---
chapters: []
contact_email: ~
contact_note: ~
contributors:
  - display_name: 'Author : U.S. Forest Service '
    href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/contributor/1615.yaml
    id: 1615
    organization:
      country_code: US
      display_name: U.S. Forest Service
      identifier: us-forest-service
      name: U.S. Forest Service
      organization_type_identifier: federal
      type: organization
      url: http://www.fs.fed.us/
    organization_uri: /organization/us-forest-service
    person: {}
    person_id: ~
    person_uri: ~
    role_type_identifier: author
    uri: /contributor/1615
display_name: The Terrestrial Condition Framework (TCF)
doi: ~
files:
  - display_name: TCF_briefingFY13_AWFA.pdf
    file: /biology/resources/pubs/soils/TCF_briefingFY13_AWFA.pdf
    href: http://www.fs.fed.us/biology/resources/pubs/soils/TCF_briefingFY13_AWFA.pdf
    identifier: 38db9867-6451-4514-83e6-f0657188e84f
    landing_page: ~
    location: http://www.fs.fed.us
    mime_type: application/pdf
    sha1: 88d3fa3f83dea33b248acc3bf64bf47f6ecafad7
    size: 176805
    thumbnail: 91/e0/017496524f6b6ec45e361ee3a532/.thumb-38db9867-6451-4514-83e6-f0657188e84f.png
    thumbnail_href: http://data.globalchange.gov/assets/91/e0/017496524f6b6ec45e361ee3a532/.thumb-38db9867-6451-4514-83e6-f0657188e84f.png
    type: file
    uri: /file/38db9867-6451-4514-83e6-f0657188e84f
    url: http://www.fs.fed.us/biology/resources/pubs/soils/TCF_briefingFY13_AWFA.pdf
href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/report/usfs-terrestrialconditionframework-fy2013.yaml
identifier: usfs-terrestrialconditionframework-fy2013
parents: []
publication_year: 2012
report_figures: []
report_findings: []
report_tables: []
report_type_identifier: report
summary: 'The Terrestrial Condition Framework (TCF) is being developed to assess terrestrial ecosystem conditions through a process that is objective and consistent for all National Forests. Ecosystem and watershed restoration are goals for National Forest lands. The Forest Service is using the Watershed Condition Framework (WCF) to assess conditions affecting water quality and quantity and aquatic life. The TCF is being developed as a parallel framework to assess terrestrial conditions, processes, and stressors. Factors that affect composition and structure of vegetation are of particular interest in the TCF. In the future, the TCF and WCF systems will be used together to help achieve cost efficiencies by integrating restoration activities in areas where both aquatic and terrestrial conditions are priorities.'
title: The Terrestrial Condition Framework (TCF)
uri: /report/usfs-terrestrialconditionframework-fy2013
url: http://www.fs.fed.us/biology/resources/pubs/soils/TCF_briefingFY13_AWFA.pdf