Due to the important ecological and habitat values of forests and woodlands and the ecosystem services they provide, a protocol has been developed by William A. McAvoy to aid in assessing forested tracts that have either low, medium, or high habitat values. Using this protocol will help to identify the highest quality forests, which supports conservation strategies to prioritize protection, improvement and maintenance of these forests and the wildlife they support.

The methods used for this project are exclusive to the state of Delaware and should be strictly followed to maintain consistency in data collection. If you wish to use or modify these methods for use outside of Delaware, then permission is required by the author, William A. McAvoy.

This project is to allow people trained to do Delaware Forest Habitat Assessments to collaborate and to aid each other in species identification within their forest samples. less ↑