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NRSFIA RMT

NRSFIA RMT. Base Program Expectations. Sample Intensity of 1 plot per ~6000 acres Partner paid intensifications an option Inventory cycle of 7 years in the East Currently partner in-kind contributions buy down to 5-year cycle Install national plot design on forested plots

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NRSFIA RMT

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  1. NRSFIA RMT

  2. BaseProgram Expectations • Sample Intensity of 1 plot per ~6000 acres • Partner paid intensifications an option • Inventory cycle of 7 years in the East • Currently partner in-kind contributions buy down to 5-year cycle • Install national plot design on forested plots • Collect nationally consistent core data on forested plots • Augmentation a possibility • Collect a more robust set of ecosystem indicators on “summer-window” plots • Minimum sub-sample is 1/16th • A QAQC program including cruiser certifications and 4-10% check plots • Complete an annual panel of plots in 1 year • Process annual data thru the National Information Management System (NIMS) • Post inventory statistics to FIADB/Web within 6 months of the last plot in the annual panel • Every 5 years publish a state report 18 months after the last panel posted to FIADB • At least every 5 years conduct a TPO study in each state • Every 5 years produce a NWOS report • Annual carbon accounting and national greenhouse gases reporting • Provide Spatial Data Services to maximize data use and ensure privacy compliance • Hold regional and national management team meetings • Special efforts

  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 didn’t pass and the Strategic Plan clock is ticking

  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-Then • 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. • Take over the world one plot at a time

  8. Expand the Program-Now • Take over the world one constituency at a time • 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 Public review initiated at the National FIA Users Meeting in the Spring

  13. FIA Budget Situation Lot’s of scenarios for final FY13 – President’s proposed $66.8 R&D; $0 S&PF ($16.2 R&D NRS) Current national funding target $75.7 Likely national funding target under new Strategic Plan--$78.5 base; $90.5+ Farm Bill pushes

  14. Future Reporting • Pressure to find cost-savings R&D wide • FIA big opportunity • Consolidation across FIA Units • Consistency and Collaboration • More Technology • Paper-less formats • PDF’s • E-books • Hardcopy pay to play • Pub-less formats • Smart websites/tools/apps Interpretive Topical Multi-media On the fly/user specified Trends/futures/change Visual/map/spatial • Partnering • Local leads for core • Fed leads special

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