NRCS Pacific Islands Area Technical Resources

Field Office Technical Guide

Pacific Islands Area Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG)
Note: Data for all the Pacific Islands Area locations is available by clicking any of the islands.

(DOC; 52 KB)

Exhibit A – Conservation Plan Review Worksheet (DOC; 84 KB)

Exhibit B – Conservation Planner Certification Worksheet (DOC; 89 KB)

Exhibit C – Conservation Planner Recertification Worksheet (DOC; 41 KB)

Exhibit D – Nutrient Management/CNMP Certification Worksheet (DOCX; 16 KB)

Exhibit E – Specialists Recertification Worksheet (DOC; 50 KB)

Exhibit F – Integrated Pest Management Certification Worksheet (DOCX; 18 KB)

Exhibit G – Job Approval Authority (JAA) for Ecological Practices (XLSX; 37 KB))

Spot Checking Policy

Exhibit A – Ecological Practice Spot Check Report (DOC; 163 KB)

Exhibit B – Engineering Practice Spot Check Report (DOC; 173.5 KB)

Resource Concerns Information

Animals

Special Environmental Concerns

Conservation System Fact Sheets

Access Roads on Pacific Island Farms (PDF; 163 KB)

Alley Cropping on Pacific Island Farms (PDF; 170 KB)

Contour Farming for Cropland in the Pacific (PDF; 194 KB)

Contour Farming for Orchards in the Pacific (PDF; 297 KB)

Cover Crops and Conservation Covers for Better Harvests (PDF; 154 KB)

Fencing on Pacific Island Farms (PDF; 346 KB)

Grassed Waterways for Pacific Island Farms (PDF; 160 KB)

Heavy Use Area Protection (PDF; 184 KB)

Hillside Ditches for Steep Slopes (PDF; 592 KB)

Mulching for Moisture, Weed Control and Soil Protection (PDF; 174 KB)

Nutrient Management for Pacific Island Farms (PDF; 131 KB)

Prescribed Grazing for Pacific Island Farms (PDF; 160 KB)

Protecting Soil on Pacific Island Farms (PDF; 264 KB)

Residue Management: Using Plant Residues (Slash) for Moisture, Weed Control, and Soil Protection (PDF; 287 KB)

Roof Runoff Structures to Improve Farm Drainage (PDF; 184 KB)

Vegetative Barriers for Protecting Topsoil (PDF; 212 KB)

Cultural Resources

Hawaii State Level Agreement (SLA) – 2007 (PDF; 3.8 MB)

Hawaii State Level Agreement – Amendment 2009 (PDF; 156 KB)

SLA Appendix A – Conservation Practices Considered Undertakings (PDF; 19 KB)

SLA Appendix B – Conservation Practices Considered Undertakings Except When Non-Intrusive (PDF; 22 KB)

SLA Appendix C – Conservation Practices Except From Case-By-Case Review (PDF; 14 KB)

SLA Exhibit 1 – Cultural Resources Review Process (PDF; 59 KB)

SLA Exhibit 2 – No Undertakings – No Potential for Effect on Historic Properties (PDF; 29 KB | DOC; 44 KB)

SLA Exhibit 3 – Historic Properties Absent Within APE (PDF; 31 KB | DOC; 26 KB)

SLA Exhibit 4 – Cultural Resources Present – CRS Preliminary Assessment (PDF; 37 KB | DOC; 62 KB)

SLA Exhibit 5 – Cultural Resources Present – Avoidance (PDF; 38 KB | DOC; 67 KB)

SLA Exhibit 6 – Cultural Resources Present – Client to Finance Own Sation

Ecological Site Descriptions

Ecological Site Description Development Resources -- ARS

Society for Range Management, Rangelands December 2010 Issue

Special Issue Acknowledgements (PDF; 100 KB)

An Introduction to the Special Issue on Ecological Sites, Bestelmeyer, B. T. & Brown, J. R. (PDF; 60 KB)

Ecological Sites: Their History, Status, and Future, Brown, J. R. (PDF; 69 KB)

Soil Processes and Properties That Distinguish Ecological Sites and States, Duniway, M. C., Bestelmeyer, B. T., & Tugel, A. (PDF; 686 KB)

Ecological Site Development: A Gentle Introduction, Moseley, K., Shaver, P. L., Sanchez, H., & Bestelmeyer, B. T. (PDF; 451 KB)

Practical Guidance for Developing State-and-Transition Models, Bestelmeyer, B. T., Moseley, K., Shaver, P. L., Sanchez, H., Briske, D. D., & Fernandez-Gimenez, M. E. (PDF; 590 KB)

Role of Local Knowledge in State-and-Transition Model Development, Knapp, C. N., Fernandez-Gimenez, M. E., & Kachergis, E. (PDF; 255 KB)

Ecological Site Descriptions: Developmental Considerations for Woodlands and Forests, Townsend, L. (PDF; 395 KB)

Ecological Site Descriptions: Consideration for Riparian Systems, Stringham, T. K. & Repp, J. P. (PDF; 529 KB)

Integrating Multiple Ecosystem Services into Ecological Site Descriptions, Gilgert, W. & Zack, S. (PDF; 605 KB)

Information Technologies and Ecological Site Descriptions, Talbot, C. J., Campbell, S. B., Hansen, M., & Price, A. B. (PDF; 594 KB)

Monitoring and Assessment Based on Ecological Sites, Karl, J. W. & Herrick, J. E. (PDF; 488 KB)

Book Review: Conducting Rx Fires, Weir, J. R. (PDF; 83 KB)

Engineering

Engineering for Conservation Practices Handbook

Chapter 5 - Engineering Specifications (PDF; 540 KB)

Guide for the Use of Geotextiles (PDF; 573 KB)

Gutter and Downspout Capacity (XLSX; 25 KB)

Hamakua Ditch News by the National Watershed Coalition

Hawaii Stockwater Handbook (For USDA employees only)

PIA - Rapid Watershed Assessments

Inoculated Deep Litter System (Evaluation paper by R. David Fischer PE) (PDF; 560 KB)

Rainfall-Frequency and Design Rainfall Distribution for Selected Pacific Islands (Eng Tech Note #3) (PDF; 9 MB)

Standards and Specifications

Forestry/Agroforestry

Useful Links at the University of Hawaii, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources

Hawaii Forestry Extension
Interactive Map from Rainfall Atlas of Hawaii
Practitioner’s Guide for Effective Non-Restricted Herbicide Techniques to Control and Suppress Invasive Woody Species in Hawai‘i (PDF; 580 KB)
Selected weeds of Hawaii From Motooka et al., 2003, “Weeds of Hawaii’s Pastures and Natural Areas; An Identification and Management Guide,” College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Plant Information and Databases

Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Note: many of these species may be invasive or otherwise inappropriate for use in the Pacific Islands Area – this is merely a potential reference for some species that may be typical in the Pacific Islands Area.

Flora of the Hawaiian Islands

Hawaii Pacific Weed Risk Assessment (HPWRA)