Forest-scale Sustainability Monitoring: The LUCID Project

The Forest Service Local Unit Criteria and Indicators Development (LUCID) project was chartered by the Chief following the 1998 North American Forestry Commission meeting. The intent of the LUCID Project was to work with personnel at six test sites and thereby expand the science-based evaluation of the development of forest-scale monitoring programs for sustainable social, economic, and ecological systems.

• LUCID Management Edition, July 19, 2002 (PDF, 445 KB)
• The LUCID Final Report (April 30, 2002):
  
  • LUCID Executive Summary (ZIP with PDF files, 1.0 MB)
  • LUCID Technical Report (ZIP with PDF files, 5.5 MB)
  • LUCID Technical Appendices (ZIP with PDF files, 927 KB)
  • LUCID Resource Database (ZIP with MS Access database, 1.2 MB)
  • LUCID Netweaver Appendix 12 (ZIP with Netweaver "NW" file, 11 KB)
• LUCID Report Frequently Asked Questions (PDF, 45 KB)
• LUCID Applications to Forest Planning (PDF, 70 KB)

Other Criteria and Indicator Sites

• Montreal Process Welcome
• Canadian Council of Forest Ministers (CCFM)—Criteria and Indicators
• Canadian Model Forest Network—Find Out More About Criteria and Indicators
• Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
  • North American Test of Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forestry (CIFOR-NA) - Overview C&I, Boise)
  • North American Test of Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forestry (CIFOR-NA) Full Report
  • Criteria and Indicators for Assessing Local Level Sustainable Management in Temperate Forests: Pilot Test in Ejido El Largo, Chihuahua, Mexico (Mexico LUCID Project)
• Roundtable on Sustainable Forests - Criteria and Indicators
• United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre - Biodiversity Indicators Experience

Staff Contact

Patrice Janiga, PMP
Resource Inventory and Monitoring Design and Quality Assurance Specialist
U.S. Forest Service Resource Information Group (RIG)
970-295-5712 or pjaniga@fs.fed.us