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

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[Last updated: 11/06/2011]

DOCUMENTS THAT APPLY TO MULTIPLE FORESTS

Region 1 Forest Service Documents

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• Nesser, J., G. Ford, C. Maynard, D. Page-Dumroese. 1997. Ecological Units of the Northern Region: Subsections. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-369. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 88 p.
• Region 1 Soil Characterization Lab Data (sections for Beaverhead NF, Bitterroot NF, Clearwater NF, Custer NF, Deerlodge NF, Flathead NF, Gallatin NF, Kootenai NF and Nez Perce NF) - prepared by the University of Idaho College of Agriculture Department of Plant, Soil and Entomological Sciences for the USDA Forest Service; April 1981 (PDF - 19.3 MB)
• Region 1 Soil Compaction Study: Final Report to the United States Forest Service (applies to Bitterroot NF, Flathead NF and Kootenai NF) - prepared by Steve Cullen and Clint Montagne; January 1981 (PDF - 5.8 MB)
• Region One Soil Quality Monitoring Handbook (HTML)
• Subsection Attributes - List showing physiography, geology and climate information (PDF - 236 KB)

Out of Area Forest Service Documents

• Modoc NF Timber Stand Fertilization Analysis Inventory - 1985 (PDF - 896 KB)

BEAVERHEAD-DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST

Soil Monitoring Data

• Ruby Allotment - 1987, 1990 (PDF - 244 KB)
• Warm Springs Exclosure - 1987 (PDF - 168 KB)
• Elkhorn Timber Sale - 1984 (PDF - 1.7 MB)
• Elkhorn Timber Sale - 1983 (PDF - 292 KB)
• Elkhorn Timber Sale - 1982 (PDF - 532 KB)

BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST

Reference Documents

• Region 1 Soil Compaction Study: Final Report to the United States Forest Service (applies to Bitterroot NF, Flathead NF and Kootenai NF) - prepared by Steve Cullen and Clint Montagne; January 1981 (PDF - 5.8 MB)

CLEARWATER NATIONAL FOREST

Reference Documents

• Clearwater NF Land System Inventory - 1983 (PDF - 21.4 MB)

FLATHEAD NATIONAL FOREST

Reference Documents

• Coram Experimental Forest: General Soils Map (PDF - 11.2 MB)
• Region 1 Soil Compaction Study: Final Report to the United States Forest Service (applies to Bitterroot NF, Flathead NF and Kootenai NF) - prepared by Steve Cullen and Clint Montagne; January 1981 (PDF - 5.8 MB)

Soil Monitoring Data

• Soil Data: Collection includes data from the 1960s through the 1980s (PDF - 4.1 MB)

GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST

Soil Monitoring Reports

• 1991 Soil Monitoring Program - Summary Report (PDF - 1.1 MB)
• 1990 Soil Monitoring Program - Summary Report (PDF - 432 KB)

Reference Documents

• Soil Survey of Gallatin National Forest, Montana (PDF - 34.6 MB; maps not included). 1996. Authors: Carl E. Davis and Henry F. Shovic. USDA Forest Service and Natural Resources Conservation Service in cooperation with the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station.

HELENA NATIONAL FOREST

Soil Monitoring Data

• Clancy-Unionville Project Data Sheets - 2004 (PDF - 1 MB)
• Clancy-Unionville Project Data Sheets - 2003 (PDF - 3.4 MB)
• Toston Maudlow Salvage Sale Unit Logs - 2002–2003 (PDF - 908 KB)
• Clancy-Unionville Project Data Sheets - 2002 (PDF - 2.9 MB)

Soil Monitoring Reports

• Clancy-Unionville Pre-Soil Monitoring Report - 2003 (PDF - 436 KB)

Other Studies

• Regeneration Study - Soil Moisture and Temperature Implications, 1984–1986 (PDF - 206 KB)

Reference Documents

• MT631—Soil Survey of Helena National Forest Area, Montana (PDF)
  [Link added to SoLo on 07/29/2011]

IDAHO PANHANDLE NATIONAL FOREST

Soil Monitoring Reports

• Rone, Gina (IPNF Forest Soil Scientist). August 2011. Summary of Soil Monitoring on the IPNF 1980s to 2010 (PDF)
• 1997 Soil Monitoring Report (MS Word Document - 32 KB)
• 1998 Soil Monitoring Report (MS Word Document - 84 KB)
• 1999 Soil Monitoring Report (MS Word Document - 133 KB)
• 2000 Soil Monitoring Report (MS Word Document - 44 KB)
• 2001 Soil Monitoring Report (MS Word Document - 44 KB)
• 2002 Soil Monitoring Report (MS Word Document - 37 KB)
• 2003 Soil Monitoring Report (MS Word Document - 37 KB)
• 2004 Soil Monitoring Report (MS Word Document - 40 KB)

