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UPDATE LOG FOR SOLO WEB SITE:

August 14, 2015

• The Forest Soil Disturbance Monitoring Form has been updated and replaced at the “Monitoring: Documents & Forms” page.

July 2, 2015

• A link to the Forest Soil Disturbance Monitoring National Database has been added to the “Monitoring: Documents & Forms” page.

May 28, 2015

• The updated version (updated on May 9, 2013) of the Forest Soil Disturbance Monitoring Form has been added to the “Monitoring: Documents & Forms” page.

March 4, 2013

• A PDF file of Forest Soil Disturbance Monitoring Protocol, SPANISH version has been added to the “Monitoring: Documents & Forms” and to the “Research Publications” pages. A Spanish version of the Forest Soil Disturbance Monitoring Form has also been added to the “Monitoring: Documents & Forms” page.

December 12, 2011

• A PDF file of A Guide to Soil Sampling and Analysis on the National Forests of the Inland Northwest United States (GTR-INT-326 by Page-Dumroese, D.; Harvey, A.; Jurgensen, M.) has been added to the “Monitoring: Documents & Forms” and to the “Research Publications” pages. It was previously an HTML file.

November 7, 2011

• Bioenergy Production Systems and Biochar Application in Forests: Potential for Renewable Energy, Soil Enhancement, and Carbon Sequestration by Kristin McElligott, Deborah Page-Dumroese, and Mark Coleman has been linked to the “Biomass, Bioenergy, and Biochar Production and Application” page.
• The full text of Ecological Units of the Northern Region: Subsections. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-369 has been added to the “NFS Studies and Reports” page and to the Ecological Subsections page.

September 21, 2011

• A new publication, Assessing Bioenergy Harvest Risks: Geospatially Explicit Tools for Maintaining Soil Productivity in Western US Forests by Mark Kimsey Jr., Deborah Page-Dumroese and Mark Coleman has been linked to the “Biomass, Bioenergy, and Biochar Production and Application” page; The white paper, Summary of Soil Monitoring on the IPNF 1980s to 2010 by Gina Rone, IPNF Forest Soil Scientist, has been added to the “NFS Studies and Reports” page, the Monitoring: Documents page and to the IPNF Monitoring Data page.

September 9, 2011

• A new publication, Evaluating Soil Risks Associated With Severe Wildfire and Ground-Based Logging has been linked to “Productivity: Documents” page and to the “Research Publications” page.

July 29, 2011

• A new publication, MT631—Soil Survey of Helena National Forest Area, Montana has been linked to “Monitoring: Documents” and to “National Forest Service Studies” page.

July 6, 2011

• A new publication has been added to the “Forest Soil-Disturbance Monitoring Protocol (FSDMP) Toolkit”. It has also been added to the “Research Publications” page.

May 24, 2011

• A new section has been added under topic: “Biomass, Bioenergy, and Biochar Production and Application”. This section was previously listed on the Productivity: Documents page, but we have moved it to its own page.

May 23, 2011

• A graduate thesis by Kristin M. McElligott (University of Idaho) entitled, “Biochar Amendments to Forest Soils: Effects on Soil Properties and Tree Growth.” (PDF file - 545 KB) has been added to the Productivity: Documents and Graduate Theses pages.
• A graduate thesis by Derrick Reeves (University of Idaho) entitled, “Soil Disturbance Monitoring of Timber Harvest Operations in the USDA Forest Service Northern Region.” (PDF file - 1.6 MB) has been added to the Monitoring: Documents & Forms and Graduate Theses pages.
• Links to a paper entitled, Allometry, nitrogen status, and carbon stable isotope composition of Pinus ponderosa seedlings in two growing media with contrasting nursery irrigation regimes by Kasten R. Dumroese, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, and Robert E. Brown have been added to the Productivity: Documents and Reference Documents pages.

May 9, 2011

• A graduate thesis by Scott B. Robinson (Michigan Technical University) entitled, Assessing Visual Disturbance Conditions on the Custer National Forest (uses the FSDMP to do retrospective monitoring) has been added to the Monitoring: Documents & Forms and Graduate Theses pages.

