FIA Program News
PNW-FIA Client Meeting
Sacramento, CA
May 13, 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)
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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.
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
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
Land Use Change in Oregon
Emerging National Issues
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Urban Forestry & Monitoring
Range (“All Veg” monitoring)
Climate Change
• Carbon
• Fire
• Adaptation
• Mitigation