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FIA Progress in Making Full Use of Phase 3 Data

2011 National FIA User Group MeetingSacramento, CA

March 8-10, 2011

Bill BurkmanSouthern Research Station

FIA Program Manager

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Objectives of Presentation

• Brief introduction/overview to phase 3 measurements

• An update on phase 3 measurements• Possible Future Actions • Discussion and questions

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Introduction to Phase 3 Measurements

• Considered “forest health indicators”• One out of every 16 phase 2 plots is

also a phase 3 plot• Generally collected during the

months of June, July, and August• The number of

measurements/variables is greater than on phase 2 plots

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Phase 3 Indicators/Measurements• Soils• Down Woody Material• Ozone (separate

sampling grid)

• Crown Condition and Health

• Lichen Diversity• Understory Vegetation

Structure and Diversity

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Generalized Plot Layout

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An Update on Phase 3 Measurements• Each indicator group has a FS Gen. Tech. Rep. describing data

collection, estimation, processing, and output format in print

• Phase 3 data is available through FIA DataMarthttp://199.128.173.17/fiadb4-downloads/datamart.html

• Cannot use on-line query tools with phase 3 data• Phase 3 data has been utilized in various 5-year reports, other

FS documents, journal articles, etc.• Status report on phase indicators has been published

Woodall, C.W. and others. 2010. Status and future of the forest health indicators program of the USA. Environ. Mon. and Assess. Published on-line: http://www.springerlink.com/content/7167550w31230247/fulltext.pdf

Indicator Advisor(s) GTR no. Web link Crown condition KaDonna Randolph SRS 102 http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/27730 Ozone Gretchen Smith, John Coulston NRS 20 http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/13294 Down woody material Chris Woodall NRS 22 http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/13615 Vegetation diversity and structure Beth Schulz PNW 781 http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/32154 Soils Mike Amacher, Hobie Perry NC 258 http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/13513 Lichens Sarah Jovan, Suzy Will-Wolf PNW 818 http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/36598

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Phase 3 Reporting Task Team Status

• Objective: make P3 data and reports available through our online reporting tools.

• Began work in January 2011.• Initial discussions have focused on the level of reporting desired,

review of the P3 core tables, appropriate stratifications, needed evaluations and attributes, etc.

• Some work for DWM has been accomplished already. Intent is to start with DWM, work through the process, and then based on what we learn repeat the process with the remaining indicators.

• Some core P3 tables by state are posted as drafts to FIA DataMart (link below). Some tables lack some footnotes and measurement unit labels. http://199.128.173.17/fiadb4-downloads/P3_Reports/P3Drafts.html

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Phase 3 Possible Future Actions???

• Re-evaluate of phase 3 measurements in terms of aligning with FIA/FS/partners mission areas and products or outputs provided.

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Relationship Between Indicators/Measures and

Products/Outputs

Invasive Plants

Indicator or Measure Product or OutputTree Volume including change

Forest Area including change

Tree Mortality

Forest Industry Production

Forest Owner Information

Tree Crowns

Tree Damage

Ozone Bio-indicator Damage

Lichen Species Diversity

Soil Carbon Inventory

Soil pH, CEC, Exch. AlSoil Erosion Potential

Down-Woody Material

Understory Vegetation

Wood Supply

Forest Area Change

Bio-energy from Wood

Carbon Inventory

Forest Health

Air Quality

Bio-diversity

Wildlife Habitat

Forest Fuel Estimates

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Phase 3 Possible Future Actions???

• Re-evaluate of phase 3 measurements in terms of aligning with FIA/FS/partners mission areas and products or outputs provided.

• Move phase 3 indicators to phase 2 versions. National field guide 6.0 includes “lite” versions of DWM and understory vegetation.

The Three Phases of FIA

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Phase 1 Forest area estimates ~ based on remote imagery

Numbers of Plots Numbers of Variables

Phase 2Field data collection:

tree species, height, diameter, land use, etc

Phase 3Subset of P2, with additional

Variables: soil, ozone, etc

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Phase 3 Possible Future Actions???

• Re-evaluate of phase 3 measurements in terms of aligning with FIA/FS/partners mission areas and products or outputs provided.

• 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.

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Phase 3 Possible Future Actions???

• 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.

Discussion and Questions

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