USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service 1 article published in JoVE Environment Methods of Soil Resampling to Monitor Changes in the Chemical Concentrations of Forest Soils Gregory B. Lawrence1, Ivan J. Fernandez2, Paul W. Hazlett3, Scott W. Bailey4, Donald S. Ross5, Thomas R. Villars6, Angelica Quintana7, Rock Ouimet8, Michael R. McHale1, Chris E. Johnson9, Russell D. Briggs10, Robert A. Colter11, Jason Siemion1, Olivia L. Bartlett12, Olga Vargas13, Michael R. Antidormi1, Mary M. Koppers9 1New York Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 2School of Forest Resources, University of Maine, 3Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, 4Northern Research Station, U.S. Forest Service, 5Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermont, 6Ottauquechee NRCD, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, 7Green Mountain National Forest, U.S. Forest Service, 8Direction de la Recherche Forestière, Ministère du Québec, 9Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Syracuse University, 10Division of Environmental Science, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 11White Mountain National Forest, U.S. Forest Service, 12Natural Resources and Earth System Sciences, University of New Hampshire, 13Greenwich, NY Field Office, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Repeated soil sampling has recently been shown to be an effective way to monitor forest soil change over years and decades. To support its use, a protocol is presented that synthesizes the latest information on soil resampling methods to aid in the design and implementation of successful soil monitoring programs.
