This document describes a new, highly flexible, rapid, efficient approach to assessment of open pine ecosystems that can be applied by a wide range of landowners, land managers, wildlife technicians, biologists, and other natural resource scientists to help them understand their land’s contribution to biodiversity and target species’ wildlife habitat. Specifically, the protocols describe an a way to apply field-based desired forest condition metrics within Southern Open Pine Ecosystems specifically for those managers whose primary goal is maintenance of biodiversity or enhancement of wildlife habitat for species dependent on open pine ecosystems.
