Survey Protocols

Noble polypore, Bridgeoporous nobilissimus.

Survey Protocols for surveys prior to habitat-disturbing activities (also known as pre-disturbance surveys) include instructions for locating the Survey and Manage species. The instructions include such information as: likely habitat where the species is of concern, geographical area and substrate where it is typically located, and timing of surveys for successful location, as well as appropriate search and sampling techniques and detailed guidance for identifying the species. Survey Protocol documents identify habitat conditions or locations for most species, but for "uncommon" species, Survey Protocols specify habitats or conditions not needing surveys because "high-priority" sites are not expected to be found there. The Field Guides page may include supplementary information for these Survey Protocols.

Existing Survey Protocols are revised as new information indicates a need. Revised versions of protocols will normally apply to the next projects on which surveys are to be initiated. In some cases they may include a specific effective date, or other language indicating when they are to be applied, depending on when they are issued, what differences there are from the previous version, and the importance of those differences. Below you will find the most up-to-date Survey Protocol documents. The document code listed at the beginning of each line indicates the year the document was released. Many of the documents include links to other attachments. In case those links become invalid over time, PDF versions of the attachments are provided in a bulleted list beneath the original documents.

Fungi

• Category B Fungi Equivalent Effort Survey Protocol RIEC transmittal memo (PDF)
  • Attachment 1 - Category B Fungi Equivalent Effort Survey Protocol, Version 1 (PDF)
• Fungi - Survey Protocol for Bridgeoporus nobilissimus (June 2008) (PDF)
• IM-OR-2006-038 - Equivalent Effort Survey Protocol for Survey and Manage Category B Species; and Survey Methodology for One Lichen Species with Category Change from the 2003 Annual Species Review (PDF)
  • Attachment 1 - Survey Protocol Guidance for Conducting Equivalent Effort Surveys (PDF)
  • Attachment 2 - Pseudocyphellaria perpetua Supplemental Guidance for Pre-Disturbance Surveys (PDF)

Amphibians

• IM-OR-2000-004 - Amphibians, Version 3.0 (PDF)
  • Attachment 1 - Survey Protocols for Amphibians, Version 3.0 (PDF)

Bryophytes

• IM-OR-2006-038 - Equivalent Effort Survey Protocol for Survey and Manage Category B Species; and Survey Methodology for One Lichen Species with Category Change from the 2003 Annual Species Review (PDF)
  • Attachment 1 - Survey Protocol Guidance for Conducting Equivalent Effort Surveys (PDF)
  • Attachment 2 - Pseudocyphellaria perpetua Supplemental Guidance for Pre-Disturbance Surveys (PDF)
• IM-OR-2000-017 Change 1 - Amendment to Protection Buffer Bryophytes, Version 2.0 (PDF)
  • Attachment 1 - Field Form for Documenting Presence/No Detection and Habitat for Survey and Manage and Protection Buffer Bryophytes (PDF)
• IM-OR-2000-017 - Protection Buffer Bryophytes, Version 2.0 (PDF)
  • Attachment 1 - Survey Protocols for Protection Buffer Bryphytes, Version 2.0 (PDF)
• IB-OR-98-051 - Bryophytes (December 1997) (PDF)

Great Gray Owl

• Great Gray Owl Broadcast Calls for Pre-Disturbance Surveys
• IM-OR-2004-050 - Great Gray Owl, Version 3.0 (PDF)
  • Attachment 1 - Survey Protocol for the Great Gray Owl, Version 3.0 (PDF)

Lichens

• RIEC Memorandum, September 2012 - Survey Methodology and Guidance for One Survey and Manage Lichen Species with Category Change from the 2011 Settlement Agreement (PDF)
• Enclosure 1 - Supplemental Guidance for Pre-Disturbance Surveys Under the Northwest Forest Plan Survey and Manage Standards and Guidelines: Cladonia norvegica (PDF)
• IM-OR-2006-038 - Equivalent Effort Survey Protocol for Survey and Manage Category B Species; and Survey Methodology for One Lichen Species with Category Change from the 2003 Annual Species Review (PDF)
  • Attachment 1 - Survey Protocol Guidance for Conducting Equivalent Effort Surveys (PDF)
  • Attachment 2 - Pseudocyphellaria perpetua Supplemental Guidance for Pre-Disturbance Surveys (PDF)
• IM-OR-2003-078 Change 1 - Amendment to Lichens, Version 2.1 (PDF)
  • Attachment 1 - 2003 Amendment to the Survey Protocol for Survey and Manage Category A & C Lichens (PDF)
• IM-OR-2003-078 - Lichens, Version 2.1 (PDF)
  • Attachment 1 - Survey Protocols for Survey and Manage Category A & C Lichens (PDF)
• IM-OR-2003-004 - Lichens, Version 2.0 (PDF)
  • Attachment 1 - Survey Protocols for Survey and Manage Category A & C Lichens (PDF)

Mollusks

• Aquatic Mollusk Species, Version 3.1 (July 2008) (PDF)
• IM-OR-2006-038 - Equivalent Effort Survey Protocol for Survey and Manage Category B Species; and Survey Methodology for One Lichen Species with Category Change from the 2003 Annual Species Review (PDF)
  • Attachment 1 - Survey Protocol Guidance for Conducting Equivalent Effort Surveys (PDF)
  • Attachment 2 - Pseudocyphellaria perpetua Supplemental Guidance for Pre-Disturbance Surveys (PDF)
• IM-OR-2003-044 - Terrestrial Mollusk Species, Version 3.0 (PDF)
  • Attachment 1 - Table of Species Included in Survey and Manage Standards and Guidelines and Category Assignment (June 2002) (PDF)
  • Attachment 2 - Survey Protocol for Survey and Manage Terrestrial Mollusk Species, Version 3.0 (PDF)

Red Tree Vole

• RIEC Memorandum, 11/27/2012 - Red Tree Vole, Version 3.0 (PDF)
• Attachment 1 - Survey Protocol for the Red Tree Vole, Version 3.0 (PDF)
• Attachment 2 - Red Tree Vole Survey Zones (ZIP)
• IM-OR-2003-075 - Red Tree Vole, Version 2.2 (PDF)
• IM-OR-2003-003 - Red Tree Vole, Version 2.1 (PDF)
  • Attachment 1 - Survey Protocol for the Red Tree Vole, Version 2.1 (PDF)
• IM-OR-2000-037 - Red Tree Vole, Version 2.0 (PDF)
• Attachment 1 - Survey Protocol for the Red Tree Vole, Version 2.0 (PDF)

Vascular Plants

• IM-OR-99-026 - Vascular Plants (PDF)
• Attachment 1 - Survey Protocol for Survey and Manage Strategy 2 Vascular Plants, Version 2.0 (PDF)

Survey Protocol Tools

This section provides information that will assist in implementing the survey protocols above.

• USDA Forest Service, Region 6 Interim Old Growth Definition (PDF)