Stoddart Creek Ecosystem Restoration Monitoring Site Establishment and Summary Report

In August 2006, the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program –– Columbia Basin (FWCP) initiated year one of a multi-year field study designed to monitor the effects of dry forest ecosystem restoration treatments on overstory and understory vegetation characteristics. Restoration treatments were prescribed in order to meet wildlife objectives on-site (badger and bighorn sheep). One site was installed in the South Stoddart Creek Restoration Area. This report summarizes activities associated with year one (2006), sample plot establishment and pre-treatment monitoring.