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Taos County Forest Monitors Survey
Taos Soil and Water Conservation District is partnering with land management agencies in Taos County to continue the student forest monitoring program started by the
Cerro Negro Forest Council
in 2018.
This survey was created to help identify any educational benefits that past forest monitors gained. Ideas for further knowledge or skill development are also welcomed as our programming evolves.
Thank you for taking the time today to reflect on your monitoring experience. Information that you share will help Taos SWCD and agency partners refine their programming to better provide relevant ecological field experience and valuable knowledge and job skills for future natural resource professionals.
Thank you!!!
David Gilroy
TSWCD Conservation Education Program
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What monitoring projects did you participate on?
Forest Mayordomo CFRP ("Cerro Negro Project"), 2018-2022
Rio Lucero Watershed Restoration Project ("El Salto Project"), 2020-21
Other:
How would you rate the EDUCATIONAL VALUE of of your monitoring experience?
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Did your monitoring experience influence your CAREER PATH in any way?
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Were you reasonably COMPENSATED (paid) for your monitoring work?
No, not at all
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When you were working as a forest monitor, what was your work or study status?
high school student
undergraduate college student (Bachelors degree)
graduate college student (Masters or PhD)
not an active student, but interested in natural resource work
already working in a natural resource or educational field
working an unrelated job
Other:
Currently, what is your work or study status?
high school student
undergraduate college student (Bachelors degree)
graduate college student (Masters or PhD)
working in a natural resource or educational field
working, but not in a field related to natural resources or education
Other:
If you wish, please share more details about what you are doing now? (e.g., program of study, employer, business, project or job details)
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What knowledge or skills DID YOU LEARN during your time working as a forest monitor?
local tree identification
identification of forbes, grasses, and shrubs
using a GPS to find a location
proficient use of a compass (including magnetic declination)
proficient use of standard forestry tools (DBH tape, clinometer, increment borer)
conducting a Common Stand Exam
conducting a surface fuels transect (Brown's method)
able to age a tree with dendrochronological analysis
scientific project design and planning
uploading and editing data in Excel (or similar spreadsheet program)
summarizing field data and writing technical reports
professional communication with public officials, private landowners, and resource users
navigating rough hiking terrain
conducting a workplace hazard analysis
working with a team in a wilderness situation
understanding Northern New Mexico's forest management history
understanding Northern New Mexico land use history
understanding the local impacts of climate change
Other:
What knowledge or skills WOULD YOU HAVE LIKED TO LEARN (but did not) during your forest monitoring experience?
local tree identification
identification of forbes, grasses, and shrubs
using a GPS to find a location
proficient use of a compass (including magnetic declination)
proficient use of standard forestry tools (DBH tape, clinometer, increment borer)
conducting a Common Stand Exam
conducting a surface fuels transect (Brown's method)
able to age a tree with dendrochronological analysis
scientific project design and planning
uploading and editing data in Excel (or similar spreadsheet program)
summarizing field data and writing technical reports
professional communication with public officials, private landowners, and resource users
navigating rough hiking terrain
conducting a workplace hazard analysis
working with a team in a wilderness situation
understanding Northern New Mexico's forest management history
understanding Northern New Mexico land use history
understanding the local impacts of climate change
Other:
Are there any other benefits from your monitoring experience that you would like to share?
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Are there any other comments or recommendations that you have for future Taos County student monitoring programs?
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(Optional) We would like to continue to check-in with former forest monitors every few years. If this is okay with you, please let us know the best way to contact you over time? (e.g., phone, email, postal mail, social media account) Thank you!
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