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Attachment I: Field Forms for Half Whiskey Moon Lookout Forest RestorationProject
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Rock Rock: >34 inch diameter:
includes large gravels,cobbles, stones, boulders,rock outcrop
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Bare soil Bare soil(rock <3/4 inch diameteralso usually recorded asbare soil) Bare soil due to gopher mounds:
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Total ground cover% (1Total bare soil % .
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$uffiht ground cover exists to limitsoil erion to natumi erosion rates
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Morethan½ ofthe natural groundcover and erosionrates are within therange for natural conditions
Soil and/or litter deposition is presentFine litter may be patterned as small
debris accumulations
Changes in vegetation compositionindicate a shift towards a drier, lessproductiveplant community.
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Morethan ½ ofthe ground cover hasbeen removed and erosion rate areabove natural rates
Soil andlorlitteris deposited ontheuphill side oflogs, brushpiles, etc.Soil may be movinn offsite
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SoilStructure Moderate/strong granular or singleWto moderateplaty Strongplatr .
1 Compactionis evidentbutlimited in . . .. . No compaction is evident m the aclavi . . Compaction limits root growth and . .Compaction Estimate extent and does not sigmficanily effect . . . ..area - .- occurs throughout the activity area.‘.
S root growth. —. Most plants and rocks pedestaledSurface Erosion ‘ . ‘ Pedestals present but on mature plants . . .‘ No pedestaling ofplants or rocks - - roots exposed, lichen line evident onSheet wash ‘ - only. no roots exposed
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SurfaceErosion . Small embryonic andnot connected Well defin, actively expanding. Absent r with blunted features . . . .
P.llls and Gullies to dendntic pattern dendrite pattern established
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Grassland and Shrubland Debris‘Organic matter is distributed evenlyacross the soil surface and meets FPhin; . nrthPnor
Vegetative Community Composition
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Total bare soil % . . .
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Ground Cover Type Definitions Hits spaced 1 foot apart:
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Rock Rock: >3/4 inch diameter:
includes large gravels,cobbles, stones, boulders,rockoutcrop —
“Pediment” Count small (2-5mm) andmedium (5-20mm) gravelsas rock whenevidence/quantityprovides surface stabilityon site specific basis,otherwise add to bare soil
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Total ground cover%Total bare soil % r G’7
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Transected, hIgh intensity: Use ofdesigned sampling methods such as Howes, Hazard and Geist orproject specific monitoringplan for collection of quantifiable
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protects soil surface/ Canopy cover ( (usually < 30cm. tall thatintercepts raindrop
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AniessmentMethod (Circiemostinteusivep’Observed: Estimates on soil health were made sual observations onlyTraversed: On-site walk through, direct soil contact, grab samples. quickpits, ocular estimates of cover, rifis, erosionTransected, low intensity: On-site investigations may include systematic or random sampling, core samples collected, tape measured surface cover, soil pitdescriptionsTransected, high intensity: Use ofdesigned samplingmethods such as Howes, Hazard and Geist orproject specific monitoringplanfor collection of quantifiableinformation
Soil Health Indicator Satisfactory Impaired
rModerate/strong granular or singleWeakto moderate platy Strongp1atr
‘npaction is evidtheaff31 extent and does not significantly effecttiroughout the activity area
Compaction is evident bat limited inCompaction limits root growth and
Soil Structuregrained
Compaction Estimatearea
root growth‘ __1
Unsatisfactory
No pedestaling ofpmants or rockstP4’
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Sufficient ground cover exists to)cover and erosion rates are withinthe been removed and erosion rate areMore an ½ of More than ½ ofthe grourid cover has
Effective Ground Cover ( erosion to natural erosion rates— range for natural conditions above natural rates . .
Soil Displacement Minimal or no soil displacement. no fSoil has displacement effects, smalldisplacement is common,
, 4A hummocks or displacement evident •. hummocks present, puddleshummocks evident. soil material
..:moved. puddles
I Not unusuaessi)p2
: sii and/or litter depositionis present. Soil and/or litter is deposited ontheFme litter may be patterned as small uphill side oflogs, brush piles, etc.debris accumulations Soil may be moving offsite
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‘- sabsentor doesnot meet minimumFP directionfor- 4the Ecological Type - ..
Your soil healthratingforibis activityar Satisfactory/
Changes in vegetation compositionindicate a sbifttowards a drier, lessproductive plant community.Theremay also be anincrease inannqalplants, shallow rootedgrasses, or invasive plants
What isthe soil healthtrend?
The perennial foth and/or graminoidvegetative layers are absent or sparse
Tmpaired
No change
Unsatisfactory
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Effective Ground Coverground cover exists to limit
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wIM[zhzz:-z JZEZZNSatisfactory
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