Tongass National Forest

2008 Annual Monitoring & Evaluation Report

Monitoring Overview

The Tongass National Forest web site contains the 2008 Tongass National Forest Monitoring and Evaluation Report. An annual written summary of forest wide monitoring programs
is specified in Chapter 6 of the Tongass Land Management Plan (Forest Plan). This report summarizes specific monitoring that was completed during fiscal year 2008.

For the past several years, we have put the report on this web site to make it widely available. This system saves the cost of printing and mailing the document while still disseminating
the monitoring information. This cost savings is important due to shrinking budgets and buying power. The monitoring report can be found on the Tongass web site under Projects
and Plans.

Some of the monitoring protocols have changed in 2008 with the issuance of the Record of Decision for the Tongass Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan) Amendment. This plan amendment was completed in January 2008. Some of the monitoring questions have changed to help the Forest better define and focus the monitoring work.

If you have questions or comments about this report, please
contact Carol Seitz‐Warmuth at the Ketchikan Forest Supervisor’s
Office, 907-228-6341.

Dear Reader Letter from Forrest Cole, Tongass Forest Supervisor (PDF 290 KB)

2008 Monitoring And Evaluation Report (PDF 1,314 KB)

 

 

 

 

 

USDA Forest Service - Tongass National Forest
Last Modified: October 09, 2009