fia vision: the next 5 years
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FIA Vision: The Next 5 Years. Greg Reams FIA National Program Leader USDA Forest Service [email protected] 703-605-4189. LAST YEAR--WHAT WE NEED TO DO...You Said. Complete the Base Don’t Lose the Base Maintain Flexibility & Core Variable - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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FIA Vision: The Next 5 Years
Greg ReamsFIA National Program Leader
USDA Forest [email protected]
703-605-4189
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LAST YEAR--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 Don’t change the design!!!!
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WHAT FARM BILL REQUESTED
In revising the strategic plan, the Secretary of Agriculture shall describe in detail the organization, procedures, and funding needed to
achieve each of the following:
(1) Complete the transition to a fully annualized forest inventory program and include inventory and analysis of interior Alaska. (2) Implement an annualized inventory of trees in urban settings, including the status and trends of trees and
forests, and assessments of their ecosystem services, values,
health, and risk to pests and diseases.
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FARM BILL CONTINUED
(3) Report information on renewable biomass supplies and carbon stocks at the local, State, regional, and national
level, including by ownership type.
(4) Engage State foresters and other users of information from the forest inventory and analysis in reevaluating the list of core data variables collected on forest inventory and analysis plots with an emphasis on demonstrated need.
(5) Improve the timeliness of the timber product output program and accessibility of the annualized information on that database.
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FARM BILL CONTINUED
(6) Foster greater cooperation among the forest inventory and analysis program, research station leaders, and State
foresters and other users of information from the forest inventory and analysis.
(7) Promote availability of and access to non-Federal resources to improve information analysis and information
management.
(8) Collaborate with the NRCS, NASA, NOAA, and USGS to integrate remote sensing, spatial analysis techniques,
and other new technologies in the forest inventory and analysis program.
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FARM BILL CONTINUED
(9) Understand and report on changes in land cover and use.
(10) Expand existing programs to promote sustainable forest
stewardship through increased understanding, in partnership with other Federal agencies, of the
over 10 million family forest owners, their demographics, and the barriers to forest stewardship.
(11) Implement procedures to improve the statistical precision of estimates at the sub-State level.
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ENHANCE PARTNER OUTREACH
Maintain and enhance current partnerships States, NFS, Universities 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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BIOMASS and CARBON are now A BIG DEAL!!!
As evidenced by the Farm Bill Improved individual tree biomass Improved carbon estimation Land use and land cover change
Urban sector specifically named
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Stocks and Flows of Biomass and Carbon Now A BIG DEAL
As evidenced by the Farm Bill Annual Forest GHG report
FIA for EPA and others Within forest changes including HWP Among land use sectors Attribution-code for disturbances
including natural & human caused…also LUC
Improvements in land use sector data and estimation key to delivering the above!!!
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Stocks and Flows Continued
How much forest stays in forest When land use changes do trees
remain? In urban…..often yes
Who in USG should do this work? EPA, USGS, maybe FIA and Dept. of Ag.
(NASS/NRI)? Perhaps tree biomass/carbon in other land
sectors helps maintain working forest?
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Some Interesting Results on Attribution
Numerous experts have suggested FIA falls short on attribution
AU CONTRAIRE MON …..!!!!!
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LAND COVER
Land cover classification system11
Vegetated
Tree
Deciduous Tree
12 Evergreen Tree
13 Uninterpretable Tree
20 Shrub
30 Herbaceous
40 Non-vascular Vegetation
50 Uninterpretable Vegetation
63
Barren
Soil/Sand
64 Rock
65 Paved Surface
66 Building Rooftop
65 Other barren land
71 Water
Water
72 Ice and Snow
99 Uninterpretable
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LAND USE
Land use classification system11
Natural/Semi-Natural
Forest12 Rangeland13 Wetland/Riparian14 River15 Lake16 Other Natural/Semi-natural21
Agricultural
Cropland or Pasture22
Orchards, Groves, Vineyards, and Nurseries
23 Confined Feeding Operations24 Other Agriculture31
Developed
Residential32 Recreational33 Commercial and Services34 Industrial35
Transportation, Communications, and Utilities
36 Strip Mines, Quarries, & Gravel Pits 37 Mixed Urban/Built-up land38 Canals or Reservoirs39 Other Developed99 Uninterpretable
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CHANGE AGENT
1) Reforestation/Afforestation 2) Partial Harvest 3) Clear Cut 4) Fire 5) Development 6) Expected Change 7) Other
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FOREST DYNAMICS
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LAND USE CHANGE STOCK FLOW
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FOREST DISTURBANCES
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LAND USE DEFINITIONS
Land Use DefinitionAgriculture and Rangeland Land managed for crops, pasture, or other agricultural
uses. Includes idle farmland, orchards, maintained wildlife openings.
Developed Land used primarily by humans for purposes other than forestry or agriculture. Includes elements such as urban and residential, improved road, power lines right of ways, parks, golf courses, and mines.
Forest Land that is at least 10 percent stocked by forest trees of any size, or temporarily non-stocked land formerly having such tree cover, and is not currently developed for a nonforest use.
Other Land that is not defined better by agriculture, developed, forest, or water, land uses. Includes elements such as marsh, wetland and beach.
Water Census water and non-census water
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Augment Delivery to Move Beyond Tables and Graphs……..Include More Story Maps
Here’s the issue Here’s one of the stories Here’s the ability to drive in
locationally Here’s the data Here’s what others have to contribute
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ADD SPATIAL PRODUCTS FOR THE WHERE and IMPACT
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QUESTIONS