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 In most of our states fieldwork is completed by USDA Forest Service personnel alone or in some cases in conjunction and cooperation with State personnel. Forest Health data collection is also completed by Forest Service personnel, although State organizations generally have a more active role in the fieldwork.

The field Inventory crew individuals collect basic forest resource data; locate selected points on the ground from aerial photographs or other imagery; run compass lines and measures distances; make plot and tree measurements; identify all woody vegetation on selected plots; classify stands according to forest type, age, site index and various land use classes.

Field Inventory crew individuals count stumps on Inventory plots and contact landowners, county and state officials, and others to collect information on timber removals and to determine land ownership, ownership size, and ownership tenure.

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Field Guide version 4.0

Table of Contents

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Section 0 Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Section 5 Section 6 Section 7

Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Appendix 4 Appendix 5 Appendix 6 Appendix 7 Appendix 8 Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Appendix E Appendix F Appendix G Appendix H Appendix I Appendix J

 

QA Scoring Program

Ozone Bioindicator Plants

Site Index Booklet    Site Index Booklet Cover Page Ordered site curves

Annual Field Guides    1998 version 1.0 (Fiscal Year 1999) 1999 version 1.3 (Fiscal Year 2000) 2000 version 1.4 (Fiscal Year 2001) 2001 version 1.5 (Fiscal Year 2002) 2002 version 1.6   P2 and P3 (Fiscal Year 2003) Fiscal Year 2004 Field Guide Fiscal Year 2004 P3 Field Guide

National Field Manual   National Field Manual

Historic Field Guides    1959 Missouri 1960 Minnesota 1961 Illinois 1964 Northern Plains 1967 Field Manual 1969 Field Manual 1975 Minnesota - Supplemental 1977 Michigan 1981 Field Guide 1981 Wisconsin 1983 South Dakota Part 1 1983 South Dakota Part 2 1983 South Dakota Part 3 1986 Minnesota & Missouri 1989 Iowa & Minnesota 1991 Michigan - Revised 1991 Michigan 1993 Plains & Wisconsin 1998 Illinois & Indiana Revised 7.22