May 4, 2011

• A new section, Biomass, Bioenergy, and Biochar Production and Application, has been added to Productivity: Documents; the publications in that section have also been incorporated into the general research paper lists in Productivity: Documents and Research Publications. Links to individual documents:
  • Angima S.D. and T. A. Terry. 2011. Best Management Practices for Maintaining Soil Productivity in the Douglas-fir Region. Oregon State University Extension Service. 44 p.
    [link added 05/04/2011]
  • Coleman, Mark; Page-Dumroese, Deborah; Archuleta, Jim; Badger, Phil; Chung, Woodum; Venn, Tyron; Loeffler, Dan; Jones, Greg; McElligott, Kristin. 2010. Can portable pyrolysis units make biomass utilization affordable while using bio-char to enhance soil productivity and sequester carbon? (available at http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/37322. In: Jain, Theresa B.; Graham, Russell T.; Sandquist, Jonathan. Integrated management of carbon sequestration and biomass utilization opportunities in a changing climate: Proceedings of the 2009 National Silviculture Workshop; 2009 June 15–18; Boise, ID. Proceedings RMRS-P-61. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 159–168.
    [link added 05/04/2011]
  • Dumroese, R. Kasten; Heiskanen, Juha; Englund, Karl; Tervahauta, Arja 2011. Pelleted biochar: chemical and physical properties show potential use as a substrate in container nurseries (available at http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/37521). Biomass & Bioenergy. 35: 2018–2027.
    [link added 05/04/2011]
  • Johnson L.R., D. Page-Dumroese, and H.-S. Han. 2007. Effects of Machine Traffic on the Physical Properties of Ash-Cap Soils (available at http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/26213. In: Page-Dumroese, Deborah; Miller, Richard; Mital, Jim; McDaniel, Paul; Miller, Dan, tech. eds. 2007. Volcanic-Ash-Derived Forest Soils of the Inland Northwest: Properties and Implications for Management and Restoration. 9–10 November 2005; Coeur d’?Alene, ID. Proceedings RMRS-P-44; Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 69–82.
    [link added 05/04/2011]
  • Page-Dumroese, Deborah. S. Is Woody Residue Part of Your Plan for Sustainable Forestry? Northwest Woodlands, Summer 2010. (article also available at http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/35753)
    [Document added to SoLo on 07/30/2010]
  • Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Jurgensen, Martin; Terry, Thomas  2010.  Maintaining soil productivity during forest or biomass-to-energy thinning harvests in the western United States (available at http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/34428. Western Journal of Applied Forestry. 25(1): 5–11.
    [link added 05/04/2011]
  • GTR-PNW-802 – Pye J.M., H.M. Rauscher, Y. Sands, D.C. Lee, and J. S. Beatty, Technical Eds. Advances in Threat Assessment and Their Application to Forest and Rangeland Management, Volume 1 (available at http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/36650). September 2010.
    [link added to SoLo on 05/04/2011]

  December 6, 2010

  • 2010 Soil Managment Manual has been added to Monitoring: Documents & Forms, Productivity: Documents and Research Publications. Links to individual documents:
    • Chapter 2500 - Zero Code
    • FSH 2509.18 - Soil Management Handbook
    • Chapter 2550 - Soil Managment Manual
  • Forest Soil Disturbance Monitoring National Database Coming Soon!
    An access database is being created for all FSDMP data and should be available sometime in the spring of 2011. Watch this page and Monitoring: Documents & Forms for further information.

  July 30, 2010

  • GTR-PNW-362 – Cooper, Stephen V., Peter Lesica and Deborah Page-Dumroese. Plant Community Classification for Alpine Vegetation on the Beaverhead National Forest, Montana (available at http://treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/35499). 1997. [has been added to Productivity: Documents and Research Publications]
  • Page-Dumroese, Deborah. S. Is Woody Residue Part of Your Plan for Sustainable Forestry? Northwest Woodlands, Summer 2010. [has been added to Productivity: Documents and Research Publications]
  • GTR-PNW-811 – Miller, Richard E., James D. McIver, Steven W. Howes and William B Gaeuman. Assessment of Soil Disturbance in Forests of the Interior Columbia River Basin: A Critique. (available at http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/35150). 2010. [has been added to Monitoring: Documents & Forms, Productivity: Documents and Research Publications].

  July 13, 2010

  • Scientific background for soil monitoring on National Forests and Rangelands: workshop proceedings. (Workshop held April 29–30, 2008; Denver, CO by Page-Dumroese, Deborah; Neary, Daniel; Trettin, Carl - Published in 2010. - Proc. RMRS-P-59) has been added to Monitoring: Documents & Forms.

  May 20, 2010

  • Just Released! - Multi-media Training Sessions for the Forest Soil-Disturbance Monitoring Protocol (in three parts) are available at Monitoring: Documents & Forms.

  May 5, 2010

  • UPDATED: the SoLo Soil Disturbance Monitoring Form (SDM - blank form, Excel file) has been updated and is available at Monitoring: Documents & Forms.

  April 20, 2010

  • The Paper Field Form and Sample Size Calculation Tables (Point Form Paper for the Field Guide - Excel file) and the Abbreviated Soil Disturbance Monitoring Form (Transect Form - Excel file) have been updated on the Monitoring: Documents & Forms and Research Publications pages.

  April 9, 2010

  • Apologies from the webmaster - you need the newest version of the SDM form and here it is: SoLoSDM_Form_100331.xls.

  April 8, 2010

  • Our apologies - there was a problem with the most recent version of the Soil Disturbance Monitoring Form. We have gone back to the previous version: SoLoSDM_Form_090619.xls.

  April 1, 2010

  • An Abbreviated Soil Disturbance Monitoring Form (Excel file) has been added to Monitoring: Documents & Forms and Research Publications. The abbreviated form is for 10 soil monitoring points and can be used during a quick walk-through of an activity area.

  March 31, 2010

  • UPDATED: the SoLo Soil Disturbance Monitoring Form (SDM - blank form, Excel file) and the Point Form for the Soil-Disturbance Field Guide (Excel file) have been added and are available at Monitoring: Documents & Forms.

  March 9, 2010

  • A link to the paper, "Maintaining soil productivity during forest or biomas-to-energy thinning harvests in the western United States" by D.S. Page-Dumroese, M. F. Jurgensen and T. Terry has been added to Productivity: Documents and Research Publications.
  • The Forest Soil-Disturbance Monitoring Protocol Toolkit Brochure and the Point Form for the Soil-Disturbance Field Guide - 03/05/2010 have been added to Monitoring: Documents & Forms and Research Publications.

