Aspen Delineation Project

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Aspen Delineation Project--Current Workplan and Past Projects

Overview: The Aspen Delineation Project (ADP), created in 2002, is a collaborative effort of the U.S. Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Region, the California Department of Fish and Game, and the California Office of Bureau of Land Management. The ADP objectives are to help agencies identify, map, treat, and monitor aspen habitats. The ADP has also been asked to explore challenges, issues, and roadblocks surrounding aspen management on public lands. The efforts of this effort are coordinated through the Aspen Delineation Project's principal investigator, David Burton.

The Aspen Delineation Project has worked with a broad range of federal and state agencies, non-government organizations, private landowners, and individual stakeholders. The principal objectives of these collaborative efforts have been to identify or develop the tools resource managers need for understanding aspen conservation issues, and to fund restoration efforts.

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Complete end of Year Reports and Workplans

FY2006 Summary and FY2007 Workplan

Sample of 2008 and 2007 ADP Projects

Project Type	Title	Details	Status
Education	Aspen Management Continuing Education Project	The ADP, working collaboratively with other aspen working groups and the Rocky Mountain Research Station, will design and implement an aspen management training program that provide opportunities for USFS and BLM resource managers to meet continuing education requirements. Continuing education accreditation will be given though professional organizations (i.e. Society of Range Management and Society of American Foresters).	Started Fall 2007
Symposium	Society of America Foresters Aspen Symposium	The ADP, the Nevada Aspen Working Group, and SAF are co-sponsoring a half-day Aspen Symposium at SAF Annual Conference	Reno, Nevada September 2008
General Technical Report	Managing Aspen in Fire Adapted Ecosystems: A Technical Report	This publication (and possible companion film) will present a detailed overview of aspen restoration case studies at the landscape-scale in the West. It will examine (1) the reintroduction of fire into aspen ecosystems, (2) mechanical treatments used to restore aspen communities, (3) range management practices implemented to improve rangeland, and (5) stakeholder involvement in management processes.	Project Started Fall 2007
Project Website	Aspen Delineation Project Website www.aspensite.org / Databases and UC Davis Joint Venture Agreement	Project Web Site, www. aspensite.org, is a consolidated and centralized source of reference information dealing with the ecology and management of aspen communities. The portal has pages dedicated to aspen research, management, bibliography, news reports, and synthesis of literature. A key to the progress of this effort is the UC Davis/USFS Joint Venture Agreement. The ADP is collaborating with Dr Kenneth Tate to implement the agreement.	On going
Synthesis	Aspen Ecology, Biodiversity, and Management in the Sierra Nevada: The Status of Knowledge	The Rocky Mountain Research Station announced the publication of a new General Technical Report (RMRS-GTR-178) The LTBMU and the Aspen Delineation Project (ADP) contracted with the RMRS to produce this synthesis of aspen literature as it relates to the Sierra Nevada. The authors of the publication are Wayne Shepperd, Paul Rogers, David Burton, and Dale Bartos.	Published: September 2006. Can be downloaded or ordered from the RMRS
Bibliography	Aspen Annotated Bibliography	The Aspen Delineation Project, through a grant from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is creating and maintaining a web-based annotated aspen bibliography.	Status: 6000+records Searchable on www.aspensite.org (Bibliography Page)
Habitat Restoration	Habitat Enhancement and Wildlife Management: Aspen Initiative for BLM Rangelands Phase I	The twenty Bureau of Land Management FY2000/FY2006 projects funded through a BLM-Cooperative Initiative will restore and protect 400 acres of aspen habitat. Additional cooperators in the projects are the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and the Mule Deer Foundation	Completion Date: 2006
Habitat Restoration	Habitat Enhancement and Wildlife Management: Aspen Initiative for BLM Rangelands Phase 2	The fifteen Bureau of Land Management FY2006/FY2007 projects funded through a BLM-Cooperative Initiative will restore and protect 360 acres of aspen habitat. Additional cooperators in the projects are the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and the California Deer Association.	Completion Date: 2007

Sample Past Major ADP Projects

Project Type	Title	Details	Status
Protocol	Browsed Plant Method for Young Quaking Aspen	The Regional Range Program in cooperation with the ADP has published a recommended protocol for establishing seasonal utilization on aspen regeneration	Completed 2004
Protocol	Effectiveness Monitoring Protocol for Monitoring Aspen on Rangelands	The Regional Range Program, with the ADP, has developing and field testing a protocol to monitoring the effectiveness of current management practices and the trends of aspen regeneration in aspen habitats.	Completed 2005
Workshops	Aspen Field Seminars	The Aspen Delineation Project has cosponsored workshops with the following agencies: Eldorado, Inyo, Humboldt-Toiyabe, Lassen, Plumas, and Stanislaus, Salmon-Challis (Idaho) National Forests; Bishop Alturas, and Surprise Field Offices (BLM); and Sierra Division of California Department of Parks and Recreation, Salmon-Challis National Forest (Idaho) and the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest (Nevada)	2003-2006
Symposium	Aspen Symposium	The ADP has sponsored or cosponsored three symposium: One held at the University of California, a second in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Western Section of the Wildlife Society, and the third cosponsored with the Nevada Chapter of the Society of Range Management.	2003-2006