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NRSFIA RMT
FIA Budget Situation
FIAFunding Source
FY10 (mm $)
FY11 (mm $)
FY12 (mm $)
FY13 (mm $)
FY14 P.P.
(mm $)
FY14 Senate(mm $)
FY14 House(mm $)
FY14 CR
(mm $)
FY14 CR – (3%-8%)
(mm $)National R&D 66.9 66.8 64.2 60.9 66.8 66.8 66.8 60.9 59.1/56.0
S&PF 4.9 4.6 4.3 3.7 0.0 0.0 5.0 3.7 3.6/3.4Total 71.8 71.5 68.6 64.6 66.8 66.8 71.8 64.6 62.7/59.4
NRS R&D 16.6 15.9 15.5 14.6 ~16.0 ~16.0 ~16.0 14.6 ~14.2/13.4S&PF 0.6 1.2 1.1 1.0 ~0.0 ~0.0 ~1.3 1.0 ~1.0/0.9
Total 17.3 17.1 16.7 15.6 ~16.0 ~16.0 ~17.3 15.6 ~15.2/14.3
Lot’s of scenarios for final FY14 – better, better, best, okay, worse, bad
Funding targets under new Strategic Plan--$80+ base; $90+ Farm Bill pushes
FIA Strategic Plan Initial thoughts--focus on 11 FIA Farm Bill points:
1. Fully Annual (AK)
2. Urban
3. Carbon/Biomass
4. Reevaluate the Core
5. TPO
6. Cooperation/Support
7. Partnering (analysis and IM)
8. Remote Sensing
9. Land-use Change
10. NWOS
11. Better estimates for smaller areas
But the Farm Bill hasn’t passed, so….
FIA Strategic Plan
• 4 Main Themes– Solidify the Base Program
– Enhance Delivery of the Base Program
– Expand the Program
– Flexibility
Solidify the Base Program• Inventory Interior Alaska
– The final frontier where no annual FIA crew has gone before
• Fully Develop the Non-Plot Mission Areas of FIA
– Timber Product Output (TPO)• Nationalize and create center of excellence thru a university partner
– National Woodland Owners Survey (NWOS)• Bolster Family Forest Research Center at U of MA
– Forest Carbon Accounting• Institutionalize within FIA (Carbon is Us)• Continually improve National Greenhouse Gas Inventory
Enhance Delivery of the Base Program
• Partnerships – Got us here; critical to getting us there
• New Technology– Gizmos, Gadgets, and Glitz
• More Techniques Research – Faster, Better, Cheaper
• Increased Analytical Capability– Making Hay.
• Education – Training, Tools, and Touting
Expand the Program
• The FIA Grid—A Marginal Cost Opportunity
– Treed Land Inventory• Urban forests
• Riparian forests
• Working trees in agricultural landscapes– Windrows
– Shelterbelts
– Etc.
– Vegetative Inventory• Rangelands
• Etc.
• Extend the FIA Grid across all land uses and covers
Expand the Program • Focus on Urban First
– Urban first• The forests amongst which most of our populace live (and vote)• The only forests that many of our populace ever know• The forests often first impacted by invasive species• The forests on the frontline of service to people and communities• The forests not yet covered by a continuous monitoring system
– Fill the information gap• Foster urban forest stewardship• Provide an urban to rural gradient• Cover the wildland-urban interface• Support “vibrant city” initiatives• Feed the link to human health and safety, and community stability• Care for the land and serve the people where they live
Flexibility
FIA budgets are trending downPast protocols and procedures too rigid
Bumping up against budgetary realities
Reaching logistical limits
No desire to return a timber inventoryNeed sampling and protocol flexibilities
Provide a robust inventory of forest ecosystems
Accommodate regional needs and diversity
Remain nationally consistent
Balance delivery with resources
Flexibilities
• Sub-paneling for optimal cycle lengths
• Sub-sampling plots in a sub-panel – Summer-window or other optimal sub-sample
• Sub-sampling sub/micro/macro-plots on plots – Better logistical balance
• Accommodating levels of indicator attribution– “Lite” to “Heavy”– Better balance info needs with workload constraints
• Temporal flexibility in re-measurement cycles – If it doesn’t change often then measure it less frequently
Sliding Scale Conceptual Model
96000…..……………………...................…6000
SpatialSample Intensity (ac/plt)
Grid Subsample
Veg 5……………………7…………………………….10
TemporalCycle Length (yrs)
Lite………………………………………..Heavy
LevelAttribute Detail
96000…..……………………...................…6000
SpatialSample Intensity (ac/plt)
Plot Subsample
Height 5……………………7…………………………….10
TemporalCycle Length (yrs)
Light………………………………………..Normal
LevelAttribute Detail
96000…..……………………...................…6000
SpatialSample Intensity (ac/plt)
Subpopulations Reserved 5……………………7…………………………….10
TemporalCycle Length (yrs)
Light………………………………………..Normal
LevelAttribute Detail
Light………………………………………..Normal
LevelAttribute Detail
5……………………7…………………………….10
TemporalCycle Length (yrs)
96000…..……………………...................…6000
SpatialSample Intensity (ac/plt)
Subpopulations
Timberland
Min……………………………………..Max
Sliding RangeSliding ElementsSurvey
Design Component
Unit A
Unit B
Minimums ensure viable national effort
Maximums set the limit of federal investment; any more needs cash infusion
All efforts within min/max bounds nationally consistent
No state, forestland, ownership, core variable left behind
Needs a very robust IT system, currently underdevelopment
Each region needs similar proportion of full funding
NA
NA
Nationalize and regionally optimize
Regionally robust within national confines
FIA Strategic Plan
Finalize as soon as we know the outcome of the Farm Bill debate
Future Reporting
Publications -- < $$$
•National templates• < layout $$$
•Printing costs• Page limits• Copy limits
•Fewer Pubs• Sub-regional reports
•Push to Digital
Future Reporting
Less paper; More technology
» http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/futures/dashboard/?state=MI&var=NO_TREES
» http://www.texasforestinfo.com/
» http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20101208/PAGES/312089998
» http://www.asla.org/sustainablelandscapes/Vid_UrbanForests.html
» Smart websites/tools/apps
Interpretive
Interactive
Topical
Spatial
Visual
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Contextual
Temporal
Dynamic