Forest Inventories
What Are Forest Inventories?
Forest Inventories are completed regularly. In 2017, the City of Corvallis adopted a strata-based forest inventory approach for the Corvallis Forest based on updated vegetation typing. The current forest inventory is meant to provide reasonably accurate estimates of stand- and ownership-level metrics that can be interpreted to describe the current condition of the forest, answer questions about forest structure and habitat conditions, and aid in identifying management needs and opportunities. These documents are provided as a guide for City staff to help plan long-term sustainability of the Corvallis Forest.
| Corvallis Forest Natural Resources Inventory 2010 | Prepared by Trout Mountain Forestry. Goal: collect the baseline resource information that is needed to evaluate the effectiveness of the management program over time. |
| Understory Vegetation Baseline Monitoring Report 2010 | Purpose: to provide baseline data on understory vegetation in forested habitats within the Corvallis Forest so that effects of forest management actions on plant diversity, understory structure, and exotic species can be monitored in the future. |
| Forest Inventory Updates 2017 | A new inventory was done in 2017. This was the first update since the 2009 survey. |
| Forest Inventory Report 2023 | This is the most recent inventory, with updates through end of June, 2024. |
