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FPRSC?

Does FIA need a

Forest Products and Services

Research Center?

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FIA TPO History

TPO was one of FIAs first national applications

Traditional mill study approach- not much has

changed

TPO was the first on-line DB – only updated every 5

years

Most productive pub effort in FIA – 5 to 10 per year

Utilization studies provide estimates of logging

residues

Loose linkage to FPL work

No import/export, nontimber or services

components

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New Vision

Traditional products (sawlogs, pulpwood, etc)

Continue logging utilization studies

Fuelwood/biofuels (DOE, FPL)

Import/export tracking (Journal of Commerce,

FPL)

Nontimber products tracking (NFS, BLM,

others)

Ecosystem Services tracking (work with USDA)

Others?

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Methods

Annualize national data collection

Use sampling approach to

streamline

Integrate data from non-FIA

sources

Build integrated DB with annual

update

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Staffing?

Senior Economist to lead Center and

research

FIA TPO Specialists

Nontimber products specialist(s)

FPL market specialists

(cooperative) Western Marketing Specialist (U of MT)

Eastern Marketing Specialist

Ecosystem Services Specialist