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adapting management strategies in the future. This is especially true for the long -term, since <br />personnel and policy changes within organizations are inevitable. This information would give <br />future managers the benefit of insight on daily and yearly activities within the forest as they <br />relate to resource management. <br />Problem Species Monitoring <br />Although it is largely impractical to carry out quantitative monitoring of changes in nonnative <br />species levels, it is practical to make a yearly walk- through assessment of a particular site to <br />determine if additional treatment of nonnatives is warranted. This should include a site visit by a <br />trained staff person at least once a year, at approximately the same time of season. Observational <br />notes should be made on whether there was an increase, decrease or no change in the overall <br />population for a problem species, how well a treatment worked, as well as whether treatment is <br />warranted in the coming year. <br />Keep Good Records <br />It is highly recommended that records of resource management activities be kept. Hard copy <br />and /or electronic records will allow current and future managers to learn from past successes and <br />mistakes and plan for future activities based on this knowledge. Record keeping is particularly <br />important for budgeting. They provide a track record of costs, and justification for changes in <br />future budgets. <br />An example would be using a standardized record form to track brush removal during a winter <br />project, helping to document costs and hours for that project alone. Examples of other activities <br />that could be put on Resource Management Records include prescribed burning, seed collection, <br />seeding activities, problem species control, monitoring, and planning. Such a Resource <br />Management Record could also be used to document several or all activities during a chosen <br />cycle (year, budget period, etc.). <br />If time does not allow for detailed documentation, at the very least a diary -like notebook or <br />spreadsheet of activities should be kept. Continuity of management requires a knowledge of past <br />management activities as well as future goals. <br />City of Roseville 27 <br />Parks Natural Resource Management <br />