  January 6, 2010

  • A link to the Soil-Disturbance Field Guide 0819 1815P has been added to Monitoring: Documents & Forms and Research Publications.

  August 26, 2009

  • Forest Soil Disturbance Monitoring Protocol, Volumes I and II have been added to Monitoring: Documents and Research Publications.

  July 18, 2009

  • UPDATED Blank monitoring form added: SoLo Soil Disturbance Monitoring Form (SDM - blank form) (Excel file - 415 KB) to Monitoring: Documents.

  May 19, 2009

  • Two documents were added to "Research Publications" and "Productivity: Documents" (article from the Sunday Missoulian was also added to the Flathead National Forest reference documents page):
    • Han, S.-K.; H.-S. Han; D. S. Page-Dumroese; and L. R. Johnson. Soil compaction associated with cut-to-length and whole-tree harvesting of a coniferous forest. 2009. Can. J. For. Res. (abstract and full text available at http://rparticle.web-p.cisti.nrc.ca/rparticle/AbstractTemplateServlet?journal=cjfr&volume=39&year=2009&issue=5&msno=x09-027&calyLang=eng). 39: 976–989.
      [link to publication added 05/19/2009]
    • The Sunday Missoulian. Yes Folks, That Was a Forest Fire (newspaper article). September 14, 1975.
      [publication added 05/19/2009]

  April 8, 2009

  • UPDATED Blank monitoring form added: SoLo Soil Disturbance Monitoring Form (SDM - blank form) (Excel file - 408 KB) to Monitoring: Documents.

  March 3, 2009

  • One document was added to "Research Publications" and "Monitoring: Documents":
    • WO-GTR-68 – Winthers, E.; Fallon, D.; Haglund, J.; DeMeo, T.; Nowacki, G.; Tart, D.; Ferwerda, M.; Robertson, G.; Gallegos, A.; Rorick, A.; Cleland, D. T.; Robbie, W. 2005. Terrestrial Ecological Unit Inventory technical guide: Landscape and Land Unit Scales. USDA Forest Service, Washington Office, Ecosystem Management Coordination Staff.

  February 27, 2009

  • Two documents were added to "Research Publications" and "Productivity: Documents":
    • Jurgensen, M. F.; M. J. Larsen; A. E. Harvey. Effects of timber harvesting on soil biology (PDF - 483 KB). 1978. Presented at the Society of American Foresters National Convention, 1977.
    • Kuennen, Louis; Garry Edson and Timothy V. Tolle. Soil compaction due to timber harvest activities (PDF - 187 KB). 1979. Published in the USDA Forest Service Northern Region, Soil Air and Water Notes, May 1979 (79-3).

  February 20, 2009

  • Two documents were added to "Research Publications" and "Monitoring: Documents":
    • Arnold, Julie and Chelsea Wrenn. Assessment of Soil Disturbance Following Silvicultural Operations Using the Draft Visual Indicators Protocol: A Region 8 Trial on the Santee Experimental Forest. 2008. USDA Forest Service, Center for Forested Wetlands Research, Southern Research Station, Cordesville, SC (unpublished as of 01/06/2009).
    • Bulmer, Chuck; Shannon M. Berch; Mike Curran; Bill Chapman; Marty Kranabetter; Stephane Dubé; Graeme Hope; Paul Courtin and Richard Kabzems. Monitoring the effects of forest practices on soil productivity and hydrologic function. 2008. BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management 9(2):48–59.
  • Three documents were added to "Research Publications" and "Productivity: Documents":
    • Barkley, Yvonne C. After the burn: Assessing and managing your forestland after a wildfire. 2006. Published by University of Idaho Extension for the University of Idaho Forest, Wildlife and Range Experiment Station, Moscow, Idaho.
    • Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; H. Loewenstein, R. T. Graham and A. E. Harvey. Soil source, seed source, and organic-matter content effects on Douglas-fir seedling growth. 1990. Soil Science Society of America Journal 54(1): 229–233.
    • RMRS-GTR-215 – Rawinski, John J. and Deborah S. Page-Dumroese. Soil compaction monitoring of the Pool Timber Sale, Rio Grande National Forest, Colorado 16 years after logging. 2008.

