Transcript Salt Lake City, UT March 22, 2011 FIA  Provide an update on FIA  Share Information on Analysis & Techniques research  Seek Feedback 

Salt Lake City, UT
March 22, 2011
FIA
 Provide an update on FIA
 Share Information on Analysis &
Techniques research
 Seek Feedback
 Are we helping you?
 What changes do you recommend?
FIA
 Status of FIA Nationally
 FIA National User Group meeting
 Status of FIA in the Interior West
 Inventory
 Budget
 Game plan
 FIA Strategic Planning
FIA
FIA
FIA implementation status,
2010-2011
Annualized FIA
Not annualized
States/Islands by cycle length
FY 2010
Other islands
(periodic)
American Samoa
Guam
Palau
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
5-year cycle
Commonwealth
7-year cycle
Mariana Islands
10-year cycle
of Micronesia
of the Northern
Federated States
Republic of the
Marshall Islands
EF&Rs 2010
$2 Million
7
12
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Bonanza Creek EF, Alaska
Fort Valley EF, Arizona
Alum Creek EF, Arkansas
Crossett EF, Arkansas
Fraser EF, Colorado
Hawaii Experimental Tropical Forest, Hawaii
Priest River EF, Idaho
Baltimore Ecosystem Study, Maryland
Marcell EF, Minnesota
Tallahatchie EF, Mississippi
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
Harrison EF, Mississippi
Tenderfoot Creek EF, Montana
Bartlett EF, New Hampshire
Hubbard Brook EF, New Hampshire
Silas Little EF, New Jersey
Coweeta Hydrological Lab, North Carolina
Luquillo EF, Puerto Rico
San Juan ULTRA, Puerto Rico
Santee EF, South Carolina
Great Basin Experimental Range, Utah
Estate Thomas EF, U.S. Virgin Islands
9
13
14
15
20
5
8
16
2
3
10
19
4
11
1
6
18
17
21
Availability of FIA data, 2010
42 States plus coastal AK under 3 years (84%)
Other islands
(periodic)
American Samoa
Guam
Palau
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
1 to 2 years old
3 to 5 years old
More than 5 years old
Commonwealth
of the Northern
Mariana Islands
Federated States
of Micronesia
Republic of the
Marshall Islands
$7.9 Million
or 9%
19.4%
Total Federal
Funding
FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2011 CR
Enacted Estimate Bill HR-1
Change
from FY
2010
R&D
Appropriation
$66.939
$66.939
$61.939
-$5.000
S&PF
Appropriation
$5.035
$5.035
$5.035
-$0
Total Federal
$71.974
Funding for FIA
$71.974
$66.974
-$5.000
The R&D Appropriation total in HR-1 is exactly
the same as the FY 2011 President’s Budget
$2 million was for intensification of FIA plots
on/adjacent to Experimental Forests.
We intend to implement this reduction and stop
EF&R plot intensification for 2011.
 $3 million remaining reduction will require
immediate program adjustments the next 6 months.
We intend to alter field work, because half of our
program cost is data collection.


Maintain inventory activity in all 50 States?

Publish 10 more 5-year State Reports

Prepare upgrade to Field Manual 6.0

Continue TPO national redesign

Prepare final draft of Forest Atlas

Continue online tool development

Continue emphasis on safety and efficiency

Continue FIA Strategic Plan revision
Total Federal
Funding
FY 2010
Enacted
FY 2011
FY 2012
Estimate President’s
Budget
Change
from FY
2011
R&D
Appropriation
$66.939
$66.939
$61.939
-$5.000
S&PF
Appropriation
Total Federal
Funding for FIA
$5.035
$5.035
$0
-$5.035
$71.974
$71.974
$61.939
-$10.035
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

Maintain a consistent national program - all 50 states
Continue with an annualized inventory
Manage FY 2011 activities towards the future funding
outlined in the FY 2012 President’s Budget. Examples:
 Critically evaluate what data and analyses we can no
longer afford at a reduced funding level
 Terminate external research & applications linked to
them
 Use “lite” versions of P3 on the P2 sub-panels (e.g.,
soils, down woody materials and vegetation)
 Delete other P3 measures (e.g., crowns, lichens,
ozone)
 Reduce the number of plots measured each year
FIA
Pacific
NW FIA
Northern FIA
Interior West FIA
FIA
Southern FIA
State
Arizona
Start Year
2001
# Inventory Years
11 (1)
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
2002
2004
2003
10
8
9
Nevada
New Mexico
Utah
Wyoming
2009/2010
2008
2000
2010
2/8 (2)
3/8 (2)
12 (1)
0
(1) Remeasurement
(2) Multiple panels completed
by 2012
FIA
140,000
WY
120,000
NM
NM
NV
NV
NV
NV
ID
ID
ID
ID
ID
ID
ID
MT
MT
MT
MT
MT
MT
MT
MT
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
UT
UT
UT
UT
UT
UT
UT
UT
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
100,000
Forest Acres
NM
80,000
60,000
40,000
20,000
0
$3.9 million deficit
$0.5 million deficit
$16,000,000
$14,000,000
Fixed Target
S&PF
R&D
$12,000,000
$10,000,000
$8,000,000
$6,000,000
$4,000,000
$2,000,000
$0
'04
'05
'06
'07
'08
'09
'10
'11
'12
Agreements,
$1,684,412 ,
12%
Equipment,
$779,588 , 5%
Travel,
$1,053,883 ,
7%
Lab/other,
$1,346,235 ,
9%
Station
Overhead,
$1,911,319 ,
13%
Salaries,
$7,965,711 ,
54%
FIA
Admin,
$766,416 , 5%
Info Mgt,
$1,150,447 ,
8%
Techniques,
$1,259,722 ,
9%
Lab/other,
$1,346,235 ,
9%
Station
Overhead,
$1,911,319 ,
13%
Analysis,
$680,311 , 5%
Field Ops,
$7,523,655 ,
51%
FIA
 2011 Reductions
 $1.4 million reduction in R&D funding
 20% reduction in travel costs
 2011 Impacts
 Stop EF&R work
 Stop P3 data collection
 Reduce travel
FIA
2012 Reductions
 $1.4 million reduction in R&D funding
 $2.1 million reduction in State and Private
funding
 2012 Impacts
 Stop States? (those just in, or those that have 10
years?)
 Discontinue P3/move to “lite” versions?
 Reduce plots/increase cycle length/subsample
remeasurement?
FIA
 Eastern Units – cycle length

 Your FIA Management Team reps:
 Gary Lettman – Western State Rep (OR Div. of Forestry)
 David Meriwether – NFS
 Borys Tkacz – S&PF/FHM
 FS
- Regional Foresters, WO staff, RMRS
 Your State associations such as
 National Assoc. of State Foresters (NASF)
 Western Forestry Leadership Coalition (WFLC)
FIA

Process:
1. Regional scoping sessions
2. Strategic Plan process discussed by FIA
Management Team
3. Focus group sessions will be held to formally seek
input from targeted groups
4. The FIA National User Group will review the focus
topic findings and make recommendations on
priorities
5. Final draft of Plan will be prepared and sent out
for public review
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 What’s going on in IW-FIA
 You provide feedback to us:
 Questions
 Concerns
 Ideas
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