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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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$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

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SoilStructure Moderate/strong granular or singleWto moderateplaty Strongplatr .

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Soil Health Indicator Satisfactory Impaired

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Re-vegetation ofReceit Deposition Recent depositional material is vegetatedSome recent depositionalnI1s None, allrecent deposi&rial material

-——:-is non-vegetated

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

V

pVegetative Community Composition

‘- 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

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ground coverji5

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Traversed: On-site walkThrough. direct soil contact, grab samples, quick pits, ocular estimates of cover, riDs, erosion

Trarisected, low intensity: On-site investigaions may include systematic or random sampling, core sampies collected, tape measured surface cover, soil pit

descriptions

Transected, high intensity: Use ofdesigned samplingmethods such as Howes, Hazard and Geist orproject specific monitoringplanfor collection of quantifiable-

infonnation

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.

Compaction Estimate(

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arearoot growth

occurs throughout the activity area----

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tthan ½ ofthe

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—————--- - —-

range for natural conditions above natural rates

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minimums fortheEco1oicalType theEcological Type J

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Your soil healthratingforthis activity area

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indicate a sbifttowards a drier, lessproductive plant community.Theremay also be an increase inanm plants, shallow rootederasses, or invasive tilants

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Total ground cover

% c19sTotal bare soil %

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Allotnnt Name “t

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.as rock whenevidence/quantity

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Ai1otwjnt Name___________________ UThI: N B___________ Slope% Aspect ‘ ‘

!r LandtypetsoilfEUl unit________ Bedrock .

Landformffopography Habitat/Community Type . Parent

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Soil H1thIndkatorw. . linpafred Uusatisfacory •

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Weakto moderate platy.

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____________________ ____________________

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. . —‘--—_;__\

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Effective Ground Cover .

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soil erosion to natural erosion rates .

— —----

range for natural condthons above natural rates- . . - Soil displacement is common,

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Changes in vegetation compositionindicate a sbifttowards a drier, lessproductive plant community.Theremay also be an increase inanma1plants. shallow rootedgrasses, or invasive plants

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T. : :-. . -. - - .

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includes large gravels,

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