Status of Changes Recommended in 2006 and 2007 by Clients

1. Status of Changes Recommended in 2006 and 2007 by Clients Sally Campbell (for Sue Willits) PNW FIA PNW Research Station Portland, OR

2. Quick review of: • National Strategic Plan base items (Jan 2007) Key concerns from: • Dec 2006 User’s meeting • Sept 2007 User’s Meeting FIA response to Plan items and key concerns

3. 2007 Strategic Plan Base Elements • 3-phase program (P1, P2, P3) • Work with principal partners • National Woodland Owner Survey • Primary forest products output (TPO) surveys • Core field measurements • Annual data collection (10% per yr in West; 15% per year in East) • Compile data annually; post online within 6 months of data collection • 5-year reports • Special surveys in interior AK, Caribbean and Pacific Islands

4. Areas of Client Concern • Implement the core program • All 50 states – get there! • Become more efficient • Need FIADB transparency and documentation • Keep or drop Phase 3 Indicators? • Consistency with expansion and estimation methods • Provide geospatial services • Include GRM in 5-yr reports • Expand RS applications

5. Implement Core Program Collect Core Data (P1, P2, P3) • Doing this Post Data Annually • Doing this Produce 5-year Reports • Doing this

6. All States Annual • 46 states fully annual (HI, WY, NV, and interior AK remaining) • Special considerations needed for Pacific and Caribbean Islands and interior AK • May implement HI and a portion of Interior Alaska if get stimulus $$ • May implement WY and NV if get stimulus $$

7. FIA implementation status, 2006. Other Islands (periodics) American Samoa Guam Palau Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Federated States of Micronesia Republic of the Marshall Islands Nevada pilot Not annualized Annualized FIA

8. FIA implementation status, 2007. Other Islands (periodics) American Samoa Guam Palau Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Federated States of Micronesia Republic of the Marshall Islands Annualized FIA Not annualized

9. FIA implementation status, 2008. Other Islands (periodics) American Samoa Guam Palau Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Federated States of Micronesia Republic of the Marshall Islands Annualized FIA Not annualized

10. FIA implementation status, 2009/2010 – THE GOAL Other Islands (periodics) American Samoa Guam Palau Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Federated States of Micronesia Republic of the Marshall Islands Annualized FIA Not annualized

11. 5-year State Reports • 13 completed 2005-2008 • 16 in progress for 2009 publishing • GRM reported where remeasurement data is available; GRM in NIMS 4.0 • Analysts using core data from FIADB; supplementing with regional add-on data and region-relevant tables

12. 5-Yr Reports • 2005: Maine & Indiana • 2006: Iowa • 2007: MN, MS, PN, MI, VA • 2008: WI, GA, TX (east) • 2009: OR, CA • 2009 Planned: 16 reports in progress • Recent reports for Puerto Rico, VI, Am Samoa, Guam, CNMI

13. Increase Program Efficiency • National consistency with field manual, data recorder (MIDAS), compilation system (NIMS), and database (FIADB) • Synchronization of P2 and P3 • 5-year report templates (national and regional) • Remeasurement cost savings in east; coming soon for west

14. FIA Database (transparency and documentation) Minimize changes • Plot, Subplot, Condition, and Tree tables stable Make available most recent plot measurements (vs most recent cycle) • All FIA units posting data within 6 months of finishing data collection (<2-yr-old data in FIADB) Documentation • FIADB 3.0 documentation completed; starting work on 4.0 documentation. http://www.fia.fs.fed.us/tools-data/docs/default.asp • Change process for all field protocol/manual changes including documentation

15. P3 Indicators Keep or drop P3 indicators? • High level of response from users to keep P3 (indicators of climate change, carbon contributions, etc) P3 data needs to be more available • NIMS tables developed but not fully populated • All P3 data will be in FIADB 4.0 – summer 2009 Pre-2003 P3 data in MESS • Local responsibility to convert to NIMS

16. Expansion and Estimation Issues Conduct time series analyses • Year by year analyses used in regional data QA Are Green Book variance estimation methods sufficiently documented and used? • 3 of 4 units using Expansion factor documentation • Documented in Green Book; local documentation of stratification

17. Expand Remote Sensing • All regions now using remotely sensed imagery for P1 layer • Potential for RS in remote or low stocked areas • Wall-to-wall mapping with RS data • LIDAR research

18. Consultation with Clients • Annual national user group meeting • Annual regional user group meetings (10 held in 2008) • Management team meetings (2 per year) • Customer consultations – 1,659 (6,656 hours) in 2008 • Spatial Data Services centers at each FIA unit – 483 requests in 2008 (91% completed)

19. National Woodland Owner Survey Publish 5-year summary • Completed and compiled info from 1st cycle • 5-year summary completed – Butler 2008 http://treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/15758 On-line data distribution tool • Tool developed: http://fiatools.fs.fed.us/NWOS/tablemaker.jsp Planning for next survey cycle • Staffed Family Forest Research Center (UMASS)

20. Range and Urban FIA • Range pilot field data collected; analysis and report planned for 2009 • Urban pilots (TN & CO) data collection will be completed in 2009; urban protocols finalized

21. A Look Ahead2007 Strategic Plan 5-Year Goals • Complete 5-year reports for all annualized states • Include P1, P2, P3, and regional add-on data in NIMS • Include GRM components with documentation in NIMS • Develop NFS tools and products for forest planning • Complete first cycle and report for NWOS • Annualize TPO surveys and get data online • Complete web tools suite, improve client access to data, and improve analysis assistance • Develop and document suite of spatial tools and products • Continue to explore urban, range, other treed land monitoring