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The Forestland In Field Soil Health Assessment (FIFSHA) was developed to assist conservation planners with evaluating the health of private nonindustrial forestland soils. During this session Tom Sauer, ACES Forester (NRCS), introduces assessments of the eight indicators of forest soil health:
- Soil Cover
- Woody Debris
- Soil Burn Severity
- Soil Disturbance Intensity
- Soil Structure
- Water Stable Aggregates
- Soil Fauna/Biology Diversity
- Roots
Soil health is maintained or achieved in forestlands through application of four principles: 1) optimize presence of living roots, 2) optimize disturbance, 3) optimize soil cover, and 4) optimize biodiversity. The FIFSHA is designed to determine whether a site has any of the four soil health resource concerns: Aggregate Instability, Compaction, Soil Organism Habitat Loss or Degradation, and Soil Organic Matter Depletion.
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