2.2 Where, What, and When to Sample
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2.2.1.3 Establishing and Locating Sampling Sites
For sites that are or will be subject to periodic or routine monitoring, a site
information folder or report should be established for each site and provided to
the field crew in advance of each sample collection occasion. The site information folder should contain the following:
• driving and site access directions
• maps, including US Geological Survey (USGS) 1:24,000 quadrangle
maps and site maps
• estimated travel time from the base location to the sampling site
• overnight lodging or camping information
• local contact personnel (if applicable)
• data collection forms
• permission letters for access (if needed)
• site coordinates and elevation
• site-tag numbers, where applicable (for LTM sites that are marked
with a tree tag), and locations (not allowed in wilderness)
• site photographs
• other relevant information
Maps provided in the site information folder may also include forest
recreation maps to help navigate to the area. Maps generated using geographic information systems (GISs) could also be included to show where
the project manager has selected potential sites to sample, spatial patterns
in the distribution of vegetation types or other landscape properties (e.g.,
soil or bedrock distribution), or locations where sites were sampled in a
previous study.
Lake or Stream Water-Sampling Record data sheets will serve for documenting site information, sample locations, and field measurements. These
forms should be printed on waterproof paper. Copies of these data sheets are
provided in Appendix D.
In addition to the material described for inclusion in site documentation
folders, site documentation materials can include
• uniquely numbered aluminum tags (where allowed) for sites planned
to be sampled repeatedly (i.e., monitoring sites) or for replacement of
missing tags at previously established sites,
• nails and a small hammer for tag placement,
• flagging tape,
• a camera with a date/time stamp for site photographs,
• a GPS unit for determination of geographic coordinates (in decimal
degrees), and
• waterproof pens for completing forms in the field.
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2.2.1.3 Establishing and Locating Sampling Sites
For sites that are or will be subject to periodic or routine monitoring, a site
information folder or report should be established for each site and provided to
the field crew in advance of each sample collection occasion. The site information folder should contain the following:
• driving and site access directions
• maps, including US Geological Survey (USGS) 1:24,000 quadrangle
maps and site maps
• estimated travel time from the base location to the sampling site
• overnight lodging or camping information
• local contact personnel (if applicable)
• data collection forms
• permission letters for access (if needed)
• site coordinates and elevation
• site-tag numbers, where applicable (for LTM sites that are marked
with a tree tag), and locations (not allowed in wilderness)
• site photographs
• other relevant information
Maps provided in the site information folder may also include forest
recreation maps to help navigate to the area. Maps generated using geographic information systems (GISs) could also be included to show where
the project manager has selected potential sites to sample, spatial patterns
in the distribution of vegetation types or other landscape properties (e.g.,
soil or bedrock distribution), or locations where sites were sampled in a
previous study.
Lake or Stream Water-Sampling Record data sheets will serve for documenting site information, sample locations, and field measurements. These
forms should be printed on waterproof paper. Copies of these data sheets are
provided in Appendix D.
In addition to the material described for inclusion in site documentation
folders, site documentation materials can include
• uniquely numbered aluminum tags (where allowed) for sites planned
to be sampled repeatedly (i.e., monitoring sites) or for replacement of
missing tags at previously established sites,
• nails and a small hammer for tag placement,
• flagging tape,
• a camera with a date/time stamp for site photographs,
• a GPS unit for determination of geographic coordinates (in decimal
degrees), and
• waterproof pens for completing forms in the field.