Session 6 – May 27, 2025

North Olympic Online Forest Stewardship Coached Planning Course

Agenda

Review and Intro

5:30 – 5:40 p.m.

Forest Inventory

5:40 – 6:40 p.m.
Kevin Zobrist (WSU Extension)

Break

6:40 – 6:50 p.m.

Forest Soils

6:50 – 7:55 p.m.
Kevin Zobrist (WSU Extension)

Wrap-Up

7:55 – 8:00 p.m.

Speaker Contact Info:

Kevin Zobrist – WSU Extension: 425-231-4524, kevin.zobrist@wsu.edu

Learn More and Work on Your Plan

Recommended Activities

  1. Watch the Forest Inventory Field Video.
  2. Plan and map out where you will put some inventory plots in your stand(s). Depending on your property conditions and objectives, you may not need to do a formal plot sampling inventory, but you will still need an inventory section in your plan. Wait until after the field trip to collect data and then use the Inventory Section Examples (PDF) as guidance to draft the inventory section of your plan.
  3. Use the Web Soil Survey to gather the information you need and draft the soils section of your plan (Resource Category 2), focusing both on the properties of your soils and also how you will protect them.
    1. Important: The Forest Soil Data for your Stewardship Plan publication will show you exactly how to get all of this. USE THIS PUBLICATION!
    2. Use the Soils Section Examples as a guide for how your soils section should look.
    3. Include all the items below in your plan.
      1. Soil series name(s) and brief description(s)
      2. Parent materials
      3. Depth and drainage
      4. Erosion hazard
      5. Compaction potential and rutting hazard
      6. Site index with base year
      7. Seedling mortality potential (and limiting factors)
      8. Soil protection recommendations

Recommended publications for further learning

  1. Basic Forest Inventory Techniques for Family Forest Owners
  2. Forest Soil Data for Your Stewardship Plan
  3. Keeping Your Forest Soils Healthy and Productive
  4. Slope Stabilization and Erosion Control Using Vegetation
  5. Vegetation Management: A Guide for Puget Sound Bluff Property Owners
  6. Washington Soil Atlas (PDF)