Air Resource Management Program - Publications, Reports, & Resources
National Publications, Reports, & Resources
Document Title | Author(s) | Year | Keyword(s) |
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Lichen-Based Critical Loads for Deposition of Nitrogen and Sulfur in US Forests | Linda Geiser; Heather Root; Robert Smith; Sarah Jovan; Larry St. Clair; Karen Dillman | 2021 | climate resilience; ecological thresholds; epiphytes |
National Atlas of Epiphytic Lichens in Forested Habitats of the United States | Sarah Jovan; Michael Haldeman; Susan Will-Wolf; Karen Dillman; Linda Geiser; Joel Thompson; Daphne Stone; Jason Hollinger | 2021 | air pollution; air quality; bioindicators; biomonitoring; climate change; inventory |
User Guide for The National Forest Inventory and Analysis Lichen Database (Version 1.0) | Sarah Jovan; Susan Will-Wolf, Linda Geiser; Karen Dillman; Michael Haldeman; Rick Shory | 2020 | air pollution; air quality; bioindicators; biomonitoring; climate change |
Assessing Ecological Risks from Atmospheric Deposition of Nitrogen and Sulfur to US Forests Using Epiphytic Macrolichens | Linda Geiser; Peter Nelson; Sarah Jovan; Heather Root; Christopher Clark | 2019 | critical loads; air pollution; environmental assessment; climate; biodiversity; conservation |
Conditional Vulnerability of Plant Diversity to Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition Across the United States | Samuel Simkina; Edith Allen; William Bowman; Christopher Clark; Jayne Belnap; Matthew Brooks; Brian Cade; Scott Collins; Linda Geiser; Frank Gilliam; Sarah Jovan; Linda Pardo; Bethany Schulz; Carly Stevens; Katharine Suding; Heather Throop; Donald Waller | 2016 | lichens; climate |
A Simple Tool for Estimating Throughfall Nitrogen Deposition in Forests of Western North America Using Lichens | Heather Root; Linda Geiser; Mark Fenn; Sarah Jovan; Martin Hutten; Suraj Ahuja; Karen Dillman; David Schirokauer; Shanti Berryman; Jill McMurray | 2013 | air pollution; critical loads |
Air Program National Accomplishments and Successes 2010 | National Air Resource Management Program | 2012 | success stories |
Air Resource Management Program National Report 2010 | National Air Resource Management Program | 2012 | success stories |
Eutrophic Lichens Respond to Multiple Forms Of N: Implications for Critical Levels and Critical Loads Research | Sarah Jovan; Jennifer Riddell; Pamela Padgett; Thomas Nash III | 2012 | ammonium; bioindicators; nitrogen; deposition |
Forest Service National Protocols for Sampling Air Pollution-Sensitive Waters | T.J. Sullivan; A.T. Herlihy; G.B. Lawrence; J.R. Webb | 2012 | monitoring; aquatics |
Assessment of Nitrogen Deposition Effects and Empirical Critical Loads of Nitrogen for Ecoregions of the United States | Linda Pardo; Molly Robin-Abbott; Charles Driscoll | 2011 | lichens |
Effects Of Nitrogen Deposition and Empirical Nitrogen Critical Loads for Ecoregions of The United States | Linda Pardo; Mark Fenn; Christine Goodale; Linda Geiser; Charles Driscoll; Edith Allen; Jill Baron; Roland Bobbink; William Bowman; Christopher Clark; Bridget Emmett; Frank Gilliam; Tara Greaver; Sharon Hall; Erik Lilleskov; Lingli Liu; Jason Lynch; Knute Nadelhoffer; Steven Perakis; Molly Robin-Abbott; John Stoddard; Kathleen Weathers; Robin Dennis | 2011 | lichens; air pollution |
Emission Reduction Techniques for Oil and Gas Activities | Forest Service | 2011 | guidelines; reference; NEPA; air pollution |
Watershed Condition Framework | John Potyondy; Ted Geier; Penny Luehring; Mark Hudy; Brett Roper; Ron Dunlap; Tom Doane; Greg Kujawa; Paul Anderson; Jaelith Hall-Rivera; Jim Keys; Michael Ielmini; Ann Acheson; Ray Thompson; Bob Davis; Sharon Friedman; Karl Dalla Rosa; Thomas Brown | 2011 | aquatics; guidelines |
