FIA Program News
PNW-FIA Client Meeting
Olympia, WA
April 4, 2007
National FIA Program
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Budgets
Data Collection
Data Availability
Accomplishments
Expectations
National FIA Budget
National FIA Funding
80
Total Funding
(Millions)
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
95
96
97
98
99
00
01
02
Years
03
04
05
06
07
08
FIA implementation status, 2007.
Other Islands
(periodics)
Nevada pilot
Annualized FIA
Not annualized
American Samoa
Guam
Palau
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Commonwealth
of the Northern
Mariana Islands
Federated States
of Micronesia
Republic of the
Marshall Islands
Annualized Data in FIADB in FY 2006
Other islands
(periodics)
Am. Samoa
Guam
Palau
Puerto Rico
Virgin Is.
CNMI
FSM
RMI
FIADB
Periodic
National FIA Accomplishments
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FIA Strategic Plan 2007-2011 Published
5-Year State Reports (NC, IN)
Spatial Data Service Center
– 347 requests
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National FIA database
– 24,000 retrievals
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Consultations
– 1608 (2.5 FTE)
National FIA Accomplishments
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Scientists predict the effect of climate change on
wildfire severity and outcomes in California.
Historical forest disturbance of the Allegheny
National Forest mapped by FIA and NASA.
Rapid Assessment of Catastrophic Damage provides
critical information (Katrina & Rita)
Invasive plant taxa from forest surveys find
increased value through Web delivery tool.
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National and regional forest inventory map
products capitalize on new techniques
FY 2006 Expectations
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Annual inventory in existing states
Deliver data within 6 months
5-Year Reports for 14 more states
Improved Data Delivery System
Continue Analysis and Research on
topical issues
PNW FIA Program
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Budgets
Data Collection
Data Availability
Accomplishments
Expectations
Budgets
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FY 2005 = $13,673,000
FY 2006 = $13,464,000
FY 2007 = $13,464,000
FY 2008 = ??
• Not fully funded for Pacific Islands
• Not Fully funded for Interior Alaska
• No Cost of Living Adjustment for 5 years in
California, Oregon, Washington
Annual Inventory
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Alaska
• Coastal w/o Wilderness
• Year 4
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Washington – Year 6
Oregon – Year 7 ½
California – Year 7
Pacific Islands
• No work in 2007
Data Availability
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PNW DATA FOR ALL STATES IS
AVAILABLE ON THE NATIONAL FIA
WEBSITE
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www.fia.fs.fed.us
Accomplishments
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2000 – 2005 Annual Inventory data
delivered within 6 months – 2nd year in a
row.
2006 Data edited within 2 weeks of
receiving from the field
Research Delivery – lichens, understory
vegetation, fire/fuels, estimation
procedures, sudden oak death,
LIDAR/remote sensing, mapping/GNN
Expectations
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2000-2006 Data delivery within 6
months
Annual inventory in existing states,
including temporal intensification on
NFS lands in CA
Increased safety awareness
Delivery of 5-year reports for Oregon
and California.
Expectations
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Planning for HI/PI and Interior Alaska
Research Reports
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Insect & Disease information
Wildlife
Periodic to Annual Inventory Change
Fire/fuels
5-Year Reports
80
Forest Service
Bureau of Land Management
70
Other Federal
State and Local Government
Forest Industry
60
TIMBER!
50
Percent
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Nonindustrial Private
40
30
20
10
Other western hardwoods
165-225+ Cu. Ft./Ac./Yr.
0
5.0 - 8.9
85-164 Cu. Ft./Ac./Yr.
Tanoak / laurel
0-19 Cu. Ft./Ac./Yr.
Forest type group
Western oak
Hemlock / Sitka spruce
Alder / maple
Lodgepole pine
Other western softwoods
Fir / spruce / mountain
hemlock
Ponderosa pine
Douglas-fir
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
Thousand acres
4,000
5,000
21.0 - 32.9
Diameter class (inches)
20-84 Cu. Ft./Ac./Yr.
Nonstocked
9.0 - 20.9
6,000
> 33.0
5-Year Reports
Biomass
900+
200
Million bone-dry tons
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150
100
50
Hemlock / Sitka spruce
Douglas-fir
Other western softwoods
Tanoak / laurel
Alder / maple
Other hardwoods
Western oak
0
20
40
60
Tons per acre
80
100
+
21
0.
9
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8.
9
19
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6.
9
17
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4.
9
15
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2.
9
13
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06
5.
04
Diameter classes
Softwoods
Hardwoods
Lodgepole pine
Live trees >=1" d.b.h.
Snags >=5" d.b.h.
Down wood >=3" l.e.d.
11
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Ponderosa pine
3.
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02
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Forest type groups
Western larch
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Fir / spruce / mountain hemlock
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200+ years
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Older Forests
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Percent of the forest type in old forest
50
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M
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5-Year Reports
4.5
160+ years
200+ years
3.5
3.0
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
5-Year Reports
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Biodiversity
5-Year Reports
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Forest Health
7,000
6,000
Volume (million cubic feet)2
5,000
Acres (thousand acres)3
5,850
5,103
4,572
4,000
2,681
3,000
2,000
475
1,000
1,072
462
217
1,719
1,055
1,522
442 535
524
641
222
146 54
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Animals
Bark beetles
Cankers
Foliage
diseases
Insect
defoliators
Dw arf
mistletoe
Other
insects and
diseases1
Root
disease
Stem
decays
Damaging agent group
6,000
Volume (million cubic feet)1
5,000
5,005
Acres (thousand acres)2
4,291
4,000
3,341
2,959
2,903
3,000
2,672
2,000
1,783
1,688
1,467
1,058
1,000
1,245
1,220
959
792
582
513
268
96
0
Weather
damage
Logging
damage
Fire
damage
Other
physical
injury
Broken or
missing top
Dead top
Dam aging agent group
Fork or
crook
Bole check
or crack
Other
defect
5-Year Report
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Invasives
Willamette Valley
Western Cascades
Owyhee Uplands
Oregon and Washington
Coast Ranges
Northwestern Basin and
Range
Modoc Plateau
Klamath Mountains
Eastern Cascades
Blue Mountains
Blue Mountain Foothills
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
Percent of plots with at least one nonnative species
90.0
100.0
5-Year Report
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Fire Risk
100
Lodgepole pine
90
Ponderosa pine
Douglas-fir
80
Fir / spruce / mountain hemlock
Percent wihin group
70
600,000
Coast/West Cascades
60
50
40
30
Southern/Eastern Oregon Cascades
Eastern Oregon
500,000
20
Total
10
400,000
Acres
0
Surface fire
300,000
Conditional surface fire
Passive crown fire
Forest type group
200,000
100,000
0
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
Year
2001
2002
2003
2004
Active crown fire
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
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Timber harvest (million board feet, Scribner log rule)
5-Year Report
Forest Products
10,000
9,000
Other public
Nonindustrial private and tribal
Industry
State
Federal
8,000
7,000
6,000
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0
Year