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Regional Forest Health Monitoring: Nested Visitation Information (CT, MA, ME, NY)

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Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Address:
705 Spear Street
South Burlington, Vermont 05403
United States of America

Phone: (802) 391-4135
Email: femc@uvm.edu
Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

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The Forest Health Monitoring Program (FHM) was established in 1991 as a joint effort between the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation (FPR) and the Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC)) to monitor the condition of a range of tree species in Vermont. After successfully establishing and conducting annual assessments on FHM plots in Vermont for almost three decades, the FEMC has expanded to surrounding states to yield a more complete picture of forest health across the New England and New York region. In 2019, the FEMC collaborated with MA DCR to establish 20 FHM plots on MA state lands to add to its annual FHM network. In 2020 the FEMC expanded to CT (15 plots), RI (7 plots), ME (35 plots), and NH (30 plots) to add permanent FHM plots in a similar manner. To improve comparability and utility of each program, the FHM plots were co-located at established, long-term plot locations, representing the major forest types and geographies on public lands in each state. Plot designs follow two fixed radius plot layouts - Cluster and Nested. Cluster plots follow the USDA Forest Inventory and Analysis cluster of four circular subplots. Nested plot design refers to a single fixed radius nested plot design exemplified by the MA DRC CFI program. These plot designs follow the structure set by the National Forest Health Monitoring Program with additional metrics added to reflect improvements in monitoring technologies and additions to monitoring objectives.

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Jennifer Pontius: dataset_eml_peopleprincipleinvestigator

Alison Adams: dataset_eml_peopleprincipleinvestigator

Matthias Sirch: dataset_eml_peoplecontentprovider

Nancy Voorhis: dataset_eml_peoplecontentprovider

Soren Donisvitch: dataset_eml_peopleprincipleinvestigator

Ben Porter: dataset_eml_peopleprincipleinvestigator

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Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC) : lead

Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station : partner

Maine Forest Service : partner

Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation : partner

Vermont Forest Parks and Recreation : partner

University of Rhode Island Department of Natural Resources Science: partner

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dataset_eml_datatabletitle: Nested Visitation Information (CT, MA, ME, NY)

dataset_eml_datatablestartdate: 2019-08-13

dataset_eml_datatabledescription: Information about specific visits to the Nested plots.

dataset_eml_datatablepurpose: Track plot-level information about forest health monitoring plots.

dateset_eml_datatableshortname: Z1734_3815_MB7VJV

dataset_eml_datatablephysicalobjectname: VMC.1734.3815

dataset_eml_datatabledatatype: mySQL

dataset_eml_datatablecitation: Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (2023) Nested Visitation Information (CT, MA, ME, NY). FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/regional-forest-health-monitoring/dataset/nested-plot-visitation-information

dataset_eml_datatableonlinedistribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/CI4/data/archive/project/regional-forest-health-monitoring/dataset/nested-plot-visitation-information