Federal Land Managers’ Air Quality Related Values Work Group (FLAG) Phase I Report—Revised (2010) | U.S. Forest Service Air Quality Program; National Park Service Air Resources Division; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Air Quality Branch | 2010 | air pollution; AQRVs; visibility; deposition; ozone |
Status And Future of The Forest Health Indicators Program of the USA | Christopher William Woodall; Michael Amacher; William Bechtold; John Coulston; Sarah Jovan; Charles Perry; KaDonna Randolph; Beth Schulz; Gretchen Smith; Borys Tkacz; Susan Will-Wolf | 2010 | lichens; bioindicator |
Air Quality and Prescribed Fire Management – Moving Toward a Solution Space | Tom Robison | 2008 | air pollution; smoke |
Critical Loads Implementation Strategy | National Air Resource Management Program | 2008 | acidity; nitrogen |
Lichens, Ozone, And Forest Health - Exploring Cross-Indicator Analyses with FIA Data | Susan Will-Wolf; Sarah Jovan | 2008 | air pollution; bioindicators |
The Fate, Transport, and Ecological Impacts of Airborne Contaminants in Western National Parks (USA) Western Airborne Contaminant Assessment Project (WACAP) Journal Article Volume I Volume II (Appendices) | Dixon Landers; Adam Schwindt; Kimberly Hageman; Tamara Blett; Staci Simonich; Carl Schreck; Sascha Usenko; Marilyn Morrison Erway; Daniel Jaffe; Michael Kent; Luke Ackerman; Linda Geiser; Will Hafner; Jill Schrlau; Donald Campbell; Howard Taylor; Neil Rose; Susan Christie | 2008 | air pollution; heavy metals; semi-volatile organic compounds; lichens |
Air Quality in the USDA Forest Service: A Two-Way Street | Rich Fisher | 2007 | visibility; regional haze; air pollution |
Air Quality Related Values and Development of Associated Protocols for Evaluation of the Effects of Atmospheric Deposition on Aquatic and Terrestrial Resources on Forest Service Lands | T.J. Sullivan; T. Herlihy | 2007 | AQRVs; air pollution |
Methylmercury Contamination: Impacts on Aquatic Systems and Terrestrial Species, and Insights for Abatement | Charles Sams | 2007 | metals; sulfur |
Forest Lichen Communities and Environment – How Consistent Are Relationships Across Scales? | Susan Will-Wolf; Linda Geiser; Peter Neitlich; Anne Reis | 2006 | air pollution; climate |
Abating Regional Haze | National Air Resource Management Program | 2006 | air pollution; briefing; air pollution; success stories |
Atmospheric Deposition | National Air Resource Management Program | 2006 | nitrogen; sulfur; briefing; air pollution; success stories |
Climate Change | National Air Resource Management Program | 2006 | air pollution; briefing; success stories |
Detecting Smoke Plumes and Analyzing Smoke Impacts Using Remote Sensing and GIS for the McNally Fire Incident | Ricardo Cisneros; Andrzej Bytnerowicz; Brad Quayle; Trent Procter | 2006 | wildfire; air quality; ozone |
Ecological Effects | National Air Resource Management Program | 2006 | air pollution; briefing; lichens; monitoring; success stories |
Energy Development in the West | National Air Resource Management Program | 2006 | briefing; success stories; air pollution |
Mercury Deposition | National Air Resource Management Program | 2006 | briefing; success stories; metals |
Partnerships | National Air Resource Management Program | 2006 | briefing; success stories |
The Evolving Role of Lichens in Air Quality Protection on Public Lands | Linda Geiser | 2006 | biomonitoring; air pollution |
USDA Forest Service NFS – Air Resource Management Briefing Paper | Anne Zimmermann; Skip Underwood; National Air Resource Management Program | 2006 | air quality |
Visibility Management | National Air Resource Management Program | 2006 | briefing; visibility; success stories |
Visibility Monitoring | National Air Resource Management Program | 2006 | briefing; visibility; success stories |
Model-Based Stratifications for Enhancing the Detection of Rare Ecological Events | Thomas Edwards, Jr.; D. Cutler; Niklaus Zimmermann; Linda Geiser; Jim Alegria | 2005 | lichens |