  February 13, 2009

  • Five documents were added to "Research Publications" and "Monitoring: Documents":
    • Aust, W. Michael; James A. Burger; Emily A. Carter; David P. Preston and Steven C. Patterson. Visually determined soil disturbance classes used as indices of forest harvesting disturbance. 1998. South. J. Appl. For. 22(4): 245–250.
    • B. C. Ministry of Forests. Soil Conservation Surveys Guidebook, 2nd Edition. 2001. Province of British Columbia, Canada.
    • Burger, James A. and Daniel L. Kelting. Using soil quality indicators to assess forest stand management. 1999. For. Ecol. Mgmt. 122: 155–166.
      [link to document added 02/13/2008]
    • Curran, Mike; Doug Maynard; Ron Heninger; Tom Terry; Steve Howes; Doug Stone; Tom Niemann and Richard E. Miller. Elements and rationale for a common approach to assess and report soil disturbance. 2007. For. Chron. 83(6): 1–15.
    • Curran, Michael P.; Richard E. Miller; Steven W. Howes; Douglas G. Maynard; Thomas A. Terry; Ronald L. Heniger; Thomas Niemann; Ken van Rees; Robert F. Powers and Stephen H. Schoenholtz. Progress towards more uniform assessment and reporting of soil disturbance for operations, research, and sustainability protocols. 2005. For. Ecol. Mgmt. 220: 17–30.
  • Twenty-nine documents were added to "Research Publications" and "Productivity: Documents":
    • Azuma, David L. and Glenn A. Christensen. Southwest Oregon Biscuit Fire: An analysis of forest resources and fire severity. 2004. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, PNW-RP-560.
    • B. C. Ministry of Forests. Hazard Assessment Keys for Evaluating Site Sensitivity to Soil Degrading Processes Guidebook, 2nd Edition, Ver. 2.1. 1999. Province of British Columbia, Canada.
    • Bock, Michael D. and Ken C. J. Van Rees. Mechanical site preparation impacts on soil properties and vegetation communites in the Northwest Territories. 2002. Can. J. For. Res. 32: 1381–1392.
    • Brantley, Susan L. Understanding soil time. 2008. Science. 321: 1454–1455.
    • Carter, Mason C. and C. Darwin Foster. Prescribed burning and productivity in southern pine forests: a review. 2004. Forest Ecol. and Managment 191: 93–109.
    • Cline, Richard G. and Gaylon S. Campbell. Seasonal and diurnal water relations of selected forest species. 1976. Ecology 57(2): 367–373.
    • Conlin, T. S. S. and R. van den Driessche. Soil Compaction Studies. 1996. Canadian Forest Service and B.C. Ministry of Forests.
    • Curran, Michael, P.; Douglas G. Maynard; Ronald L. Heninger; Thomas A. Terry; Steven W. Howes; Douglas M. Stone; Thomas Niemann; Richard E. Miller and Robert F. Powers. An adaptive management process for forest soil conservation. 2005. For. Chron. 81(5): 717–722.
    • DeLuca, T. H. and K. L. Zouhar. Effects of selection harvest and prescribed fire on the soil nitrogen status of ponderosa pine forests. 2000. Forest Ecol. and Managment 138: 263–271.
    • Fleming, R. L.; T. A. Black and N. R. Eldridge. Effects of site preparation on root zone soil water regimes in high-elevation forest clearcuts. 1994. For. Ecol. Mgmt. 68: 173–188.
    • Gent, J. A.; H. L. Allen; Robert G. Campbell and C. G. Wells. Magnitude, duration, and economic analysis of Loblolly Pine growth response following bedding and phosphorus fertilization. 1986. South. J. Appl. For. 10(3): 124–128.
    • 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.
    • Hatten, J. A.; D. Zabowski; A. Ogden and W. T. Soil organic matter in a ponderosa pine forest with varying seasons and intervals of prescribed burn. 2008. For. Ecol. Mgmt. 255: 2555–2565.
    • Heninger, Ronald; William Scott; Alex Dobkowski; Richard Miller; Harry Anderson and Steve Duke. Soil disturbance and 10-year growth response of coast Douglas-fir on nontilled and tilled skid trails in the Oregon Cascades. 2002. Can. J. For. Res. 32: 233–246.
    • Hermann, Richard K. Paper mulch for reforestation in southwestern Oregon. 1964. Journ. of For. 62(2): 98–101.
    • Kavanagh, Kathleen; George Stankey and Jim Boyle. The integration of planted and natural forests in a regional landscape. 1999. New Forests 18: 97–109.
    • Luce, Charles H. Effectiveness of road ripping in restoring infiltration capacity of forest roads. 1997. Restoration ecology 5(3): 265–270.
    • McRae, D. J.; L. C. Duchesne; B. Freedman; T. J. Lynham and S. Woodley. Comparisons between wildfire and forest harvesting and their implications in forest management. 2001. Environ. Rev. 9: 223–260.
    • Miller, Dick and Harry Anderson. Soil compaction: Concerns, claims, and evidence. 2002. Washington State University Cooperative Extension.
    • Moghaddas, Emily E. Y. and Scott L. Stephens. Mechanized fuel treatment effects on soil compaction in Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer stands. 2008. For. Ecol. Mgmt. 255: 3098–3106.
    • Monleon, Vicente J. and Kermit Cromack, Jr. Long-term effects of prescribed underburning on litter decomposition and nutrient release in ponderosa pine stands in central Oregon. 1996. For. Ecol. Mgmt. 81: 143–152.
    • Monleon, Vicente J.; Kermit Cromack, Jr. and Johanna D. Landsberg. Short- and long-term effects of prescribed underburning on nitrogen availability in ponderosa pine stands in central Oregon. 1997. Can. J. For. Res. 27: 369–378.
    • Norberg, G.; A. Jaderlund; O. Zackrisson; T. Nordfjell; D. A. Wardle; M.-C. Nilsson and A. Dolling. Vegetation control by steam treatment in boreal forests: a comparison with burning and soil scarification. 1997. Can. J. For. Res. 27: 2026–2033.
    • Ouden, Jan den and Danielle Vogels. Mechanical resistance by an ectorganic soil layer on root development of seedling Pinus sylvestris. 1997. Plant and Soil 197: 209–217.
    • Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; R. Kasten Dumroese; Martin F. Jurgensen; Ann Abbott; Jennifer J. Hensiek. Effect of nursery storage and site preparation techniques on field performance of high-elevation Pinus contorta seedlings. 2008. For. Ecol. Mgmt. 256: 2065–2072.
    • Sanchez, Felipe G.; D. Andrew Scott and Kim H. Ludovici. Negligible effects of severe organic matter removal and soil compaction on loblolly pine growth over 100 years. 2006. For. Ecol. Mgmt. 227: 145–154.
    • Schadt, Christopher W.; Andrew P. Martin; David A. Lipson and Steven K. Schmidt. Seasonal dynamics of previously unknown fungal lineages in tundra soils. 2003. Science 301: 1359–1361.
    • 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.
    • Wennstrom, Ulfstand; Urban Bergsten and Jan-Erik Nilsson. Mechanized microsite preparation and direct seedling of Pinus sylvestris in boreal forests - a way to create desired spacing at low cost. 1999. New Forests 18: 179–198.

