Forest Plan Implementation
Procedures and Tools
Botany and Vegetation
A number of guidance documents have been developed to assist resource personnel conducting botany and vegetation analyses during Forest Plan implementation.
These documents include:
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Dillman, K.L. and P.C. Krosse. 2009. Guidance for preparing a Botany Resource Report - Tongass National Forest. USDA Forest Service.
- Describes the purpose and gives a detailed description of the elements of a Botany Resource Report conducted on the Tongass National Forest.
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Dillman, K.L., P.C. Krosse, and C. Sever. 2009. Tongass National Forest - Guidance for Biological Evaluations: Sensitive Plants. USDA Forest Service.
- Provides information for those conducting Biological Evaluations (BEs) for sensitive plants on the Tongass National Forest; intended to improve the quality and consistency of the BE process for plants across the Forest.
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Krosse, P.C. and P. O'Connor. 2009. Tongass N.F. Size-Density Model: Forest and Project Planning Applications. USDA Forest Service.
- White paper gives overview and background of model and describes the Forest Plan uses and future applications for the model. Also see the information on the Size-Density Model web page.