Forest Inventory and Analysis National Program

FIA Library

Business and Organizational Documents
 

• Annual Business Reports for the Forest Inventory and Analysis Program

These Annual Business Reports are modeled on a corporate annual business report and are another step in our efforts to make ourselves more accountable to our partners and customers.  Each Annual Business Report contains basic business information about the FIA program including current fiscal year accomplishments, performance measures, plans for the next fiscal year, and basic financial and staffing data.  These reports are prepared by the National Office staff of the FIA Program, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington, DC.

2007 Annual Business Report 2006 Annual Business Report 2005 Annual Business Report 2004 Annual Business Report 2003 Annual Business Report 2002 Annual Business Report 2001 Annual Business Report 2000 Annual Business Report

• Strategic Plan for Forest Inventory and Monitoring.   U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington, DC. 1998.

The Strategic Plan for Forest Inventory and Monitoring. was written in response to The Agriculture Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998, which directed the Forest Service to make a number of major program changes including.  The Plan describes the funding, staffing, and programmatic changes needed to achieve the level of service described by the Act.

• Reports of the Blue Ribbon Panels on Forest Inventory and Analysis

The Blue Ribbon Panels on Forest Inventory and Analysis are groups of high-level leaders from the full forestry community - federal and state agencies, industry, academia, environmental organizations, and other user groups - who provide periodic overviews of the FIA program.  The Panels have met several times since 1992, and are one mechanism used to guide the direction of FIA program evolution.   Below are the major findings from past Blue Ribbon Panels, listed from most recent to oldest:

• Update to the Second Report of the Blue Ribbon Panel on Forest Inventory and Analysis (2001).  American Forest and Paper Association, 1111 19th Street, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC  20036. 2001. 
   
• Second Report of the Blue Ribbon Panel on Forest Inventory and Analysis (1998). American Forest and Paper Association, 1111 19th Street, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC  20036.   1998. 
   
• First Report of the Blue Ribbon Panel on Forest Inventory and Analysis (1992). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Inventory, Economics, and Recreation Research, Washington, DC. 1992. 

• Memorandum of Understanding between the USDA Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters.

This agreement between Chief Mike Dombeck of the USDA Forest Service and President Stan Adams of the National Association of State Foresters identifies a commitment by both parties to collaborate in fully implementing a base annual FIA program by the year 2003.