The status and trend determinations were based on a qualitative assessment of factors influencing the condition of the site including historical alterations, ongoing hydrologic impacts, sources of recreation-related disturbance, and surrounding land use and management. One permanent plot, following the protocol in the Region 5 Range Monitoring Program, was installed at Taylor Creek Marsh in 2004 (Weixelman 2011). Two plots were installed in 2004 in the adjacent Tallac Creek Meadow. The protocol is designed to classify a meadow according to wetland index and plant functional types, which provides a quantitative ecological condition scorecard for that meadow type (Weixelman and Gross In Review). The plots were re-visited in 2009/2010 and 2014/2015 but the data is not yet available (Engelhardt and Gross 2011b).