Hemlock Removal Experiment - Coarse Woody Debris

The woody detritus survey is designed to measure coarse woody detritus that includes snags, logs, and stumps, and to estimate fine woody detritus which includes smaller pieces of downed wood. To capture both standing and downed wood, we based our survey around two main types of methods, the line intercept method and the fixed radius plot method. Below are the details of our woody detritus survey methods. Surveys have been completed for 2005 and 2007. The next surveys are planned for 2009 and 2011