Reference Documents

• Idaho Panhandle NF Landtypes DRAFT - 1997 (PDF - 1.2 MB)

KOOTENAI NATIONAL FOREST

Soil Monitoring Reports

• 1988-2003 Soil Monitoring Report - Summary (PDF - 404 KB)
• 1997 Soil Monitoring Report (HTML) OR 1997 Soil Monitoring Report (PDF - 376 KB)

Soil Monitoring Data

• 2003 Soil Monitoring Data Sheets (PDF - 22.9 MB)
• 2002 Soil Monitoring Data Sheets (PDF - 3.2 MB)
• 2001 Soil Monitoring Data Sheets (PDF - 716 KB)
• 2000 Soil Monitoring Data Sheets (PDF - 512 KB)
• 1999 Soil Monitoring Data Sheets (PDF - 2.6 MB)
• 1998 Soil Monitoring Data Sheets (PDF - 2.3 MB)
• 1997 Soil Monitoring Data Sheets (PDF - 2.2 MB)
• 1996 Soil Monitoring Data Sheets (PDF - 2.4 MB)
• 1995 Soil Monitoring Data Sheets (PDF - 776 KB)
• 1994 Soil Monitoring Data Sheets (PDF - 240 KB)
• 1993 Soil Monitoring Data Sheets (PDF - 1.9 MB)
• 1992 Soil Monitoring Data Sheets (PDF - 3.1 MB)
• 1991 Soil Monitoring Data Sheets (PDF - 672 KB)
• 1990 Soil Monitoring Data Sheets (PDF - 428 KB)
• 1989 Soil Monitoring Data Sheets (PDF - 472 KB)
• 1988 Soil Monitoring Data Sheets (PDF - 368 KB)

Reference Documents

• Soil Survey of Kootenai National Forest Area, Montana and Idaho (PDF - 12.8 MB; maps not included). 1995. Authors: Louis J. Kuennen and Marci L. Nielsen-Gerhardt. USDA Forest Service and Natural Resources Conservation Service in cooperation with the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station.
• Landtype Descriptions, Kootenai NF - 1996 (PDF - 560 KB)
• Cross Reference of Kootenai NF Soil Samples and their Landtypes and Landtype Associations - for Dec. 9–10, 1996 meeting on SoLo (PDF - 44 KB)
• Soil Characterization Lab Data, Kootenai NF, MS82-16 - samples collected by Lou Kuennen, Marci Gerhardt, and other Kootenai NF personnel; analysis prepared by A. L. Falen and M. A. Fosberg of the University of Idaho College of Agriculture Department of Plant, Soil and Entomological Sciences, November 1986 (PDF - 2.4 MB)
• Soil Data, Site Descriptions and Pedons for various Kootenai NF soil samples - samples taken in 1976, 1984 (PDF - 1.1 MB)
• List of Kootenai NF Landtype numbers for soil samples in previous document (PDF - 68 KB)
• Region 1 Soil Compaction Study: Final Report to the United States Forest Service (applies to Bitterroot NF, Flathead NF and Kootenai NF) - prepared by Steve Cullen and Clint Montagne; January 1981 (PDF - 5.8 MB)

LEWIS & CLARK NATIONAL FOREST

Soil Monitoring Reports

• 2002 Soil Monitoring Report (PDF - 768 KB)

Soil Monitoring Data

• 2002 Soil Monitoring Data Sheets (PDF - 2.6 MB)