  Links to some of the above documents were also added to the "Activities" and "Monitoring Concerns" pages within the Region 1 National Forest pages.

  October 15, 2008

  • Added some articles from the Hungry Horse News, Columbia Falls, MT (with permission from the editor) to "Productivity: Documents" and "Research Publications".

  September 16, 2008

  • Added a direct link to the LTSP Network list from the main menu on all SoLo web pages.

  September 11, 2008

  • Added link to GTR-RMRS-42 – Neary, Daniel G.; Ryan, Kevin C.; DeBano, Leonard F., eds. Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Effects of Fire on Soil and Water. 2005 (revised 2008).
  • Grouped GTRs and Proceedings by Reseach Station in "Productivity: Documents" and "Research Publications".
  • UPDATED monitoring form instructions: removed RTF file and replaced it with a PDF file - "Read Me First" file (PDF - 21 KB) in Monitoring: Documents.

  September 10, 2008

  • UPDATED Blank monitoring form and instructions added: SoLo Soil Disturbance Monitoring Form (SDM - blank form) (Excel file - 413 KB) and associated "Read Me First" file (RTF - 66 KB) to Monitoring: Documents.

  September 5, 2008

  • A link to one document was added to "Research Publications" and "Productivity: Documents":
    • GTR-PNW-759 – Erickson, Heather E.; White, Rachel. Soils under fire: soils research and the Joint Fire Science Program. (available at http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/29927). 2008.

  August 28, 2008

  • Seven documents were added to "Research Publications" and "Productivity: Documents":
    • Arno, Stephen F. The historical role of fire on the Bitterroot National Forest (PDF - 2.34 MB). 1976. (RP-INT-187) - this one also added to Bitterroot National Forest pages
    • Benson, Robert E. Damage from logging and prescribed burning in partially cut Douglas-fir stands (PDF - 846 KB). 1980. (RN-INT-294) - this one also added to Lolo and Helena National Forest pages
    • Fahnestock, George R. Logging slash flammability after five years (PDF - 2.58 MB). 1962. (RP-INT-70)
    • Kruse, William H. Effects of wildfire on elk and deer use of a Ponderosa Pine forest (PDF - 680 KB). 1972. (RN-RM-226)
    • Norum, Rodney A. Preliminary guidelines for prescribed burning under standing timber in western larch/Douglas-fir forests (PDF - 977 KB). 1977. (RN-INT-229)
    • Shearer, Raymond C. Seedbed characteristics in western larch forests after prescribed burning (PDF - 1.25 MB). 1975. (RP-INT-167) - this one also added to Flathead National Forest pages
    • Steele, Robert W. Postharvest residue burning under alternative silvicultural practices (PDF - 346 KB). 1980. (RN-INT-293)

  August 18, 2008

  • The following document references were added to "Research Publications" and "Productivity: Documents" (with links to corresponding publisher if available):
    • Cromer, R. N. and R. G. Vines. 1966. Soil temperatures under a burning windrow. Aust. For. Res. 2: 29–34.
    • Humphreys, F. R. and Marcia J. Lambert. 1965. Soil temperature profiles under slash and log fires of various intensities. Australian For. Res. 1?: 23–29
    • Klock, G. O. and C. C. Grier. 1981. Effects of Fire on the Long-term Maintenance of Forest Productivity. In: Gessel, S.P.; Kenady, R.M.; Atkinson, W.A., eds. Proceedings, Forest fertilization conference; 1979 September 25-27; Union, WA. Institute of Forest Resources Cont. 40. Seattle, WA: University of Washington, College of Forest Resources: 247–250.
    • Martin, Robert E. 1988. Interaction among fire, arthropods, and diseases in a healthy forest. In: Healthy Forests, Healthy World: Proceedings of the 1988 Society of American Foresters National Convention, Rochester, N.Y., Oct. 16–19, 1988. Society of American Foresters, Bethesda, MD. 87–91
    • Martin, Robert E. 1981. Prescribed Burning Techniques to Maintain or Improve Soil Productivity. In: Reforestation of Skeletal Soils, Proceedings of a Workshop, November 17–19, 1981, Medford, Oregon. S.D. Hobbs and O.T. Helgerson, eds. Forest Research Laboratory, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. 66–70.
    • Roberts, W. B. 1965. Soil temperatures under a pile of burning logs. Aust. For. Res. 1?: 21–25.
    • Thies, Walter G. 1990. Effects of prescribed fire on diseases of conifers. In: Natural and Prescribed Fire in Pacific Northwest Forests. John D. Walstad, Steven R. Radosevich and David V. Sandberg, edit. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OR p. 117–121
  • Two documents were added to "Research Publications" and "Productivity: Documents":
    • DeByle, N.V. 1976. Fire, logging, and debris disposal effects on soil and water in northern coniferous forests. International Union of Forest Research Organizations, Div. 1, Proceedings XVI IUFRO World Congr. Oslo, Norway. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 201–212.
    • Norum, Rodney A. 1976. Fire Intensity-Fuel Reduction Relationships Associated With Understory Burning in Larch/Douglas-Fir Stands. In: Tall Timbers fire ecology conference No. 14; symposium proceedings; 1974 October 8–10; Missoula, MT. Tallahassee, FL: Tall Timbers Research Station. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 559–572.