Protecting Resources on Federal Lands: Implications of Critical Loads for Atmospheric Deposition of Nitrogen and Sulfur | Ellen Porter; Tamara Blett; Deborah Potter; Cindy Huber | 2005 | atmospheric deposition, critical load, target load, ecosystem threshold, land management |
Air Pollution-Related Lichen Monitoring in National Parks, Forests, and Refuges: Guidelines for Studies Intended for Regulatory and Management Purposes | Tamara Blett; Linda Geiser; Ellen Porter | 2003 | AQRVs |
Ecological Effects of Nitrogen Deposition in The Western United States | Mark Fenn; Jill Baron; Edith Allen; Heather Rueth; Koren Nydick; Linda Geiser; William Bowman; James Sickman; Thomas Meixner; Dale Johnson; Peter Neitlich | 2003 | fertilization; lichens |
Nitrogen Emissions, Deposition, and Monitoring in the Western United States | Mark Fenn; Richard Haeuber; Gail Tonnesen; Jill Baron; Susanne Grossman-Clarke, Diane Hope; Daniel Jaffe; Scott Copeland; Linda Geiser; Heather Rueth; James Sickman | 2003 | regional haze |
Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Effects of Fire on Air | David Sandberg; Roger Ottmar; Janice Peterson; John Core | 2002 | smoke; prescribed fire; smoke |
Field Guide for Surface Water Sample and Data Collection | National Air Resource Management Program | 2001 | sampling; monitoring; aquatics |
Biological Soil Crusts: Ecology and Management (PDF, 5.6 MB) | Jayne Belnap; Roger Rosentreter; Steve Leonard; Julie Kaltenecker; John Williams; David Eldridge | 2001 | species composition; human actions; lichens; land management |
Federal Land Managers’ Air Quality Related Values Workgroup (Flag): Phase I Report (PDF, 8.4 MB) | U.S. Forest Service – Air Quality Program; National Park Service – Air Resources Division; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Air Quality Branch | 2000 | AQRVs; visibility; ozone; deposition; air pollution |
Air Resource Monitoring System (ARMS) Data Set Listing (PDF, 415 KB) | Steve Boutcher | 1997 | lichens; reference |
Repeatability of Community Data: Species Richness versus Gradient Scores in Large-Scale Lichen Studies | Bruce McCune; Jonathan Dey; JeriLynn Peck; David Cassell; Karin Heiman; Susan Will-Wolf; Peter Neitlich | 1996 | forest health monitoring; species richness; lichen community gradients |
A Desk Reference for NEPA Air Quality Analyses | CH2M; Janice Peterson; Ann Acheson; Bruce Bayle; et al. | 1995 | air pollution; monitoring |
Guidelines For Measuring the Physical, Chemical, And Biological Condition of Wilderness Ecosystems | Douglas Fox, J. Christopher Bernabo, Betsy Hood | 1987 | monitoring; wilderness areas; baseline data; air pollution; deposition |
Lichens Of the Air Quality Class 1 National Parks | Clifford Wetmore | 1983 | sulfur dioxide |
Document Title | Author(s) | Year | Keyword(s) |
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Embracing Uncertainty and Probabilistic Outcomes for Ecological Critical Loads | Robert Smith; Timothy Ohlert; Linda Geiser | 2022 | air quality; atmospheric deposition; epiphytic lichens; resampling |
Regional Publications, Reports, & Resources

Document Title | Author(s) | Year | Keyword(s) |
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Epiphytic Macrolichen Communities Indicate Climate and Air Quality in The U.S. Midwest | Robert Smith; Sarah Jovan; Daniel Stanton; Susan Will-Wolf | 2020 | community composition; diversity; global changes; indicator species |
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Epiphytic Macrolichen Communities Indicate Climate and Air Quality in The U.S. Midwest | Robert Smith; Sarah Jovan; Daniel Stanton; Susan Will-Wolf | 2020 | community composition; diversity; global changes; indicator species |
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Additions to the Lichen Flora of Arizona. III | Thomas Nash III | 1985 | lichen checklist |
Lichens of the White Mountains, Arizona | Thomas Nash III | 1985 | lichen checklist |
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