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Inventory, Monitoring and Analysis Science
Mission: The Rocky Mountain Research Station Inventory, Monitoring,
and Analysis (IMA) Science Program provides the resource data, analysis,
and tools needed to effectively identify current status and trends, management
options and impacts, and threats and impacts of fire, insects,
disease, and other natural processes, enhancing use and value of our
Nation's forest, range and grassland natural resources.
Functions of the IMA Program include:
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Conducting Resource Inventory— Provide data, reports, maps, and
consultation services to forest managers, land owners, policy makers, researchers,
analysts, and other interest groups so they can use scientifically
sound information to conduct analyses in a timely manner. This
includes the Station's Interior West Forest Inventory and Analysis
Program.
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Conducting Periodic Resource Assessments— Provide resource
monitoring and assessment services to international, national, state, and
local policy makers, land managers, investors, and municipalities so they
can make informed decisions based on scientifically credible analyses.
This includes the Station's Resource Planning Act (RPA) efforts, either
within the Program or as part of a cross-Program integrated effort.
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Conducting Quantitative Analysis and Techniques— Provide
techniques, tools, and analyses services to public and private land management
organizations, consultants, industry, and interest groups so they
can make inventory and monitoring more effective and efficient and so
they can identify risks, trends, and emerging issues to make sound decisions
and land management plans. This includes both internal Program
inventory and monitoring analysis and techniques as well as strong
linkages to other Program quantitative analysis and techniques such as
wildlife habitat, fire conditions and risk, and climate change.
Vision: Resource data are complete across the landscape for crossboundary
assessments, of known quality for appropriate application,
scalable to the application of interest, and timely to current situations
and impacts. Appropriate tools are available and in use, improvement is
continuous, and resource data are updated annually.
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