Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femc705 Spear StreetSouth BurlingtonVermont05403United States of AmericaUnited States Geological Survey (USGS) United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation ServiceForest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC) University of Vermont College of Agriculture and Life SciencesUnited States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National ForestspartnerVermont Long-Term Soil Monitoring ProgramLong-term monitoring of forest soils is necessary to understand the effects of continued environmental change, including climate change, atmospheric deposition of metals, and recovery from acidic precipitation. A monitoring program was initiated in 2002 at five protected forest sites in Vermont, three in Mt. Mansfield State Forest and two in the Lye Brook Wilderness Area. Every 5 years at each site, ten soil pits are dug and sampled from subplots in a 50 × 50-m plot.Vermont Long-Term Soil Monitoring ProgramHalmanJoshuaWaiteCarlWilmotSandraBurtNancyShanleyJamieWangDeaneLawsonSeanVillarsThomasBaileyScottRossDonaldDuncanJamesWrightJenniferQuintanaAngelicahuman disturbancelong term monitoringsoilcontinuous forest inventory vermont forestsforest regenerationCore Soil Chemistry2002-06-012202-06-01As part of a 200-year forest soil monitoring study, soil samples are taken from 5 different locations (three sites in Mt. Mansfield in northern Vermont and two sites in the Lye Brook Wilderness Area in southern Vermont) every 5 years. At each of the five sites 1 50m x 50m plot has been permanently established, with 100 5m x 5m subplots. Samples were taken from the side of the pit that was described, using a knife and trowel. If Oe was sampled, a larger area of soil surface was peeled backward and “mined”. All samples were collected into 60-ounce clear polyethylene sterile bags (Fisher Scientific) and labeled with soil site, soil pit number, and date. Samples collected for mercury analysis were collected using sampling methods that prevent atmospheric contamination. Samples were sent to labs belonging to NRCS, USFS, and ¶¶Òõ̽̽ for analysis.A 200-year forest soil monitoring study that will aid future efforts to detect changes in forest soil properties, essential plant nutrient, mineral, trace element concentrations, soil morphology and soil taxonomy.Z0161_2458_92DIBAVMC.161.2458mySQLJohn Truong (2018) Core Soil Chemistry. FEMC. Available online at: /femc/data/archive/project/long-term-soil-monitoring/dataset/core-soil-chemistry/femc/data/archive/project/long-term-soil-monitoring/dataset/core-soil-chemistryAl_exchAl_exchdecimalAl_oxalAl_oxalintAl_pyroAl_pyrointCa_exchCa_exchdecimalCEC_nh4CEC_nh4decimalenuLabenuLabtextFe_exchFe_exchdecimalFe_oxalFe_oxalintFe_pyroFe_pyrointfkSoilSampleIDfkSoilSampleIDintHgHgintK_exchK_exchdecimalMg_exchMg_exchdecimalMn_exchMn_exchdecimalMn_oxalMn_oxaldecimalMn_pyroMn_pyrointNa_exchNa_exchdecimalODOEODOEdecimalpH_saltpH_saltdecimalpH_waterpH_waterdecimalP_oxalP_oxaldecimalSi_oxalSi_oxalintTotalCTotalCdecimalTotalNTotalNdecimalTOtalSTOtalSdecimal