Forest Inventory &
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FIA Library
Scientific Papers,
Meeting Presentations
Proceedings of the Annual FIA
Symposia.
Since 2000, the FIA program has each
year hosted a science symposium where
we showcase recent research
and development of methods related to the FIA program. Below
are links to the proceedings available online.
- Proceedings
of the First Annual Forest Inventory
and Analysis Symposium. McRoberts,
Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A;
Van Deusen, Paul C. 2000. 1999
November 2-3; San Antonio, TX. Gen.
Tech. Rep. NC-213. St.
Paul, MN: USDA Forest
Service, North Central Research
Station. 57 p. (7
MB PDF)
This is a collection of papers
documenting progress in developing
the techniques required for
full implementation of the national
Forest Inventory and Analysis
program's new annual forest
inventory system.
- 2002
National FIA Users Meeting.
Society of American Foresters, Washington,
DC. August 2002
This third annual national
meeting was held by the Society
of American Foresters to openly
discuss
the Forest Inventory and Analysis
(FIA) program. This year's meeting
focused on confidentiality issues
involving forestland ownership and
field plot coordinates. There
were also presentations on the use
of FIA data to address forest fire
issues.
- Remote
Sensing At the Dawn of a New Millennium: A
Washington, DC Perspective. Guldin,
Richard. 2000. Keynote
remarks presented at the Eighth
Biennial Remote Sensing Applications
Conference, April 10-14, 2000, Albuquerque,
New Mexico. (RTF 79KB)
Abstract. A July 1999
study by RAND Corporation reviewed
the types of forest monitoring conducted
by federal agencies. RAND recommended
a number of changes in federal policies
towards forest inventories and use
of remotely sensed imagery. The
Forest Service’s Forest Inventory
and Analysis (FIA) program was singled
out by RAND as “the nation's most
ambitious forest monitoring program.” The
FIA program has taken a number of
steps the past 18 months that are
consistent with the RAND study recommendations,
but more changes are needed to fully
implement the RAND recommendations. The
first decade of the 21st Century is
an era of unprecedented opportunity
to develop new uses of remotely sensed
digital data. Strong leadership,
innovative research, and aggressive
development activities are needed
to seize the opportunities.
- Forest
Inventory and Analysis, a special
issue of the Journal of Forestry (vol.
97, no. 12)
An entire issue of the
Journal of Forestry (Vol. 97,
Issue 12, December 1999) devoted
to the new annual forest inventory
approach adopted by FIA. Includes
several papers describing various
aspects of the proposed program
circa 1999. (847k PDF)
- Rationale
for a National Annual Forest Inventory
Program. Gillespie,
Andrew J. R. 1999. J.
For. 97(12) pp. 16-20. (1279
KB PDF)
Abstract.--The USDA Forest
Service Forest Inventory and Analysis
(FIA) program is changing to an
annual inventory system that
will operate simultaneously in all
states every
year. This system will provide
annual inventory updates in all
parts of the country every year,
and will
make it easier for partners (mainly
state forestry agencies) to collaborate
in program planning and implementation. The
change has significant implications
for traditional and new users of
the national inventory system.
Pros
and Cons of Continuous Forest Inventory: Customer
Perspectives. Gillespie,
Andrew J. R. 1998. Paper
presented at the "Integrated Tools
For Natural Resources Inventories
In The 21st Century" Conference,
August 16-19 1998, Boise, Idaho. (HTML)
Abstract.--The
USDA Forest Service has historically conducted forest
inventory on a state-by-state cycle, producing relatively
high precision snapshots of forest resources for
a given state at 7 to 15 year intervals. We
are now considering a change to a continuous inventory
system where we would operate at reduced intensity
simultaneously in all states every year. Advantages
for customers include the continuous availability
of data that is on average half a cycle old; access
to data of a uniform age across administrative boundaries;
increased opportunities for partnering with FIA,
including funding intensification or special studies;
a permanent role in an ongoing inventory program;
and increased program efficiency. Disadvantages
include the elimination of the periodic higher precision
inventory; a potential loss of credibility among
end users, the risk of poor program service for
states unable or unwilling to contribute to the
program; and the possibility that the continuous
approach will be more expensive than the periodic
in some parts of the country.
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