  August 13, 2008

  • Added information about Senate Resolution 440 and SOILNET to the SoLo home page.

  July 12, 2008

  • UPDATED Blank monitoring form and instructions added: SoLo Soil Disturbance Monitoring Form (SDM - blank form) (Excel file - 377 KB) and associated "Read Me First" file (PDF - 22 KB) to Monitoring: Documents.

  June 9, 2008

  • Links to the following research papers were added to "Research Publications" and to "Productivity: Documents":
    • Davis and Klehm. 1939. Controlled burning in the Western White Pine type.
    • Entry, Stark and Loewenstein. 1986. Effect of timber harvesting on microbial biomass fluxes in a northern Rocky Mountain forest soil.
    • Feller. 1982. The Ecological Effects of Slashburning with particular reference to British Columbia: A Literature Review.
    • Frandsen and Ryan. 1986. Soil moisture reduces belowground heat flux and soil temperatures under a burning fuel pile.
    • Gore and Patterson. 1986. Mass of downed wood in northern hardwood forests in New Hampshire: potential effects of forest management.
    • Harvey, Jurgensen and Graham. 1999. Fire-soil interactions governing site productivity in the northern Rocky Mountains.
    • Hesterberg and Jurgensen. 1972. The relation of forest fertilization to disease incidence.
    • Neal, Wright and Bollen. 1965. Burning Douglas-fir slash: Physical, chemical, and microbial effects in the soil.
    • Russell, Thies, Campbell, Gara and Littke. 1989. Effects of slash burning on forest damage from animals, insects, disease and adverse environment.
    • Tarrant. 1956. Effect of slash burning on some physical soil properties.
    • Thomson. 1986. Trend surface analysis of spatial patterns of tree size, microsite effects, and competitive stress.
    • Wright and Tarrent. 1958. Occurrence of mycorrhizae after logging and slash burning in the Douglas-fir forest type.
  • Listings for the following research papers were added to "Research Publications" and to "Productivity: Documents":
    • Arno. 1980. Forest fire history in the Northern Rockies.
    • Bissett and Parkinson. 1980. Long-term effects of fire on the composition and activity of the soil microflora of a subalpine, coniferous forest.
    • Widden and Parkinson. 1974. The effects of a forest fire on soil microfungi.

  May 28, 2008

  • Added some reference documents already in SoLo to the Flathead National Forest reference documents page.

  May 19, 2008

  • Added blank monitoring form and instructions: SoLo Soil Quality Monitoring Report Form (SDM - blank form) (Excel file - 551 KB) and associated "Read Me First" file (PDF - 19 KB) to Monitoring: Documents.
  • Link added:
    A Field Guide to Biological Soil Crusts of Western U.S. Drylands: Common Lichens and Bryophytes
    (http://sbsc.wr.usgs.gov/products/pdfs/Field_Guide_Book_25.pdf)

  March 26, 2008

  • Important document on the concept of root limiting bulk density was added to "Research Publications" and "Productivity: Documents":
    • Daddow, R. L. and G. E. Warrington. Growth-limiting Soil Bulk Densities as Influenced by Soil Texture (PDF - 104 KB). 1983. Watershed Systems Development Group Report: WSDG-TN-00005.

  March 7, 2008

  • Two documents were added to "Research Publications" and "Productivity: Documents":
    • GTR-INT-65 – Harvey, Alan E., Martin F. Jurgensen and Michael J. Larsen. Role of Forest Fuels in the Biology and Management of soil (PDF - 4.4 MB). 1979.
    • Jurgensen, M. F.; A. E. Harvey; M. J. Larsen. Effects of Prescribed Fire on Soil Nitrogen Levels in a Cutover Douglas-fir/Western Larch Forest (PDF - 3.7 MB). 1981. Research Paper INT-275.

  February 15, 2008

  • Link to San Dimas Technology and Development Center was added to the "Links" page and to "Monitoring: Concerns".
  • Link to research paper entitled, "Site Productivity and Soil Conditions on Terraced Ponderosa Pine Sites in Western Montana" was added to "Research Publications", "Productivity: Documents" and to the "Bitterroot Forest Reference Documents" page.

  November 9, 2007

  • Corrections were made as follows:
    • The Beaverhead Mountains (M332E) links were removed from the Bitterroot NF pages.
    • The Rocky Mountain Front (M332Ca) links were removed from the Flathead NF pages.
    • The Bitterroot Valley (M332B) links and the Continental Divide Uplands (M332Ea - part of the Beaverhead Mountains) link were removed from the Helena NF pages.
    • The Idaho Batholith (M332A) links were removed from the Dakota Prairie Grasslands pages.

