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NRSFIA RMT

NRSFIA RMT. FIA Budget Situation. Lot’s of scenarios for final FY14 – better, better, best, okay, worse, bad Funding targets under new Strategic Plan--$80+ base; $90+ Farm Bill pushes. FIA Strategic Plan. Initial thoughts--focus on 11 FIA Farm Bill points: Fully Annual (AK) Urban

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NRSFIA RMT

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  1. NRSFIA RMT

  2. FIA Budget Situation Lot’s of scenarios for final FY14 – better, better, best, okay, worse, bad Funding targets under new Strategic Plan--$80+ base; $90+ Farm Bill pushes

  3. FIA Strategic Plan Initial thoughts--focus on 11 FIA Farm Bill points: • Fully Annual (AK) • Urban • Carbon/Biomass • Reevaluate the Core • TPO • Cooperation/Support • Partnering (analysis and IM) • Remote Sensing • Land-use Change • NWOS • Better estimates for smaller areas But the Farm Bill hasn’t passed, so….

  4. FIA Strategic Plan • 4 Main Themes • Solidify the Base Program • Enhance Delivery of the Base Program • Expand the Program • Flexibility

  5. Solidify the Base Program • Inventory Interior Alaska • The final frontier where no annual FIA crew has gone before • Fully Develop the Non-Plot Mission Areas of FIA • Timber Product Output (TPO) • Nationalize and create center of excellence thru a university partner • National Woodland Owners Survey (NWOS) • Bolster Family Forest Research Center at U of MA • Forest Carbon Accounting • Institutionalize within FIA (Carbon is Us) • Continually improve National Greenhouse Gas Inventory

  6. Enhance Delivery of the Base Program • Partnerships • Got us here; critical to getting us there • New Technology • Gizmos, Gadgets, and Glitz • More Techniques Research • Faster, Better, Cheaper • Increased Analytical Capability • Making Hay. • Education • Training, Tools, and Touting

  7. Expand the Program • The FIA Grid—A Marginal Cost Opportunity • Treed Land Inventory • Urban forests • Riparian forests • Working trees in agricultural landscapes • Windrows • Shelterbelts • Etc. • Vegetative Inventory • Rangelands • Etc. • Extend the FIA Grid across all land uses and covers

  8. Expand the Program • Focus on Urban First • Urban first • The forests amongst which most of our populace live (and vote) • The only forests that many of our populace ever know • The forests often first impacted by invasive species • The forests on the frontline of service to people and communities • The forests not yet covered by a continuous monitoring system • Fill the information gap • Foster urban forest stewardship • Provide an urban to rural gradient • Cover the wildland-urban interface • Support “vibrant city” initiatives • Feed the link to human health and safety, and community stability • Care for the land and serve the people where they live

  9. Flexibility FIA budgets are trending downPast protocols and procedures too rigid Bumping up against budgetary realities Reaching logistical limits No desire to return a timber inventoryNeed sampling and protocol flexibilities Provide a robust inventory of forest ecosystems Accommodate regional needs and diversity Remain nationally consistent Balance delivery with resources

  10. Flexibilities • Sub-paneling for optimal cycle lengths • Sub-sampling plots in a sub-panel • Summer-window or other optimal sub-sample • Sub-sampling sub/micro/macro-plots on plots • Better logistical balance • Accommodating levels of indicator attribution • “Lite” to “Heavy” • Better balance info needs with workload constraints • Temporal flexibility in re-measurement cycles • If it doesn’t change often then measure it less frequently

  11. Unit A Unit B Sliding Scale Conceptual Model Sliding Elements Sliding Range Minimums ensure viable national effort Survey Design Component Min……………………………………..Max Subpopulations Timberland Spatial Sample Intensity (ac/plt) 96000…..……………………...................…6000 Maximums set the limit of federal investment; any more needs cash infusion Temporal Cycle Length (yrs) 5……………………7…………………………….10 All efforts within min/max bounds nationally consistent Level Attribute Detail Light………………………………………..Normal NA Subpopulations Reserved Spatial Sample Intensity (ac/plt) 96000…..……………………...................…6000 No state, forestland, ownership, core variable left behind Temporal Cycle Length (yrs) 5……………………7…………………………….10 Needs a very robust IT system, currently underdevelopment Level Attribute Detail Light………………………………………..Normal NA Grid Subsample Veg Spatial Sample Intensity (ac/plt) 96000…..……………………...................…6000 Each region needs similar proportion of full funding Temporal Cycle Length (yrs) 5……………………7…………………………….10 Level Attribute Detail Lite………………………………………..Heavy Nationalize and regionally optimize Plot Subsample Height Spatial Sample Intensity (ac/plt) 96000…..……………………...................…6000 Regionally robust within national confines Temporal Cycle Length (yrs) 5……………………7…………………………….10 Level Attribute Detail Light………………………………………..Normal

  12. FIA Strategic Plan Finalize as soon as we know the outcome of the Farm Bill debate

  13. Future Reporting Publications -- < $$$ • National templates • < layout $$$ • Printing costs • Page limits • Copy limits • Fewer Pubs • Sub-regional reports • Push to Digital

  14. Future Reporting Less paper; More technology • http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/futures/dashboard/?state=MI&var=NO_TREES • http://www.texasforestinfo.com/ • http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20101208/PAGES/312089998 • http://www.asla.org/sustainablelandscapes/Vid_UrbanForests.html • Smart websites/tools/apps Interpretive Interactive Topical Spatial Visual Graphical Contextual Temporal Dynamic

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