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A Message from the Program Manager
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Employee Profiles ......................2
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Client Meetings..........................3
Recent PNW-FIA
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Publications.................................4
We begin our new fiscal year with many things still up in the air. Our budget
is still a continuing resolution from last year, our Quality Assurance process
continues for the data compilation of annual inventory, and we are still trying
to squeeze every last plot out of California—between floods, snowstorms, and
an occasional sunny day. We are looking forward this year to furthering our
working relations with our National Park Service counterparts and see lots
of possibilities for collaboration. We are also working to implement our new
change management process to ensure our regional changes are well thought
out and effective. We are still hoping to resolve our wilderness access issues in
Alaska—that project seems to be picking up momentum. Finally, on a national
level we are revisiting our strategic planning effort for Pacific Northwest Forest
Inventory and Analysis (PNW-FIA). We began that effort with our National
Users Group Meeting in early December, which will be followed by revising and
redrafting the plan.
For now we are concentrating on making the data available on the national
Web site, continuing our production of state summaries and research reports,
and collecting high-quality policy-relevant field data.
— Sue Willits, PNW-FIA Program Manager
PNW-FIA Data Requests and Users
Forest Inventory and Analysis
Pacific Northwest Research Station
P.O. Box 3890
Portland, OR 97208-3890
http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/fia
For the past 3 years, the PNW-FIA Program has tracked the requests it has
received from the users of FIA products in a localized database. This information
is used to determine what types of products are the most popular, what products
have the largest impact on our staff, and which teams in our program spend
the most time responding to client requests. It also provides accomplishment
information to include in the National FIA Business Report (http://fia.fs.fed.
us/library.htm). For fiscal year 2004, there were 248 recorded PNW-FIA client
requests requiring a total of 658 hours to fill. The requests were made by
telephone, our Web page, and e-mail messages. The types of products requested
by PNW-FIA clients included consultations, databases, data summaries or
analyses, geographic information system (GIS) products, and publications.
Consultations
During FY 2004, PNW-FIA spent about 79 hours consulting with clients. For
example, we provided consultation about FIA Phase-3 indictors and methods
used to collect them; discussed the methods and techniques used for the
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compilation of data on coarse woody debris; and helped develop volume equations
for several tree species for the Puerto Rico inventory.
Databases
During FY 2004, we devoted about 75 hours to mailing the various versions of
our Integrated Database (IDB) on CD. The IDB contains the most recent periodic
inventory data for Washington, Oregon, and California collected by PNWFIA, the National Forest System (NFS Regions 5 and 6), and the Bureau of Land
Management. Currently, the IDB is the primary database used for summary and
analysis of resource data in the PNW. An IDB CD can be requested on our Web site.
http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/fia/publications/data/data.shtml.
When the CD is ordered via our Web page, the requester’s name is added to the
IDB mailing list. When new versions and updates of the database become available,
the list is used to mail out the updated information. We also provide the annual
data collected by PNW-FIA on national forests to NFS Regions 5 (California) and
6 (Oregon and Washington) in a format that allows it to be integrated into the NFS
database for forest vegetation.
Data Analyses and Summaries
During FY 2004, we spent about 152 hours producing data summaries and analyses
for clients. For example, for one client we provided a database summarizing
down woody debris data with other relevant plot and tree data in several different
formats; for another client we provided estimates of forest land area that had shifted
from forest to urban land uses in Washington; and for a national forest we provided
data that would allow them to monitor vegetation, lichen, and soil changes where
they occur in mountain goat home ranges.
GIS Products
During FY 2004, we spent 190 hours conducting spatial analyses and producing
overlays and maps for clients. For example, plot data were provided to a number of
clients for specific geographic areas for specific projects and assessments; for those
clients with a memorandum of understanding with PNW-FIA, actual coordinates
linked to data were provided for their area of interest; and, in one case, we provided
an ArcView map and associated database with cover data for trees and understory
vegetation susceptible to an introduced pest so that risk from that pest could be
evaluated in a portion of one state.
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Administrative Employee Profiles
In each issue of our newsletter we profile
some of our employees and their roles and
responsibilities in the PNW-FIA program.
SUSAN WILLITS, Line Officer and Program
Manager, Portland Forestry Sciences Laboratory
(e-mail: swillits@fs.fed.us, phone: (503) 8082066)
Sue is the Line Officer for the Portland and
Anchorage Forestry Sciences Laboratories
and Manager for the PNW-FIA Program. Sue’s
line officer responsibilities include lab budget,
facilities, management systems, safety and
security, community relations, governance, and
communication. In addition, Sue is responsible
for emergency responses such as laboratory
closures. She also represents the Station at the
local level, serves on the Shared Services Board,
and is the decisionmaker for laboratory issues.
