EXHIBIT D Landowner Contact Form.pdf

The document is a Landowner Contact Form dated January 2025, designed to track interactions with property owners during field research activities. The form provides comprehensive fields for documenting details of landowner communication, including crew names, plot location, contact information, interaction status, contact method, and type of interaction (such as speaking directly with the owner, a family member, or receiving no answer). The form allows researchers to check boxes indicating access granted/denied, contact methods used (phone, in-person visit, email), and provides a detailed section for recording additional contact information, next steps, and any access issues encountered during land access attempts.

This form appears specifically related to the Forest Service's Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS) FIA (Forest Inventory and Analysis) plot research project in New Mexico, which involves vegetation sampling across forested and non-forested areas. The form supports the project's field-based research requirements, enabling systematic documentation of landowner interactions and plot access negotiations, which are critical for conducting vegetation inventories that include locating, monumenting, photographing plots, and collecting data on trees, shrubs, and other vegetation characteristics.