Best Use of Science for Forest Plan Revision

Evolving scientific understanding, recent technology, and new challenges such as stressors associated with climate change have made it clear that the best available science is needed to inform land management planning. The Kaibab has engaged its partners to use the best available science in the plan development and evaluation of alternatives. Some examples are included here.

Wildlife

• Use of "Best Available Science" for Wildlife (52 kb)
• Wildlife & Diversity Analyses (9.72 mb)
• Reports for Rare & Narrow Endemics
  • Invertebrates (1.89 kb)
  • Small Mammals & Herps (4.38 mb)
• Preliminary Goshawk Occupancy for the South Zone (333 kb)
  • South Zone Northern Goshawk Design & PSU Stratification Scheme (358 kb)

Monitoring

• LiDAR Derived Data to Inform Vegetative Structural Conditions (3 mb)
• Rapid Plot Implementation Pilot Project (1.01 mb)
• Rapid Plot Monitoring Protocol & Statistical Guide (557 kb)
• Tools for the Forest Monitoring Plan (3.55 mb)
• Occupancy Models for Songbirds 12-31-12 (257 kb)

Vegetation

• Ecological Relationships between Overstory & Understory Vegetation in Ponderosa Pine Forests of the Southwest (756 kb)
• Characterization of the Mixed Conifer Forest Type on the North Kaibab Ranger District (1.94 mb)

Collaborative Products from Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau

• Songbird Occupancy Models for Management Indicator Species (2.6 mb)
• Landscape-level NEPA and Collaborative Science (3 mb)
• Landscape Scale Monitoring of Forest Treatments & Disturbance  (3.3 mb)
• Rapid Plot Monitoring Design for the Kaibab NF (2.79 mb)