ANNA CLARK, program coordinator,
Portland Forestry Sciences Laboratory (e-mail:
amclark@fs.fed.us, phone: (503) 808-2068)
Anna is the personal assistant to the Program
Manager. Her primary responsibility is
overseeing and coordinating the operation of
the Program Manager’s office. She maintains
program continuity on a variety of issues and
performs special project assignments in support
of the program.
PAM CALEGARI, program support assistant,
Portland Forestry Sciences Laboratory (e-mail:
pcalegari@fs.fed.us, phone: (503) 808-3128)
Pam is the personal assistant to the Portland
FIA Data Collection Team Leader. She provides
specialized budget, word processing, database,
and general office support for data collection
activities in Washington, Oregon, California, and
the Pacific Islands.
HELEN (DEE) LITTLE, administrative officer,
Anchorage Forestry Sciences Laboratory (e-mail:
dlittle01@fs.fed.us, phone: (907) 743-9401)
Dee provides a wide variety of support
and management services. Her primary
responsibility is to organize support services for
the laboratory.
Number of Requests by Client Group and Request Type
Client Group
Request Type
Academic
Gov
Industry
Media
NGO
NIPF
Other
Total
Database (CD)
33
60
9
1
1
0
22
126
Data Analysis
1
15
2
4
0
0
3
25
GIS
5
12
0
0
0
0
1
18
Other
2
6
1
0
0
2
6
15
Publication
14
21
8
0
1
0
12
56
Consultation
2
5
0
0
0
0
1
8
Total
57
119
20
5
2
2
45
248
TAMMY S.VERHUNC, administrative officer,
Portland Forestry Sciences Laboratory (e-mail:
tverhunc@fs.fed.us, phone: (503) 808-2032)
Tammy provides a wide variety of support and
management services. Her primary responsibility
is organizing support services for the Portland
laboratory.
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The users of FIA products include clients in academia, government, industry,
nongovernmental organizations (NGO), and nonindustrial private forest (NIPF)
owners. The client group that made the most requests for PNW-FIA products
during FY 2004 was government employees, with 119 requests from 16 different
U.S. governmental agencies and 6 international governmental agencies.
— Otha Terry , PNW-FIA Technical Information Specialist
Requesters of PNW-FIA Products in FY 2004
Academic Clients
California Polytechnic State University
Cornell University
Humboldt State University
O Brilliant Stars Developmental School
OMSI Cascade Science School
Oregon State University
Pacific Lutheran University
Portland State University
Sonoma State University
Stanford University
University of Alaska, Anchorage
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
University of British Columbia
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Davis
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, San Diego
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of Georgia
University of Idaho
University of Kentucky
University of Massachusetts, Lowell
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of North Carolina
University of South Carolina
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin
Utah State University
Washington State University
Government Clients
California Department of Fish and Game
California Department of Forestry
California Park Service
Montana Department of Natural Resources
and Conservation
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
Oregon Department of Forestry
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
USDA Natural Resources Conservation
Service
USDA Forest Service
USDC National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
USDI Bureau of Indian Affairs
USDI Bureau of Land Management
USDI Fish and Wildlife Service
USDI National Park Service
USDI U.S. Geological Survey
Washington Department of Natural
Resources
International Government Clients
Agrarian Ministry of Public Works and the
Economy
CONAFOR Mexican National Forest
Inventory
Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture
Nova Scotia Environment and Labour
Nova Scotia Natural Resources Forestry
Division
The Italian National Research Council
Industry and Other Clients
Boise Cascade Corporation
Forest Informatics, Inc.
Forestry Info Resources and Services
FORSight Resources, LLC
InterForest, LLC
Mason Bruce and Girard, Inc.
Seneca Jones Timber Company
The Campbell Group
Washington Forest Protection Association
Washington Hardwoods Commission
Western Hardwood Association
Weyerhaeuser Company
White Oak Natural Resource Service
Wood Resources International
Zena Timber Company
Air Sciences, Inc.
Engineering and Fire Investigations, Inc.
Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation
Opulus Press of Sweden
Ruffed Grouse Society
The Nature Conservancy
The H. John Heinz Center for Science
Wesley Rickard, Inc.
Winrock International
Recent PNW-FIA Publications
Azuma, D.L.; Bednar, L.F.; Hiserote, B.A.;
Veneklase, C.F. 2004. Timber resource statistics
for western Oregon, 1997. Resour. Bull. PNWRB-237. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest
Research Station. 120 p.
