Title:

Historical tree surveys of the Umatilla National Forest

Author(s):

Powell, David C.; Hanberry, Brice B.

Publication Year:

2020

How to Cite:

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Powell, David C.; Hanberry, Brice B. 2020. Historical tree surveys of the Umatilla National Forest. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2020-0051

Abstract:

The original public land survey for the Umatilla National Forest was completed primarily between 1879 and 1887. Notes from these General Land Office (GLO) surveys provide the earliest systematically recorded information about species composition for national forest system lands in the Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon and southeastern Washington. Using these historical records we were able to obtain GLO survey point locations as well as tree species and size information for trees found in the survey process. Point locations are included as a shapefile, and trees species and diameter are provided in tabular format.

Keywords:

biota; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Environment and People; Forest & Plant Health; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; Natural Resource Management & Use; douglas fir; grand fir; lodgepole pine; ponderosa pine; Oregon; Washington; Umatilla National Forest

Related publications:

• Hanberry, Brice B.; Justice, Donald C.; Powell, David C. 2020. Discovering Douglas-fir woodlands in the historical forests of the Umatilla National Forest, eastern Oregon and Washington. Forests. 11(10): 1122. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11101122
• Powell, David C. 2008. Using General Land Office Survey notes to characterize historical vegetation conditions for the Umatilla National Forest. White Paper. F14-SO-WP-SILV-41. Pendleton, OR: USDA Forest Service: Supervisor’s Office. (also included in data publication as \Supplements\Powell_2008_fseprd716503.pdf). https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/umatilla/home/?cid=stelprdb5210179

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