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<eml:eml xmlns:eml="eml://ecoinformatics.org/eml-2.1.1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" system="vmc" xsi:schemaLocation="eml://ecoinformatics.org/eml-2.1.1 eml.xsd" packageId="vmc.17.415.1"><eml:dataset><eml:publisher><eml:metadataProvider><eml:organizationName>Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative</eml:organizationName><eml:phone>(802) 656-0683</eml:phone><eml:electronicMailAddress>femc@uvm.edu</eml:electronicMailAddress><eml:onlineUrl>www.uvm.edu/femc</eml:onlineUrl><eml:address><eml:deliveryPoint>705 Spear Street</eml:deliveryPoint><eml:city>South Burlington</eml:city><eml:administrativeArea>Vermont</eml:administrativeArea><eml:postalCode>05403</eml:postalCode><eml:country>United States of America</eml:country></eml:address></eml:metadataProvider></eml:publisher><eml:associatedParty><eml:organizationName>Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC) </eml:organizationName><eml:role>lead</eml:role></eml:associatedParty><eml:associatedParty><eml:organizationName>Vermont Forest Parks and Recreation </eml:organizationName><eml:role>partner</eml:role></eml:associatedParty><eml:project><eml:title>Vermont Forest Health Monitoring</eml:title><eml:abstract><eml:para>The Forest Health Monitoring Program was established in 1991 as a joint effort between the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation (FPR) and the Vermont Monitoring Cooperative (VMC) (as of March 2017 renamed to Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC)) to monitor the condition of a range of tree species in Vermont. 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Wilmot. 2017. Plot Condition Class. FEMC. 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