Azuma, D.L.; Dunham, P.A.; Hiserote, B.A.;
Veneklase, C.F. 2004. Timber resource statistics
for eastern Oregon, 1999. Resour. Bull. PNWRB-238. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest
Research Station. 42 p.
Barrett, T.; Fried, J.S. 2004. Modeling. 2004. In:
Encyclopedia of forest science. Elsevier: USDA
Forest Service PNW Research Station, Forest
Inventory and Analysis, Portland, OR, USA 426433.
Campbell, S.; Dunham, P.; Azuma, D. 2004.Timber
resource statistics for Oregon. Resour. Bull.
PNW-RB-242. Portland, OR: U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest
Research Station. 67 p.
Campbell, S.; van Hees, W. W. S.; Mead, B. 2004.
Southeast Alaska forests: inventory highlights.
Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-609. Portland, OR:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,
Pacific Northwest Research Station. 20 p.
Corne, S.; Carver, S.; Kunin, W.; Lennon, J. van
Hees, W.W.S. 2004. Predicting forest attributes
in southeast Alaska using artificial neural
networks. Forest Science. 50(2): 259-276.
Donnegan, J.A.; Butler, S.L.; Grabowiecki, W.;
Hiserote, B.A.; Limtiaco, D. 2004. Guam’s forest
resources, 2002. Resour. Bull. PNW-RB-243.
Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research
Station. 32 p.
Donnegan, J.A.; Mann, S.S.; Butler, S.L.; Hiserote,
B.A. 2004. American Samoa’s forest resources,
2001. Resour. Bull. PNW-RB-244. Portland, OR:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,
Pacific Northwest Research Station. 32 p.
Dunham, P.; Weyermann, D.; Azuma, D.L. 2003.
A comparison of stratification effectiveness
between the national land cover data set and
photo interpretation in western Oregon. In:
McRoberts, R.E.; Reams, G.A.; Van Deusen, P.C.;
Moser, J.W. Proceedings of the third annual
forest inventory and analysis symposium. Gen.
Tech. Rep. NC-230. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central
Research Station. 208 p.
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Recent PNW-FIA Publications (continued)
Melson, S.; Azuma, D.L.; Fried, J.S. 2003. A
first look at measurement error on FIA plots
using blind plots in the Pacific Northwest. In:
McRoberts, R.E.; Reams, G.A.; Van Deusen, P.C.;
Moser, J.W. Proceedings of the third annual
forest inventory and analysis symposium. Gen.
Gatziolis, D.; Fried, J.S. 2004. Adding Gaussian Tech. Rep. NC-230. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department
noise to inaccurate digital elevation models of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central
improves spatial fidelity of derived drainage Research Station. 208 p.
networks. Water Resources Research. 40: 1-14.
Monleon,V.J. 2003.A hierarchical linear model for
Helm, D.; Mead, B. 2003. Reproducibility of tree height prediction. Proceedings of the 2003
vegetation cover estimates in south-central meeting of the American Statistical Association,
Alaska forests. Journal of Vegetation Science. 14: section on statistics and the environment.
Alexandria, VA. [Place of publication unknown]:
33-40.
2865-2869.
Kaartinen, A.; Fried, J.S.; Dunham, P. 2003. Morgan, T.A.; Keegan, C.E., III; Dillon, T.; Chase,
Efficiency and precision for estimating timber A.L.; Fried, J.S.; Weber, M.N. 2004. California’s
and non-timber attributes using LandSat-based forest products industry: a descriptive analysis.
stratification methods in two-phase sampling in Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-615. Portland, OR:
northwest California. In: McRoberts, R.E.; Reams, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,
G.A.; Van Deusen, P.C.; Moser, J.W. Proceedings Pacific Northwest Research Station. 55 p.
of the third annual forest inventory and analysis
symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-230. St. Paul, Ralston, R.; Buongiorno, J.; Fried, J. 2004. Potential
MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest yield, return, and tree diversity of managed,
Service, North Central Research Station. 208 p. uneven-aged Douglas-fir stands. Silva Fennica.
38(1): 55-70.
Fried, J.S.; Torn, M.; Mills, E. 2004. The impact of
climate change on wildfire severity: a regional
forecast for northern California. Climatic
Change. 64: 169-191.
Ralston, R.; Buongiorno, J.; Schulte, B.; Fried, J.S.
2003. Non-linear matrix modeling of forest
growth with permanent plot data: the case of
uneven-aged Douglas-fir stands. International
Transactions in Operational Research. 10: 461482.
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