Long-Term Planning for Vegetation Management

Conclusion: Filling Out Your Plan

Contents

Learning Objectives

[7] identify sources where the needed information, capabilities and resources may be acquired.

Narrative

A template has been prepared that you may use to organize your Long-Term Vegetation Management Plan. It is available in a variety of formats for compatibility with the word-processing software that you may have. Maintaining your plan as an electronic document is recommended because it is intended to be a "living document" that changes frequently to incorporate new information.
In the beginning the draft plan may look more like a shopping list identifying information and resources that are needed, rather than stating the information itself. Add the information as it becomes available, and regularly review the need for information. For example, a professional botanical survey or soil test may not be needed for a small site with common vegetation types and low probabiliy of rare species or sensitive habitats.
Planning documents can be 1 page or hundreds of pages. Evaluate the need for detail and the resources available. Avoid "planning paralysis"; the effort put into preparing plans should be a small fraction of the resources to be expended in implementing the project.
The information presented in this module should be sufficient to get you started on a long-term vegetation management plan for your site. Although you may require professional assistance for some steps, being actively involved in the planning and implementation is a key feature of an adaptive management approach.

Supplemental Documents

LTMP Template
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Exercises

  1. Based on the material covered in the previous topics of this course, fill in the sections of the Long-Term Management Plan Template as they pertain to your site. When needed information is unknown, state this in the appropriate section, and add an item to the Gaps Table. When all present Needs have been identified, list potential Sources in the corresponding row of the Gaps Table.
 
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