Inventory and Monitoring
Issue Team
Action Plan
Ecosystem Sustainability Corporate Team
Inter-Regional Ecosystem Management Coordinating Group
May 16, 2000
Objectives
1. Brief History
2. Describe Changes to Action Plan
3. Help Needed From IREMCG/ESCT
4. Next Steps
Appendix
- IM Framework Overview
- Specific Comment Summary
History
IREMCG “Survey of Inventories” – 11/1999
Adopted IM Framework – 11/1999 Joint Mtg.
Draft IMIT Charter to ESCT – 2/2000
ESCT Charters IMIT – 3/2000
Draft IMIT Action Plan Circulated – 4/2000
IMIT Action Plan Decision – 5/2000
Quarterly Updates on IMIT Action Plan
I&M Framework
Builds on 1997 Information Management
Operating Framework
Builds on Core Data Concepts - e.g., Core
GIS, FIA, RPA, and FHM
Utilizes a Systems Approach
Establishes Clear Organizational Roles
Develop Plan for Action
Business Engineering Model
Industry Standard
Requirements Focus
Integrated Approach
Multiple Scales
Iterative Approach
Re-Engineering vs.
Automation
Action Plan-Task Groupings
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Business Requirements Analysis
Systems Approach - Standards/Classification
Collaboration Agreements/Systems
Communication Strategy
Data Exchange System
Accountability/Reporting
Organization Structure/Roles
Data Collection/Analysis Protocols
Priority Actions
Prepare for Hard Work Ahead (1st 6 Months)
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Integrate On-going Activities
Establish Organization Structure/Contacts
Planning for Business Requirements Analysis
Systems Approach/Classification Systems
Information Gathering
Business Requirements Analysis (FY2001)
General Reactions
Support National Leadership and Actions
Identified
Commend FS for Taking on…We Need to do
This in my Agency
Looking Forward to Results, On the Right
Track
Support Action Plan, but Concerned About 8
Specific Areas
Changes to Action Plan
Segue From Framework to Action Plan
– Stress Relationship to Framework
– Describe Business Engineering Model
– Discuss Expected Results of Implementation
• System-Based vs. Issue-Based Methods
• “Nested” Protocols at Various Scales
• Shift to Mid-Scale Inventories
Changes to Action Plan
Target Audience
– Will Keep Action Plan at ESCT/IREMCG Level
• Major Actions
• Outcome Focus
– Will Use Working Group “Assignments” to Capture
Operational Details and Relationships
Changes to Action Plan
Organization Structure
– Increased Priority on Organization Actions
• Build from Experience In FIA/FHM/NRIS
• Formalize Contact Network/Roles
• Ensure I&M Advice and Assistance is Available to Field
Units (R&D, IMI, Engineering Technical Centers)
Changes to Action Plan
Business Requirements and Protocol
Development
– Strengthen Field-level Input/Ownership
– Exploit Work from FIA/NRIS/FHM
– Drop National/Regional Phased Approach
Program/Budget Actions
– Clarify Program Management Actions
– Strengthen Links to Budget Allocation
Help Needed
Director/DRF Support and Commitment
– Cultural Change Demands Leadership Involvement
– Identify R/S/A Staff Director-Level Contact
Support IMIT Action Plan Funding Request
– Funds Requested For Contractor/Task Groups
– Spans FY2001-2003 @ $670,000/year
– NFIM, SPFH, FRRE Funding Mix
Help Needed
People for IMIT/Working Groups
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Must have Field Participation for Ownership
Using Ad hoc Process Like SDIT and Others
Next Option is to Establish Organization to do…
Secure Regulatory Agency Participation
Tie On-Going Actions to IM Framework
– Wilderness Business Requirements - Monitoring
– Cohesive Fire Strategy – Assessments
Next Steps
Affirm IMIT Charter for Implementation
– Continue Joint Leadership?
– Bolster Field Representation
June 6-8 IMIT Team Meeting
– Review Action Plan and Milestones
– Make Working Group “Assignments”
– Contingency Planning
Next Steps
Recruit and Secure Working Group
Members
– Need to Ensure Field Representation
– Engage Regulatory Agencies
Meetings and Conf. Call Circuit
– FIA Management and Executive Teams
– NRIS User Boards and Regional Coordinators
Operational Framework for Managing FS
Resource Information (1997)
Inventory and Monitoring
Protocols
Data Base
Application
Product
Tree, Douglas
Fir, 32.6” DBH,
180 ft. tall, etc.
Physical
feature
1
Definitions,
Protocols,
Methods,
codes
2
Data
collection
Information
storage
3
4
Information
Analysis,
Evaluation,
Summary
5
Reports,
Models.
Assessments,
Maps, etc.
6
The Core Data Concept
National
Eco-Region
Watershed
Site
National Core
Eco-region Core
Watershed Core
Site Core Variables
Integration of Protocols
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8
6
4
2
0
Traditional
Exams
Integrated
w/ FIA
Cost/Acre
R1/4 Integrated Approach
vs. Traditional Stand Exams
Essential for aggregation
and exchange of data
Not subject to changing
issues/demands
Provides “context” for
decision making at lower
scales
Leverages investments
made at higher scales
Changing Our I&M
Investment Pattern
National
Mid-scale
Site
$
National
Mid-scale
Site
$
Currently spending
money and addressing
most issues at the “site”
scale.
Shift funds to National
and Mid-scales to
address issues at more
appropriate scales.
Major Comments
…Focus and Scope of Proposed Actions
– National vs. Field-level Focus
– Relationship to Field-level Activities
…Organizational Structure
– Cultural Change Demands Leadership
– Needed to Provide Integrated Program Leadership
Major Comments
…Relationship to Budget Processes
– Address Funding Discrepancies
– Link to Budget Allocation Processes
– Develop Integrated Priority Setting Process
…Inter-Agency Collaboration
– National Agreements/Leadership Essential
– Resolve IT Barriers (e.g., Firewalls)
Major Comments
…Pace of Action Plan
– Impact/Effect on Field, Especially Cost
– Availability of People/Resources
– Too Slow
…Linkage to Proposed NFMA Rule
– To support broad-scale assessments
– To support increased monitoring emphasis
Major Comments
…Linkages to NRIS
– NRIS Viewed as Standardization Method
– Linkages Unclear
…Level of Detail
– Need More Detail to Better Understand
– Too Complex, Need Less Detail