Science, Data, and Monitoring Related Links

Forest Service

• USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station – scientists and their research.
• USDA Forest Service, State & Private Forestry, Northeastern Area – forest management, forest health protection, fire management, information management and analysis, grants.
• USDA Forest Service, North Central Research Station – online publications.
• USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station – publications and software.
• USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station – publications.
• USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station – listing of all publications printed.
• USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station – publications.
• USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station – publications.
• USDA Forest Service Publications Online - a page on the Southern Research Station's website providing for search of online publications.
• USDA Forest Service Library Catalog - a search engine for the Forest Service database of publications.
• Elementary Forest Sampling - a basic guide for forest sampling concepts and procedures.
• Fire, Fuel Treatments, and Ecological Restoration: Conference Proceedings, April 16-18, 2002, Fort Collins, CO (PDF, 12.5 mb) - conference proceeedings from a Joint Fire Science research project at Colorado State University looking at the status of our knowledge regarding fire regimes and fuel treatments. Proceedings RMRS-P-29. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 475 p.
• Forest Encyclopedia Network – the Encyclopedia of Southern Forest Science. This site contains a wealth of information about understanding the ecology and management of Southern forest ecosystems and their enjoyment and use by people.
• Hemlock Wooly Adelgid - a USDA Forest Service State and Private Forestry website. This introduced insect, believed to be a native of Asia, is a serious pest of eastern hemlock and Carolina hemlock.
• Mixed Severity Fire Regimes: Ecology and Management Conference Proceedings - posters, presentations, and papers presented at the conference in November 17-19, 2004, in Spokane, Washington.
• Statistical Techniques for Sampling and Monitoring Natural Resources (RMRS-GTR-126)

Other Agencies and Governmental Organizations

• University of Montana, School of Forestry, Riparian and Wetland Research Program
• Ecological Restoration Institute, Northern Arizona University – "What is ecological restoration?"
• Native American Guide to Timber Harvesting on Non-Federal Lands in California
• Forest Sciences Labs, Research Network
• National Library for the Environment
• National Water Quality Monitoring Council
• The National Council for Science and the Environment
• Forest Growth Simulation - Utah State University's links to forest growth simulation websites.