FIA Library
FIA provides objective and scientifically
credible information on key forest ecosystem
processes: how much forest there is, what
it looks like, whether the forest area is
increasing or decreasing, whether we are gaining
or losing species, how quickly trees are growing,
dying, and being harvested, and how the forest
ecosystem is changing over time with respect
to the soil and other vegetative community
attributes. Such information has many important
uses including:
- Helping policy makers at the federal and
state level to formulate good forest policy,
and to assess the sustainability of current
and past policy
- Enabling land managers
to devise better management plans and
to assess the effects
of current
and past management practices on
the land
- Serving as a starting point for scientific
investigations in a variety of areas
which involve changes in forest
ecosystems over
time
- Formulating business plans which will
be both economically and ecologically
sustainable
over time
- Keeping the public informed
about the health and sustainability
of the Nation's
forests
Additional information about FIA is available
in the FIA Online Library.
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