Biometrics Working Group Steve Prisley July 14, 2016
FIA User Group Meeting Held April 27/28, Charleston, SC; hosted by NCASI and SAF 50 attendees, 11 from USFS Tours of biomass energy plant, log export facility, ArborGen New director of USFS Inventory, Monitoring, and Assessment Research: Dr. Linda Heath “Credibility & Integrity”- objectives for FIA Next meeting probably Wisconsin; PNW in following year
FIA User Group Meeting Updates from USFS Land use from FIA; estimating change FIA data for carbon accounting Interior Alaska inventory Budgets TPO annual sampling Western growth/removals data by August 2016
FIA User Group Meeting Action Items for coming year Don’t tinker with the design; stick to the core Develop a path forward for TPO Strengthen connections between high-resolution mapping and field inventory Strengthen and leverage partnerships Seek more detailed reporting by ownership while respecting privacy
NCASI FIA Tools Revisiting COLE, SOLE suite of tools Assess need for maintaining individual tools Migrate to Windows platform (ease of maintenance)? Updating data Interface with SRTS & GForest