A Guide to Soil Quality Monitoring for Long Term Ecosystem Sustainability on Northern Region National Forests

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Bitterroot National Forest
MONITORING CONCERNS

Burned Soil

The Problem:

Burning of Bitterroot National Forest soils

How big a problem?

What can be done?

Related Documents:

• Gundale, Michael J.; Thomas H. DeLuca; Carl E. Fiedler; Philip W. Ramsey; Michael G. Harrington and James E. Gannon. Restoration treatments in a Montana ponderosa pine forest: Effects on soil physical, chemical and biological properties. 2005. For. Ecol. Mgmt. 213: 25–38.
  [link to document added 02/13/2009]
• Schoennagel, Tania; Thomas T. Veblen and William H. Romme. The interaction of fire, fuels, and climate across Rocky Mountain forests. 2004. BioScience 54(7): 661–676.
  [link to journal added 02/13/2009]

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Compaction

The Problem:

Compaction of Bitterroot National Forest soils

How big a problem?

What can be done?

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Displacement

The Problem:

Displacement of Bitterroot National Forest soils

How big a problem?

What can be done?

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Ground Cover

The Problem:

Ground cover on Bitterroot National Forest soils

How big a problem?

What can be done?

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Nutrient Cycling

The Problem:

Nutrient cycling in Bitterroot National Forest soils

How big a problem?

What can be done?

Related Documents:

• DeLuca, T. H. and K. L. Zouhar. Effects of selection harvest and prescribed fire on the soil nitrogen status of ponderosa pine forests. 2000. For. Ecol. Mgmt. 138: 263–271.
  [link to document added 02/13/2009]
• Gundale, Michael J.; Thomas H. DeLuca; Carl E. Fiedler; Philip W. Ramsey; Michael G. Harrington and James E. Gannon. Restoration treatments in a Montana ponderosa pine forest: Effects on soil physical, chemical and biological properties. 2005. For. Ecol. Mgmt. 213: 25–38.
  [link to document added 02/13/2009]

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Puddling

The Problem:

Puddling in Bitterroot National Forest soils

How big a problem?

What can be done?

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Regeneration

The Problem:

Regeneration in Bitterroot National Forest soils

How big a problem?

What can be done?

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Surface Organics

The Problem:

Surface organics in Bitterroot National Forest soils

How big a problem?

What can be done?

Related Documents:

• Schoennagel, Tania; Thomas T. Veblen and William H. Romme. The interaction of fire, fuels, and climate across Rocky Mountain forests. 2004. BioScience 54(7): 661–676.
  [link to journal added 02/13/2009]

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