INTERAGENCY ECOLOGICAL SITE APPLICATIONS WORKSHOP
Archbold Biological Station, Venus, FL
15 - 17 November, 2011

Agenda and Logistics

• Workshop Agenda (pdf - 255KB)
• Certified Professional in Rangeland Management CEU Form (pdf - 12KB)

Participant List (pdf - 234KB)

ESD Resources

• ESD Fact Sheets
  - Agency Employee (pdf - 957KB)
  - Rancher (1,316KB)
  - Conservation Manager (pdf - 1,222KB)
• Example ESD (pdf - 468KB)

PowerPoint Presentations

• General Concepts of Ecological Sites and State & Transition Models, Dr. Brandon Bestelmeyer
• Soil Processes and Properties, Tom Weber (pdf - 1,821KB)
• State & Transition Models, Their Concepts and Components (Characterizing the Site to Reference Conditions), Dr. Pat Shaver (pdf - 6,521KB)
• Using Local and Scientific Knowledge to Establish the Reference for Ecological Site Descriptions and State & Transition Models, Dr. Jeff Herrick (pdf - 3,415KB)
• Uses and Applications of an Ecological Site Description, Chad Ellis and Greg Hendricks (pdf - 4,966KB)
• FNAI Natural Communities of Florida and Ecological Site Information, Kim Gulledge (pdf - 7,388KB)
• How to Access ESDs from Different Sites of Locations, Homer Sanchez (pdf - 6,605KB)

Archbold Biological Station (ABS) Field Site Resources

• ABS Schema and Maps
  - ABS Soils Schema (pdf - 868KB)
  - ABS Topographic Map (pdf - 1,370KB)
  - ABS Soils Map (pdf - 2,061KB)
  - ABS Sites 1 and 2: Ecological Communities (pdf - 1,601KB)
  - ABS Sites 3 and 4: Ecological Communities(pdf - 1,679KB)
• ABS Sites and Soils
  - ABS Site 1: Sand Scrub (pdf - 161KB)
  - ABS Site 3: Sand Scrub (pdf - 145KB)
  - ABS Site 4 Scrubby Flatwoods (pdf - 180KB)
• ABS FNAI Scrub Site Description

Westby Ranch Field Site Resources

• Westby Schema and Maps
  - Westby Ranch Soils Schema (pdf - 281KB)
  - Westby Ranch Topographic Map (pdf - 1.36MB)
  - Westby Ranch Soils Map (pdf - 1,963KB)
  - Westby Ranch ESD Map (pdf - 1.86MB)
• Westby Ranch Sites and Soils
  - Westby Ranch Site 1: Scrubby Flatwoods (pdf - 164KB)
  - Westby Ranch Site 2: Scrubby Flatwoods (pdf - 155KB)
  - Westby Ranch Site 3: Cutthroat Seep (pdf - 296KB)
  - Westby Ranch Site 4: South Florida Flatwoods (pdf - 166KB)
  - Westby Ranch Site 5: Wetland Hardwood Hammock (pdf - 228KB)
• Florida 26 Ecological Site Communities and FNAI Site Description (pdf - 2,723KB)
  

• Ecological Site Description (ESD) and State-and-Transition Model (STM) Development January 28, 2012, Spokane Annual Meeting
  
• Using Ecological Site Descriptions (ESDs) as a Decision-Making Tool January 30 to February 3, 2012, Spokane Annual Meeting
• Interagency Ecological Site Applications Workshop November 15 - 17, 2011, Lake Placid/Venus, Florida
• Interagency Ecological Site Applications Workshop, Cheyenne, WY / Nunn, CO, Aug. 23-25, 2011
• Interagency Rangeland Ecological Site Descriptions Pilot Workshop, November 2010