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Progress Toward Compatibility Among Regions

Progress Toward Compatibility Among Regions. 2011 FIA National Users’ Group Meeting Sacramento. CA. The Effect of 1998 Farm Bill . Farm Bill declared annual survey design….no more periodic

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Progress Toward Compatibility Among Regions

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  1. Progress Toward Compatibility Among Regions 2011 FIA National Users’ Group Meeting Sacramento. CA

  2. The Effect of 1998 Farm Bill • Farm Bill declared annual survey design….no more periodic • Plot intensity & measurement refresh related to information needs and costs……National understanding on East/West trade-offs • Five Year Reporting cycle • Field first place to standardize • Data processing lagged in full integration of NIMS….for good reasons • Eastern Stations ramped the fastest due to strong partnerships • Final States in West started in FY2010 • Interior Alaska yet to start • Some years away from full re-measurement of annual panels

  3. Where We’re There • Progression on national field manuals (5.0). 6.0 is coming • National Data Recorder System (MIDAS 5.0) 6.0 is coming • National Information Management System • National Estimation Model • Implemented in all 50 states • A distributed data collection model…..NIMAC and similar efforts in support of NFS and States • Data is on time • On-line and in FIADB • More Tools every year

  4. FIA Program Highlights For FY 2010 • Active for the first time in all 50 States • Only missing Interior Alaska • Nearly achieved goal of 1998 Farm Bill • Online data less than 2 years old for 44 States plus coastal Alaska • 3-5 years old in FL, NC, and NV • More than 5 years old in WY, NM, LA, interior Alaska, west TX • Started double-intensity inventories on National Forests in the South, through Region 8 contributions • 2-3X in Region 9 through R-9 and state contributions • Data collection productivity and quality remains high • 19,272 P2 plots visited by field crews; 1,204 included enhanced forest health data • 9% of P2 plots revisited by QA/QC crews

  5. More FY 2010 FIA Program Highlights • Federal-State partnership is productive and highly efficient • 392 federal employees • 205 State employees & contractors • 203 publications; 74 in peer-reviewed journals • 10 user group meetings • 423 spatial data requests • 991 expert consultations (260 weeks of assistance) • 104,676 on-line FIA database downloads • State reports are reasonably current • 18 of 24 NRS States less than 5 years old • 10 of 13 SRS States less than 5 years old • 3 of 5 PNW States less than 5 years old • 3 of 8 RMRS States less than 5 years old

  6. Our Commitment to Standards • Core …..Core optional……..Regional optional • P2 Core • P2 plot/subplot/tree attributes • P2 Core Optional & Regional Optional • Recall from your field trip on Tuesday • QA/QC is a big part of program delivery • FIADB updated with fresh data each year • We Working on Doing the Same For: • NWOS • TPO

  7. Tough Times Provide Opportunities • Re-evaluate of phase 3 measurements in terms of aligning with FIA/FS/partners mission areas and products or outputs provided. • Re-evaluate the intensity plots of phase 3 measurements with collected – move phase 3 indicators to phase 2 versions. National field guide 6.0 includes “lite” versions of DWM and understory vegetation. “More plots/less measurements” • Move all/some of phase 3 measurements to core optional from core. • Some combination of all of the above.

  8. Policy Standards • Data on-line and on time • Continue commitment to transparency • Five year reports • Buy Down/Cost Share Policy • Data Release and Plot Confidentiality • Continue commitment to Safety • Don’t Change the Design

  9. The National Commitment • Know our Mission • To improve the understanding and management of our Nation’s forests by maintaining a comprehensive inventory of the status and trends………..forest, area, trees, wood volume, biomass, carbon, bio-enegry, change is all. • How can we span the final increments of standards and compatibility during these time of opportunity? • Mission (Yes, We have the FIA Train) • Prioritize mission (Define the measurement, analysis and reporting cars being pulled by the FIA Train) • P3 items like DWM, Veg, Soils could move to P2 lite. Less measurements but on more plots. • Some P3 items may need “soft dollar” to be maintained.

  10. Thank You! Questions?? greams@fs.fed.us www.fia.fs.fed.us

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