, or the estimated percentage of acres,