Shaw, David; Greenleaf, Judith; Berg, Dean. 1993. Monitoring new forestry. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment . 26: 187-193.
Techniques to monitor growth and mortality of live trees, and longevity of snags weredeveloped and tested on 8 units in the Oregon and Washington Cascades where new forestry (structuralretention) cuttings were utilized. Time and costs were quantified. The total area of three aggregatedunits and five dispersed units was 27.8 ha, with 2407 trees and snags measured on 25.1 ha of samplearea. Cost of field work was approximately $4590 (4 person crew at 6 weeks) while costs of data entry,analysis and report writing were approximately $2000 (250 person hours). Monitoring is an importantcomponent of adaptive management and is essential if we are to understand the ramifications of newsilvicultural systems.