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adapting management strategies in the future. This is especially true for ihe long-terrn, 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 yearIy 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 ]east once a year, at approximately the same tirne 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 wcll as whether treatment is <br />warranted in the coming year. <br />Keep Good Records <br />�t is highly recommended that records of resaurce manageznent activities be kept. Hard copy <br />and/or electronic records wil3 allow current and future manaQers to learn from past successes and <br />misiakes and plan for future activities based on this knowled�e. Record keeping is particularly <br />impartant for budgeting. They provide a track record of costs, and justification for changes in <br />future budgets. <br />An example would he using a standardized record farm to track brush removal during a winter <br />project, helping to document costs and hours for i�at project aIonc. Examples of other activities <br />that could be �ut 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 ta docurr�ent several or all activzties during a chosen <br />cycle (year, budget period, etc.). <br />If time does not allow €or detai[ed documentation, at the very least a diary-like notebooic or <br />spreadsheet of activi�ies shou3d be %ept. Continuity af mana�ement requires a knowledge of past <br />management activities as well as future goals. <br />City of Roseville 25 <br />Parks Nattrral Resor�rce Ma�2agenaelit <br />