Patrick D. Miles
Title: Research Forester
Unit: Forest Inventory & Analysis
Previous Unit: Forest Inventory & Analysis
Address: Northern Research Station
1992 Folwell Ave
St. Paul, MN 55108
Phone: 651-649-5146
E-mail: Contact Patrick D. Miles
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Education
- University of Minnesota, M.S. Forestry, 1984
- University of Minnesota, B.S. Forestry, 1981
Civic & Professional Affiliations
Society of American Foresters
Current Research
I am the RPA National Database Manager and am currently compiling statistics for the 2007 report on the Forest Resources of the United States. I also maintain the national Forest Inventory and Analysis database. I provide technical support and access to these databases through publicly available web applications and download files.
I am analyzing and reporting on the current forest inventory of Minnesota.
Why is This Important
FIA has traditionally been used at the strategic level. I am working on two projects that are national in scope:
- Using the FIA database to identify areas of high fire hazard and calculates the cost and benefits of mitigation, and
- using the FIA database to identify potential biomass energy feedstocks to help meet the Dept. of Energy’s goal of meeting 30 percent of the nation’s liquid fuel needs by the year 2030.
I am also working to make FIA data more useful to forest planners and land managers. I have developed routines for generating FIA data in a format suitable for use with the Forest Vegetation Simulator for planning purposes. I am working on a Web application that will allow land managers to use FIA data for land management purposes by more fully using remote sensing data.
Future Research
- Work with other scientists to extend the utility of Forest Inventory data.
- Incorporate Forest Health Monitoring data into current Web applications where appropriate.
- Develop additional tools and datasets for GIS users with expanded capabilities for generating user-defined columns.
- Incorporate social and economic data into current/future tools.
Featured Publications
- Miles, Patrick D. 2008. A simplified Forest Inventory and Analysis database: FIADB-Lite
- Miles, P.D.; Heinzen, D. 2008. Minnesota's Forest Resources, 2007
- Woodall, C.W.; Miles, P.D. 2008. Reaching a forest land per capita milestone in the United States
- Miles, Patrick D.; Brand, Gary J. 2007. Minnesota's forest resources in 2005
- Miles, P.D.; Heinzen, D. 2007. Minnesota's forest resources, 2006
Additional
Online Publications
- Miles, Patrick D.; Jacobson, Keith; Brand , Gary J.; Jepsen, Ed; Meneguzzo, Dacia; Mielke, Manfred E.; Olson, Cassandra; Perry, Charles H. (Hobie); Piva, Ronald J.; Wilson, Barry Tyler; Woodall, Christopher. 2007. Minnesota's forests 1999-2003 (Part A)
- Miles, Patrick D.; Skog, Kenneth E.; Shepperd, Wayne D.; Reinhardt, Elizabeth D.; Fight, Roger D. 2006. Broad-Scale Assessment of Fuel Treatment Opportunities
- Miles, Patrick D.; Brand, Gary J.; Mielke, Manfred E. 2006. Minnesota's forest resources in 2004
- Woodall, Christopher W.; Miles, Patrick D. 2006. New Method for Determining the Relative Stand Density of Forest Inventory Plots
- Woodall, Christopher W.; Perry, Charles H.; Miles, Patrick D. 2006. The relative density of forests in the United States
- Woodall, Chris W.; Miles, Patrick D.; Vissage, John S. 2005. Determining maximum stand density index in mixed species stands for strategic-scale stocking assessments
- Miles, Patrick D.; Brand, Gary J.; Mielke, Manfred E. 2005. Minnesota's forest resources in 2003
- Smith, W. Brad; Miles, Patrick D.; Vissage, John S.; Pugh, Scott A. 2004. Forest Resources of the United States, 2002
- Miles, Patrick D.; Vissage, John S.; Smith, W. Brad. 2004. The 2002 RPA Plot Summary database users manual
- Vissage, John S.; Miles, Patrick D. 2003. Fuel reduction treatment: A west-wide assessment of opportunities.
- Miles, Patrick D.; Mielke, Manfred E.; Brand, Gary J. 2003. Minnesota's forest resources in 2001
- Miles, Patrick D.; Brand, Gary J.; Mielke, Manfred E. 2003. Minnesota's forest resources in 2002
- Pugh, Scott A.; Reed, David D.; Pregitzer, Kurt S.; Miles, Patrick D. 2002. FIAMODEL: Users Guide Version 3.0.
- Reed, David; Pregitzer, Kurt; Pugh, Scott A.; Miles, Patrick D. 2001. A new Link for Geographic analyses of Inventory Data
- Reed, David; Pregitzer, Kurt; Pugh, Scott A.; Miles, Patrick. 2001. FIAMODEL : a new link for geographic analyses of inventory data
- Miles, Patrick D. 2001. Forest Inventory Mapmaker Users Guide
- Miles, Patrick D. 2001. Indiana's Forest Resource in 1999
- Miles, Patrick D.; Brand, Gary J.; Alerich, Carol L.; Bednar, Larry F.; Woudenberg, Sharon W.; Glover, Joseph F.; Ezell, Edward N. 2001. The forest inventory and analysis database description and users manual version 1.0
- Wilson, Andrea M.; Miles, Patrick D. 2000. Forest resources of the Kootenai National Forest
- Miles, Patrick D.; Chen, Chung M.; Leatherberry, Earl C. 1995. Minnesota forest statistics, 1990, revised.
- Miles, Patrick D.; Chen, Chung M. 1992. Minnesota forest statistics, 1990.
- Miles, Patrick D. 1990. Timber resource of Missouri's Southwest Ozarks.
Last Modified:
11/19/2008