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See Methods description in Documents/Images. </eml:description><eml:purpose>Locations and soil information for forest plot sampling in 13 watersheds in the Catskills, used for a number of different studies.  </eml:purpose><eml:shortName>Z1308_2609_0PWSIT</eml:shortName><eml:physical><eml:objectName>VMC.1308.2609</eml:objectName><eml:dataFormat><eml:formatName>mySQL</eml:formatName></eml:dataFormat><eml:citation>Lovett, GM, Weathers KC, and Arthur MA. (2000) Vegetation Sampling GPS and Soil Data. FEMC. 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