F I A New Orleans, Louisiana 2013 The Nation’s Forest Census A Vision for FIA Over the Next Five...

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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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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

In addition to field sampling, we survey private landowners, and…

Source: Nelson and Liknes 2007.

ownership,

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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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planted forests,

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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…

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THANK YOU

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