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F I A
New Orleans, Louisiana 2013
The Nation’sForest Census A Vision for FIA Over the
Next Five Years
Greg ReamsFIA Program LeaderUSDA Forest Service
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New Orleans, Louisiana 2013
The Nation’sForest Census
LAST 20 YEARS
1992 Blue Ribbon Panel 1 1996 Le Pavillon FIA Annual Survey 1997 Blue Ribbon Panel 2
No progress, U.S. forests are important Annual system begins Buy-in for national program Progress begins in earnest with 1998 Farm
Bill
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WHAT DID WE SAY WE’D DO?
Work with partners in defining direction and implementation (States, NFS, Tribes, NGOs, NOAA/NASA/USGS…….)
Be national, all states, all ownerships Inclusive of FHM & Forest Health Issues Support Sustainability Criteria & Indicators Develop a national core of attributes & reports
With regional flexibility Support user needs including spatial products
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we canvass all primary wood-using mills, Source: Smith et al. 2008.
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and provide the official forest carbon estimates to the IPCC.
Source: 2010 Sustainability Report
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Spatially monitoring invasive plants is critical to forest health mitigation strategies
Sampling of selected high-priority invasive species to meet local management and information needs.
Scotch broom
cheat grass
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FIA and Forest Management
Conserve Forest legacy, EQIP, Private Forest
Lands Research, Wildlife Hab. Incentives, etc…
Protect Forest health protection, fire, forest
restoration, etc…. Enhance
CRP, Biomass crop assist, biofuels,etc…
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Testimonies on FIA Impacts to Management
Science-based foundation for better management of land (Texas FS)
Used to create fire prevention and protection strategies (CA)
Impacts of mountain pine beetle (CO) Critical to monitoring carbon content and
future carbon management strategies (WI)
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WHAT WE NEED TO DO...You Said
Complete the Base Don’t Lose the Base Maintain Flexibility & Core Variable Ramp up small area estimation and spatial
products including mapping Find new money to implement urban work Annualize TPO and make available like FIADB Dr. CLUTTER ………….Don’t change the design!!!!
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Yes, And Some Additional Possibilities
We have completed the base with exception of Interior Alaska
We are working with partners on URBAN through the Vibrant Cities initiative (Read New Money… Not FIA’s!!!)
Enhance Social & Economics Integration Landowner, Product Markets, Ecosystem Service Markets
Invasive Species….ties directly to urban work Weather and Climate Impacts Efficiencies FS wide on Inventory, Monitoring and
Assessment
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ENHANCE PARTNER OUTREACH
Maintain and enhance current partnerships States and NFS as key partners
Continue to build partnerships Tribes Vibrant Cities Water Districts Agencies and entities with similar missions
Federal, States, Muni and International contributions to forest I&M
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Next Big Things
Making Spatial Products and Tools more dynamic, and useful by hosting outside FS firewall
Land Management Information needs in dynamic environment
Shifts in land cover and use classes Attributing by probable influences
Weather and climate, population growth, ag markets, fire/weather interactions, etc…