public read Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

705 Spear StreetSouth BurlingtonVermont05403United States of America

(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femcUnited 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 ForestspartnerWithin the long-term soil monitoring network, there are 5 permanent sites. Three sites were established within the boundaries of Mount. Mansfield within northern Vermont and two were established within the boundaries of the Lye Brook Wilderness Area in southern Vermont.Forest Ecosystem Monitoring CooperativeJoshuaHalmancontentProviderCarlWaitecontentProviderSandraWilmotcontentProviderNancyBurtcontentProviderJamieShanleycontentProviderDeaneWangcontentProviderSeanLawsoncontentProviderThomasVillarsprincipalInvestigatorScottBaileyprincipalInvestigatorDonaldRossprincipalInvestigatorJamesDuncancontentProviderJenniferWrightcontentProviderAngelicaQuintanacontentProviderLong-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.Site Identifying InformationWithin the long-term soil monitoring network, there are 5 permanent sites. Three sites were established within the boundaries of Mount. Mansfield within northern Vermont and two were established within the boundaries of the Lye Brook Wilderness Area in southern Vermont.VMC.161.2464mySQL/femc/data/archive/project/long-term-soil-monitoring/dataset/site-identifying-information2002-01-01fldAspectAspectAspectintmeternatural0360fldForestTypeForest Typea brief description of the forest type within each site.textfldLatitudeLatitudeLatitude of the center of the sitedecimalmeternaturalfldLocationNameLocation NameTwo letter ID indicating whether a site was within the Mt. Mansfield network (MT) or Lye Brook (LB).textfldLongitudeLongitudeLongitude of the center of the sitedecimalmeternaturalfldSiteDescriptionSite DescriptionSite descriptiontextfldSiteNameSite NameSite NametextfldSlopeSlopeSlope of the sitedecimalmeternaturalfldStandAgeStand AgeEstimated stand age as of 2000intmeternaturalpkSiteIDSite IDSite IDtext