Groundwater dependent ecosystem inventory field guides levels 1 and 2: These inventory field guides describe a national protocol to supply data used in project identification and planning. Data collected through this field guide serve as the basis for the assessment of project and activity effects on, and the identification of project-level design and mitigation measures for groundwater-dependent ecosystem (GDE) types.
Direct access to the field guide level 1: https://www.fs.fed.us/geology/GDE_Level_I_FG_final_March2012_rev1_s.pdf
Direct access to the field guide level 2: https://www.fs.fed.us/geology/GDE_Level_II_FG_final_March2012_rev1_s.pdf