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Soil Quality Monitoring

  • Forest Soil Disturbance Monitoring Protocol Volume I : Rapid Assessment.
    GTR WO-82a (PDF, 204 KB). September 2009; USDA Forest Service. By Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Ann M. Abbott and Thomas M. Rice.)
  • Forest Soil Disturbance Monitoring Protocol Volume II : Supplementary Methods, Statistics and Data Collection.
    GTR WO-82b. (PDF, 1.76 MB). September 2009; USDA Forest Service. By Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Ann M. Abbott and Thomas M. Rice.
  • Forest Soil Disturbance Monitoring Protocol Volume III : Scientific Background for Soil Monitoring on National Forests and Rangelands: Workshop Proceedings.
    Proc. RMRS-P-59 (PDF, 4.72 MB). April 29-30, 2008; USDA Forest Service. Page-Dumroese, Deborah; Neary, Daniel; Trettin, Carl 2010. Scientific background for soil monitoring on National Forests and Rangelands: workshop proceedings; Denver, CO. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 126 p.
  • Soil Disturbance Field Guide
    Visual Field Guide 0819 1815P
  • Briefing Paper: Soil Disturbance Monitoring Protocol and the Soil Disturbance Field Guide (PDF, 21.2 KB) - 2009 by Randy Davis