LOLO NATIONAL FOREST

Soil Monitoring Data and Reports

• Post-Burn Summary - 2004 (PDF - 196 KB)
• Antique Salvage Timber C.E. - 2003 (PDF - 80 KB)
• Draft Soil and Water Report for Fishtrap EIS - 2002–2003 (PDF - 128 KB)
• Knox-Brooks Stewardship Project Designation by Prescription Inspection Form - Memo - 2002–2003 (PDF - 664 KB)
• Boyer Salvage Implementation Monitoring - Field Notes - 2002 (PDF - 12 KB)
• Landowner Fire, Unit 713 West (Becky McFarlan) - 2002 (PDF - 24 KB)
• Soil Transects, Superior Ranger District - 2002 (PDF - 272 KB)
• Post Burn Field Notes: Soils Recon - 2002 (PDF - 16 KB)
• Field Notes, Proposed Unit 211/227, 223 Soils - 2002 (PDF - 12 KB)
• Superior District, Alpine Fire - Soil Quality Evaluation Forms - 2001 (PDF - 184 KB)
• Item 4-3 on Soil Productivity - 2000-2001 (PDF - 40 KB)
• Landowner Fire Soil Surveys - 2001 (PDF - 148 KB)
• Flat Creek Fire Soils Survey - 2001 (PDF - 580 KB)
• Ninemile Soil Surveys - 2001 (PDF - 423 KB)
• Game Range Stewardship Project - Soil Quality and Productivity Monitoring - 2001 (PDF - 28 KB)
• Forest Plan Monitoring Report, Soil Productivity Item 4-3 - 1987-2001 (PDF - 1.4 MB)
• Mill-Key-Wey Soil Compaction Check - 2000 (PDF - 32 KB)
• Knox-Brooks Soil Quality Considerations - Memo - 2000 (PDF - 28 KB)
• Ninemile, Marion-Josephine Timber Sale - Soil Monitoring Data Sheets - 1986–2000 (PDF - 5.5 MB)
• Seeley Lake Fuels Hazard Reduction Project - Report - 1999 (PDF - 396 KB)
• Sloway Campground Facilities Improvements - Memo - 1998 (PDF - 84 KB)
• Archibald Timber Sale, Seeley Lake Ranger District - Memo - 1997 (PDF - 16 KB)
• South Fork - East Fork Lolo Range Allotment, Missoula Ranger District - Report and Data - 1994–1997 (PDF - 148 KB)
• Plains/T. Falls - Machine Site Preparation Inspection Report - 1995 (PDF - 296 KB)
• Soil Analysis Report (Chemical) for N 47 degrees 30.5', W 114 degrees 54.7' - 1994 (PDF - 132 KB)
• Savenac Nursery, Soil Nutrient Analysis - 1991 (PDF - 204 KB)
• Camas Report - Chemical Analysis - 1990 (PDF - 220 KB)
• Chemical Analysis of Lolo National Forest Soils - 04/24/1990 (PDF - 440 KB)
  [Document added to SoLo on 07/14/2005]
• Plains Seed Orchard Site - Memo - 1989 (PDF - 940 KB)
• Plains Ranger District - Soil Type Map - 1989 (PDF - 136 KB)
• Finley Flat Data Sheets - 1986 (PDF - 988 KB)
• Mullan Gulch Plantation: regeneration unit, Superior Ranger District - Report - 1984 (PDF - 252 KB)
• Chemical Analysis of Soil Samples Collected from Champion's Thompson River Haul Road - 1983 (PDF - 288 KB)
• Siegel Pass Regeneration Study Plan - DRAFT - 1983 (PDF - 392 KB)
  [Document added to SoLo on 07/14/2005]
• Northern Tier, Ninemile Study - 1979 (PDF - 172 KB)
• Plains Ranger District: Data from Upper Wallace Creek, Siegel Creek and others - Year? (PDF - 600 KB)
• Lolo NF Best Management Practices Effectiveness Report Link (PDF - 20 KB)
• St. Regis - Ninemile Survey - Year? (PDF - 60 KB)

Reference Documents

• Lolo NF Land System Inventory - 1988 (PDF - 54.8 MB)

NEZ PERCE NATIONAL FOREST

Soil Monitoring Reports

• Dead French Timber Sale - Soil Monitoring Reports - 1987, 1988 (PDF - 140 KB)
• Huckleberry Heaven - Soil Monitoring Reports - 199? (PDF - 108 KB)
• Monitoring of Recent Landslides - 1997 (PDF - 40 KB)
• Soil Monitoring Study: Mackay Day Timber Sale - 2003 (PDF - 452 KB)
• Soil, Water and Riparian Monitoring North Fork Face Timber Sale, Salmon River Ranger District - 1988 (PDF - 308 KB)
• Soil and Vegetation Response to Prescribed Burning for Winter Range Enhancement, Selway Ranger District (PDF - 112 KB)
• Region 6 Soil Monitoring Methodology, Mark Sommer/Nez Perce National Forest 8/16/91 (PDF - 88 KB)
• Slate Creek District Overview - 1987–2000 (PDF - 120 KB)