FIA Program News
PNW-FIA Client Meeting
Anchorage, AK
April 29, 2008
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
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95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
Years
FIA implementation status, 2008.
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 2007
Other islands
(periodics)
Am. Samoa
Guam
Palau
Puerto Rico
Virgin Is.
CNMI
FSM
RMI
FIADB
Periodic
National FIA Accomplishments
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Completed closeout inventory in MS (post
Hurricane Katrina)
5-Year State Reports (IA, IN, MN, MO, PA,
VA, VI)
Spatial Data Service Center
– 492 requests (94% complete)
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Consultations
– 1571 (3.25 FTE)
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Plots sampled
– 50,000+ (+7% QA plots)
National FIA Accomplishments
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Report on the status and conditions of 33 million acres of BLM
land (outside of AK).
Forest Biomass Map -- spatially explicit dataset of aboveground
live forest biomass for the conterminous U.S., Alaska and Puerto
Rico.
Analysis of impacts of timber harvesting on tree species
composition, succession, and importance in north Mississippi over
a 27 year period.
Tracking the distribution and abundance of 44 non-native
invasive plants on 20 percent of the forested plots in the
northern states.
Status and trends in forest vegetation to help plan sustainable
supplies of wood, control invasive species, control erosion,
detect and plan for land use change, and manage disturbances
such as fire and animal damage in Palau.
FY 2008 Expectations
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Annual inventory in existing states
Deliver data within 6 months
5-Year Reports for 10 more states
(including Oregon & California)
Improved Data Delivery System (FIDO)
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 = $13,560,000
FY 2007 = $13,479,000
FY 2008 = $13,540,000
FY 2009 = ???
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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 5
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Washington – Year 7
Oregon – Year 8
California – Year 8
Pacific Islands
• Hawaii?
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 – 2006 Annual Inventory data
delivered within 6 months – 3rd year in
a row.
2007 Data edited on laptops within a
day
Research Delivery – lichens, understory
vegetation, carbon, sudden oak death,
LIDAR/remote sensing, mapping/GNN
Expectations
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2000-2007 Data delivery within 6
months
Annual inventory in existing states
Increased safety awareness
Delivery of 5-year reports for Oregon
and California. Draft for Washington
Expectations
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Complete inventory of Marshall Islands
Research Reports
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Insect & Disease information
Carbon Estimation for CA
Periodic to Annual Inventory Change
Lichens
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.
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5.0 - 8.9
85-164 Cu. Ft./Ac./Yr.
Tanoak / laurel
20-84 Cu. Ft./Ac./Yr.
Fores t ty pe 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)
0-19 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
Diameter classes
Softwoods
Hardwoods
Lodgepole pine
Other western softwoods
Tanoak / laurel
Alder / maple
Other hardwoods
Western oak
Live trees >=1" d.b.h.
Snags >=5" d.b.h.
Down wood >=3" l.e.d.
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Tons per acre
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Ponderosa pine
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Western larch
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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
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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
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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
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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
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10.0
20.0
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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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Tim ber harvest (m illion 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