  October 5, 2007

  • Links to corresponding "Ecological Subsections" and "Ranger Districts" have been added to the Custer National Forest, Dakota Prairie National Grasslands and Gallatin National Forest pages.

  September 24, 2007

  • Links to corresponding "Ecological Subsections" and "Ranger Districts" have been added to the Beaverhead-Deerlodge, Bitterroot, Helena, Kootenai, Lewis and Clark, Lolo, Nez Perce, and Flathead National Forest pages.

  June 8, 2007

  • Complete PDF files for Forest Habitat Types of Central Idaho, Forest Habitat Types of Northern Idaho: A Second Approximation, and Plant Community Classification for Alpine Vegetation on the Beaverhead National Forest, Montana added to "Habitat Types".

  June 7, 2007

  • Complete PDF of Forest Habitat Types of Montana added to "Habitat Types".

  March 28, 2007

  • Links to corresponding "Ecological Subsections" and "Ranger Districts" have been added to the Clearwater National Forest pages. Similar links will be added to other National Forest pages over the next couple of weeks.

  March 15, 2007

  • Added links to many publications by monitoring activity (pubs already listed in other SoLo document lists other than the publications added today).
  • Added following publications to Productivity Documents and Research Publications:
    • Harvey, Alan E., Michael J. Larsen and Martin F. Jurgensen. Partial cut harvesting and ectomycorrhizae: early effects in Douglas-fir-larch forests of western Montana. 1980b. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 10(3): 436–440.
    • Page-Dumroese, Deborah S., Alan E. Harvey, Martin F. Jurgensen and Michael J. Larsen. Ponderosa Pine Seedling Response to Planting-site Soil Fumigation and Fungicide Application. 1996. Northwest Science. 70(2): 139–146.

  March 9, 2007

  • Added a search option to the SoLo web site.
  • Page content was updated on the Monitoring home page and on the Monitoring Guidelines page.

  March 7, 2007

  • Added links to many publications by monitoring concern (pubs already listed in other SoLo document lists).
    [The changes listed here were not actually posted to the monitoring concerns page until March 12, 2007. Sorry for any inconvenience or confusion.]

  March 2, 2007

  • Added following publication to Productivity Documents and Research Publications:
    Page-Dumroese, D. S.; A. E. Harvey; M. F. Jurgensen and M. P. Amaranthus. Impacts of soil compaction and tree stump removal on soil properties and outplanted seedlings in northern Idaho, USA. Can. J. Soil Sci. (abstract available). 1998.
  • Added links to many publications by monitoring concern (pubs already listed in other SoLo document lists); more links will be added to this page in the next week.

  February 23, 2007

  • On the Research Publications page within the topic of "Productivity", the group of papers under the heading, "Sub-topic: Compaction," and the group of papers under the heading, "Research Papers on Other Topics" have been combined into one section.
  • Added following publication to Monitoring Documents and Research Publications:
    • Page-Dumroese, D.; Jurgensen, M.; Abbott, A.; Rice, T.; Tirocke, J.; Farley, S.; DeHart, S. 2006. Monitoring Changes in Soil Quality from Post-fire Logging in the Inland Northwest. 605-614. In: Andrews, Patricia L.; Butler, Bret W., comps. 2006. Fuels Management. How to Measure Success: Conference Proceedings. 28-30 March 2006; Portland, OR. Proceedings RMRS-P-41. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
  • Added following publications to Productivity Documents and Research Publications:
    • Busse, Matt D.; Samual E. Beattie; Robert F. Powers; Felipe G. Sanchez and Allan E. Tiarks. Microbial community responses in forest mineral soil to compaction, organic matter removal, and vegetation control. Can. J. For. Res. 2006. 36(3): 577–588.
    • Carter, Mason C.; Thomas J. Dean; Ziyin Wang and Ray A. Newbold. Impacts of harvesting and postharvest treatments on soil bulk density, soil strength, and early growth of Pinus taeda in the Gulf Coastal Plain: a Long-Term Soil Productivity affiliated study. Can. J. For. Res. 2006. 36(3): 601–614.
    • Cline, Richard G.; Jerry Ragus; Gary D. Hogan; Doug G. Maynard; Neil W. Foster; Thomas A. Terry; Ronald L. Heninger; Robert G. Campbell and Mason C. Carter. Policies and practices to sustain soil productivity: perspectives from the public and private sectors. Can. J. For. Res. 2006. 36(3): 615–625.
    • Fleming, Robert L.; Michael F. Laporte; Gary D. Hogan and Paul W. Hazlett. Effects of harvesting and soil disturbance on soil CO₂ efflux from a jack pine forest. Can. J. For. Res. 2006. 36(3): 589–600.
    • Fleming, Robert L.; Robert F. Powers; Neil W. Foster; J. Marty Kranabetter; D. Andrew Scott; Felix Ponder, Jr.; Shannon Berch; William K. Chapman; Richard D. Kabzems; Kim H. Ludovici; David M. Morris; Deborah S. Page-Dumroese; Paul T. Sanborn; Felipe G. Sanchez; Douglas M. Stone and Allan E. Tiarks. Effects of organic matter removal, soil compaction, and vegetation control on 5-year seedling performance: a regional comparison of Long-Term Soil Productivity sites. Can. J. For. Res. 2006. 36(3): 529–550.
    • Han, H.-S.; D. S. Page-Dumroese; S.-K. Han and J. Tirocke. Effects of slash, machine passes, and soil moisture on penetration resistance in a cut-to-length harvesting. International Journal of Forest Engineering. 2006. 17(2): 11–24.
    • Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Martin F. Jurgensen; Allan E. Tiarks; Felix Ponder, Jr.; Felipe G. Sanchez; Robert L. Fleming, J.; Marty Kranabetter, Robert F. Powers; Douglas M. Stone; John D. Elioff and D. Andrew Scott. Soil physical property changes at the North American Long-Term Soil Productivity study sites: 1 and 5 years after compaction. Can. J. For. Res. 2006. 36(3): 551–564.
    • Page-Dumroese, Deborah; Miller, Richard; Mital, Jim; McDaniel, Paul; Miller, Dan, tech.eds. 2007. Volcanic-ash-derived forest soils of the Inland Northwest: properties and implications for management and restoration. 9-10 November 2005, Coeur d'Alene, ID. Proceedings RMRS-P-44. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 220 p.
    • Powers, Robert F. Long-Term Soil Productivity: genesis of the concept and principles behind the program. Can. J. For. Res. 2006. 36(3): 519–528.
    • Sanchez, Felipe G.; Allan E. Tiarks; J. Marty Kranabetter; Deborah S. Page-Dumroese; Robert F. Powers; Paul T. Sanborn and William K. Chapman. Effects of organic matter removal and soil compaction on fifth-year mineral soil carbon and nitrogen contents for sites across the United States and Canada. Can. J. For. Res. 2006. 36(3): 565–576.

