The Local Unit Criteria and Indicators Development (LUCID) Project: Monitoring for Forest Management Unit Scale Sustainability
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The Local Unit Criteria and Indicator Development (LUCID) project was a pilot project conducted from 1999 through 2002 by the USDA Forest Service Inventory and Monitoring Institute in conjunction with eight national forests on six sites to appraise the feasibility of monitoring sustainable systems at the forest management unit scale. The sustainability assessment will: provide forest managers and collaborators with feedback that can be used to improve Forest Land Management Plans; enhance collaboration between National Forests and other governmental agencies; and relate forest plan outcomes with regional and national C&I trends.
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