Forest Health Monitoring: Evaluation Monitoring Project Summaries 2024
Evaluation monitoring—a component of the Forest Service’s Forest Health Monitoring (FHM) program—supports projects that assess changes in forest health, often at a finer scale than standard monitoring activities. This report is a companion to the annual FHM report and provides summaries of four evaluation monitoring projects.
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Forest Health Monitoring: National Status, Trends, and Analysis 2024
This annual report of the Forest Service’s Forest Health Monitoring program describes research by Forest Service scientists and partners and presents forest health status and trends from a national or multistate regional perspective.
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Air Resource Management Program - Ozone Monitoring Protocols
Jump to a sectionSeasonal Instrument Exchange (Calibration Source Only)Field Calibration Check ProtocolInlet Filter Cartridge Exchange (V5 sites)Instrument Exchange (Analyzer Only)Instrument Exchange (Calibration Source Only)RMRS Ozone Network Data Quality Assurance/Quality ControlSeasonal Site Closure PreparationSeasonal Instrument Exchange (Calibration Source Only)Last updated February 1,…
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Air Resource Management Program - Monitoring Pollutants Deposited to Ecosystems
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Jump to a section:Sulfur and nitrogen depositionAquatic ecosystemsTerrestrial ecosystemsMercury depositionSnow depositionForest Service managers directly monitor and use models to measure or estimate the amount of acid deposition occurring in the national forests and how this deposition is affecting forest resources. Long-term air quality and resource monitoring in…
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Air Resource Management Program - Monitoring Pollutants in the Air
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John Korfmacher, physical scientist, conducting ozone monitoring at Pike-San Isabel National Forest, Colorado. (USDA Forest Service photo)
Surface ozone is a pollutant, regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency. Unlike stratospheric…
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Air Resource Management Program - Monitoring and Data
Ricardo Cisneros, air quality specialist, takes samples to monitor air quality in the Sierra National Forest, California. USDA Forest Service photo, (Pacific Southwest Region)
The Forest Service monitors the effects of pollution that may impair visibility, harm human health, injure trees and other plants, alter soil chemistry, degrade cultural resources like archeological sites and historical…