  February 7, 2007

  • Many of the publications/documents within SoLo have been moved to new locations in the site structure. Some publications have also been renamed. If you have trouble finding a publication, please feel free to contact the SoLo webmaster, Susan Weaver, and ask for assistance.
  • No new documents have been added to SoLo today other than the masters thesis listed below, but numerous links to documents already listed in some SoLo web pages have been added to other sections of SoLo.
  • Added:
    “Effects of Mechanical Site Preparation on Selected Physical Properties of Four Volcanic Ash Influenced Forest Soils in Northern Idaho.” (PDF file - 2.8 MB) by Harold P. Collins. Unpublished masters thesis, University of Idaho, 1983.
    to Productivity Documents and Graduate Theses

  January 10, 2007

  • Links to habitat type manuals added to "Reference Documents" pages within the Region 1 National Forests section

  January 3, 2007

  • "Soils" excerpts added to Forest Habitat Types of Northern Idaho: A Second Approximation

  November 27, 2006

  • Added link to:
    Fire Effects Information System (FEIS) located at http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/.
    links added to Productivity Documents and Research Publications
  • Added link to:
    The Use of Fire in Forest Restoration (GTR-INT-341). (A General Session at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Ecological Restoration, Seattle, WA, September 14–16, 1995.) [table of contents and selected papers available at http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs/int_gtr341/];
    links added to Productivity Documents and Research Publications
  • Added:
    Intensive Fiber Utilization and Prescribed Fire: Effects on the Microbial Ecology of Forests (GTR-INT-28) (PDF - 3.1 MB) by A. E. Harvey, M. F. Jurgensen and M. J. Larsen
    to Productivity Documents and Research Publications
  • Added:
    Proceedings of the Soil Quality Standards Symposium (WO-WSA-2) (PDF - 4 MB), Oct. 23, 1990, San Antonio, TX
    to Productivity Documents and Research Publications
  • Added:
    Reduction of Soil Erosion on Forest Roads (GTR-INT-264) (PDF - 1.9 MB) by Edward R. Burroughs, Jr. and John G. King
    to Productivity Documents and Research Publications

  November 16, 2006

  • Added:
    Productivity/Management and Soils excerpts from Forest Habitat Types of Montana
    to Habitat Types section

  October 12, 2006

  • Added:
    Productivity/Management and Soils excerpts from Forest Habitat Types of Central Idaho
    to Habitat Types section

  October 10, 2006

  • Added link to:
    Han, Sang-Kyun. “Impacts on Soils from Cut-To-Length and Whole Tree Harvesting.” (Microsoft Word Document - 1.6 MB) Diss. University of Idaho, 2006.
    to Productivity Documents
  • Added links to:
    Page-Dumroese, D. S. and M. F. Jurgensen. Soil carbon and nitrogen pools in mid- to late- successional forest stands of the northwestern United States: potential impact of fire. Can. J. For. Res. (abstract and full text available at Can. J. For. Res.). 2006. 36: 2270–2284.
    from Productivity Documents and Research Publications

  August 8, 2006

  • Added:
    Han, Sang-Kyun. “Impacts on Soils from Cut-To-Length and Whole Tree Harvesting.” (Microsoft Word Document - 1.6 MB) Diss. University of Idaho, 2006.
    to Graduate Theses

  June 27, 2006

  • "Soils" excerpts added to Plant Community Classification for Alpine Vegetation on the Beaverhead National Forest, Montana

  February 22, 2006

  • Added:
    Productivity/Management excerpts from Plant Community Classification for Alpine Vegetation on the Beaverhead National Forest, Montana
    to Habitat Types section
  • Added:
    Productivity/Management excerpts from Forest Habitat Types of Northern Idaho: A Second Approximation
    to Habitat Types section