Assessment of Soil Disturbance in Forests of the Interior Columbia Basin: A Critique (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781506120621)

We present results and inferences from 15 soil-monitoring projects by the USDA Forest Service (USFS) after logging in the interior Columbia River basin. Details and comments about each project are provided in separate appendixes. In general, application of past protocols overestimated the percentage of "detrimentally" disturbed soil in harvested units. Based on this past monitoring experience, we recommend changes to existing protocols, and further validation and revision of USFS numerical standards for judging change in soil quality and for defining "detrimental" soil disturbance.

Author: Forest U. S. Department of Agriculture
ISBN-10: 1506120628
ISBN-13: 9781506120621
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 02/14/2015
Pages: 154
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.33d