BOB SIMONSON, Program Leader

Road Decommissioning Monitoring Techniques
Carolyn Napper, Project Leader



San Dimas Technology
& Development Center
444 E Bonita Ave
San Dimas, CA 91773
(909) 599-1267



Introduction
Overview
Role of Analysis
Inventory & Monitoring
Types of Monitoring
Components of a Plan
Setting Up a Plan
Monitoring Methods
What Worked?
Glossary & References
Contributors
Links
Forms & Tools

Links to Online Reference Sites

Link to Region 5 BMPEP for forms and protocol
http://fsweb.r5.fs.fed.us/unit/ec/water/final_bmpep_protocols/Final_
BMPEP_Forms-Onsite_Evaluations_06_10_02.pdf


Link to Stream Team website
http://www.stream.fs.fed.us/

Link on how to establish Stream Channel Reference Sites
http://www.stream.fs.fed.us/publications/PDFs/RM245E.PDF

Links to Watershed Management Council newsletter and database
http://www.watershed.org/wmc/index.php

Community based restoration and monitoring efforts
http://www.mattole.org/

Revegetation monitoring methodology (Daubenmire Method)
http://fire.fws.gov/ifcc/monitor/RefGuide/daubenmire_method.htm

Vegetation Monitoring sample method use Releve’ technique
http://www.cnps.org/archives/forms/releve.pdf

Actual data form (Releve’)
http://www.cnps.org/archives/forms/releveform.pdf

Information on ECODATA plot inventory
http://www.firelab.org/firemon/pd.htm

Photo Point Monitoring Handbook
http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/gtr526/

Transect Photo Sampling
http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/gtr503/gtr503f.pdf

Photo Monitoring for Better Land Use Planning and Assessment – Good resource for why to monitor and considerations
http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/8067.pdf

Good example of watershed restoration effectiveness monitoring plan
http://fsweb.f5.r6.fs.fed.us/aquatics/monitoring/index.shtml

References Transportation System and Roads Analysis process (FSM)
http://fsweb.wo.fs.fed.us/directives/fsm/7700/

Provides information on current wildlife monitoring of road decommissioning projects
http://www.wildlandscpr.org/roads/RRtoolkit.htm

Forest Service Natural Resource Information System (NRIS)
http://fsweb.nris.fs.fed.us/about_us/