F I A San Antonio, Texas 2015 The Nation’s Forest Census FIA Leadership Change, the Farm Bill &...

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San Antonio, Texas 2015

The Nation’sForest Census

FIA Leadership Change, the Farm Bill & Strategic Plan

Greg ReamsFIA National Program Leader

USDA Forest [email protected]

703-605-4189

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Acting Director of Inventory, Monitoring and Assessment Research

Rich Guldin retired on January 2, 2015 Linda Langner the National Leader for

RPA research acting through this week. Starting next Monday Josiah Kim will be

acting for 120 days. Josiah is Region 9 (Milwaukee) engineer.

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LAST YEAR--WHAT WE NEED TO DO...You Said

Put a Firewall around core program Complete the Base Don’t Lose the Base Maintain Flexibility & Core Variables Ramp spatial products including mapping Find new money to implement urban work Annualize TPO and make available like FIADB Don’t change the design!!!!

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WHAT FARM BILL REQUESTED

In revising the strategic plan, the Secretary of Agriculture shall describe in detail the organization, procedures, and funding needed to

achieve each of the following:

(1) Complete the transition to a fully annualized forest inventory program and include inventory and analysis of interior Alaska. (2) Implement an annualized inventory of trees in urban settings, including the status and trends of trees and

forests, and assessments of their ecosystem services, values,

health, and risk to pests and diseases.

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FARM BILL CONTINUED

(3) Report information on renewable biomass supplies and carbon stocks at the local, State, regional, and national

level, including by ownership type.

(4) Engage State foresters and other users of information from the forest inventory and analysis in reevaluating the list of core data variables collected on forest inventory and analysis plots with an emphasis on demonstrated need.

(5) Improve the timeliness of the timber product output program and accessibility of the annualized information on that database.

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FARM BILL CONTINUED

(6) Foster greater cooperation among the forest inventory and analysis program, research station leaders, and State

foresters and other users of information from the forest inventory and analysis.

(7) Promote availability of and access to non-Federal resources to improve information analysis and information

management.

(8) Collaborate with the NRCS, NASA, NOAA, and USGS to integrate remote sensing, spatial analysis techniques,

and other new technologies in the forest inventory and analysis program.

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FARM BILL CONTINUED

(9) Understand and report on changes in land cover and use.

(10) Expand existing programs to promote sustainable forest

stewardship through increased understanding, in partnership with other Federal agencies, of the

over 10 million family forest owners, their demographics, and the barriers to forest stewardship.

(11) Implement procedures to improve the statistical precision of estimates at the sub-State level.

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ENHANCE PARTNER OUTREACH

Maintain and enhance current partnerships States, NFS, Universities as key partners

Continue to build partnerships Tribes Vibrant Cities Water Districts Agencies and entities with similar missions

Federal, States, Muni and International contributions to forest I&M

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Strategic Plan Update

Submitted to SPBA last summer (before August deadline)

Because of budget increases significant review and comment period between FS and OMB through Feb, 2015.

Forwarded March 2, 2015 to House-Committee on Agriculture and Senate-Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry

Each of the 11 elements now has a funding range rather than point estimate.

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Strategic Plan Update

Option A & B is complete the original plan

Option A & B range is 79-83 million Restore 7-yr east federal base cycle &

10-yr in the west. Include interior Alaska

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OPTION C Range $84 - $92 million

Enhance TPO Land use and land cover research Improve carbon/biomass estimation Enhance owner study Urban

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OPTION DRange $99 - $104 million

5-yr base federal all states

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OPTION ERange $105 - $108 million

Promote other agency collaboration

Engage non-federal IT resources Analysis and cooperation Core data evaluation

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OPTION FRange $130 - $135 million

Partners leverage FIA to increase sample size for small area estimation.

2 X intensification This is currently at shared partner

expense. Approximate cost is 4-5 cents/acre.

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BIOMASS and CARBON are now A BIG DEAL!!!

As evidenced by the Farm Bill Improved individual tree biomass Improved carbon estimation Land use and land cover change

Urban sector specifically named

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Stocks and Flows of Biomass and Carbon Now A BIG DEAL

As evidenced by the Farm Bill Annual Forest GHG report

FIA and RPA modelers estimating trends and futures of land use sector and carbon storage and lose rates. Being used by US Government in international negotiations.

Includes Harvest Wood Products (HWP)

Flows of forest land use to and from other sectors

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Stocks and Flows Continued

Attribution-code for disturbances including natural & human caused…also Land Use Change

Improvements in land use sector data and estimation key to delivering the above!!

When land use changes do trees remain? In urban…..often yes Who in USG should do this work?

EPA, USGS, maybe FIA and Dept. of Ag. (NASS/NRI)?

Perhaps tree biomass/carbon in other land sectors helps maintain working forest?

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CHANGE AGENT

1) Reforestation/Afforestation 2) Partial Harvest 3) Clear Cut 4) Fire 5) Insects & Disease 6) Development (Urban) and Ag 7) Expected Change of Stand Dynamics 8) Other

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LAND USE DEFINITIONS

Land Use DefinitionAgriculture and Rangeland Land managed for crops, pasture, or other agricultural

uses. Includes idle farmland, orchards, maintained wildlife openings.

Developed Land used primarily by humans for purposes other than forestry or agriculture. Includes elements such as urban and residential, improved road, power lines right of ways, parks, golf courses, and mines.

Forest Land that is at least 10 percent stocked by forest trees of any size, or temporarily non-stocked land formerly having such tree cover, and is not currently developed for a nonforest use.

Other Land that is not defined better by agriculture, developed, forest, or water, land uses. Includes elements such as marsh, wetland and beach.

Water Census water and non-census water

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Moving to implementation of the Forest Atlas

5 themes drive the Atlas Where do trees grow and why? What else lives in the forest? What shapes the forest? What benefits do forests provide? What is the future of our forests?

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Forest Atlas

Here’s the theme or issue Here’s one of the stories Here’s the ability to drive in locally Here’s the data, analyses & interpretation Here’s what others have to contribute Need a firewall busting cloud environment to

implement Working with FS leadership & CIO to do so

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Forest Atlas Screen Shotpy cover.

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Forest Atlas Screen Shot

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