Interior West FIA “Virtual” User Group Meeting April 13, 2010 With the economic challenges Travel restrictions Reducing carbon footprint Possibility of getting more people engaged Decided to try this webinar approach…. As we are a research organization, we had to try this… F I A

Purpose of the User Group Annual Update on FIA Share Information on Analysis & Techniques research Seek Feedback Are we helping you? What changes do you recommend? F I A

What is FIA? Strategic baseline inventory and monitoring of forest resources Trees Understory vegetation Downed woody material Soils Harvesting, processing, products (TPO) Private forest owners surveys Techniques research

FIA Regional Programs F I A Interior West FIA Pacific NW FIA Northern FIA Interior West FIA Southern FIA F I A

Status of FIA Accomplishments in 2009 Statewide Inventories Funding Expenditures Workforce What’s Next F I A

Accomplishments 2009 FIA Business Report posted on the Web Measured 2,316 forested plots (up 7%) Published 35 articles/reports (up 75%) 2X the consultation hours (reporting + increase) Lowest number of work related injuries/illnesses (since 2006) Tidbit: 18% of workforce non-federal F I A

Appropriated Funding NATIONAL 2010 is 92% of TARGET appropriation R&D S&PF 2006 59.3 4.3 2007 59.4 4.2 2008 60.4 4.3 64.7 2009 60.8 4.8 65.6 1.4% more appropriated 2010 66.9 4.9 71.8 (69.8) TARGET 78million F I A

IW-FIA Funding History $3.3 million deficit $390k deficit R&D $13,216,000   +$1,830,000 DOES NOT INCLUDE EF&R S&PF $1,682,000 +582,000 TOTAL $14,898,000 +$2,412,000 Rocky Mountain Research Station  RM-4801  R&D funds to implement the annual inventory in Nevada ($818,000) and partial Wyoming ($522,000) in the FIA program (see S&PF section for more on Nevada and New Mexico), continue annual FIA forest inventory in all previously implemented states and meet the other program accomplishments and performance targets for FY 2010 contained in the FY 2009 FIA Annual Business Summary. The total funding provided amounts to 97% of the “full funding” total in FY 2010 dollars. The R&D total also includes $490,000 to support research at Experimental Forest and Range sites focused on climate change research and carbon inventories. See the note below. S&PF base allocation of $1,682,000 which includes: $500,000 to fully fund New Mexico, $82,000 to fully fund the Nevada inventory, $180,000 for NRIS support, $110,000 for QA support, $104,000 for Soils Indicator Lead and lab work. Remainder to support ongoing annualized inventory work. See explanatory note. F I A

IW Partner Support 1998 Farm Bill that established the annualized inventories visualized a BASELINE information with a State-federal partnership NASA almost ½ CSU cost share for plots R-1 for measurement enhancement and All Condition Inventory (non-forest) S&PF for Urban F I A

IW-FIA Annual Progress

FIA Implementation Status – 2009 Annualized FIA American Samoa Guam Palau Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Federated States of Micronesia Republic of he Marshall Islands Other Islands (periodics) Not annualized

FIA Implementation Status – 2010 Annualized FIA American Samoa Guam Palau Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Federated States of Micronesia Republic of the Marshall Islands Other Islands (periodics) Not annualized

IW-FIA Workforce F I A

Expenses F I A Admin 6% 709 Facilities 4% 541 Office Travel 1% 118 Other Direct 4% 546 Data Collection 34% 4315 Field operations 17% 2086 Info Mgt 8% 1038 Analysis 5% 636 Research 4% 459 G&A 10% 1217 Indirect 7% 930 TOTAL 12595 NATIONAL Expenses million Admin 3.0 Data Collect 28.3 Info Mgt 7.6 up 2% Analysis 5.4 Research 5.9 Other 5.0 – image processing, office space, misc equipment Indirect 12.6 - includes things such as Station, Department, and ASC charges TOTAL 67.8 F I A

Expenses – Trends 2008 to 2009 Salaries FLAT Travel DOWN 15% Increased investment in Analyses and Techniques funded by Station and other grants NO fire transfer Indirect costs DOWN from 16% to 7% F I A

Grants and Agreements - Outgoing F I A

G&A Distribution F I A

On-line Data Availability Online data 100% compliance with law Only 4 annual States with data more than 3 years old; mostly States just implemented in 08/09 and Alaska and Hawaii Interior AK only RPA DB F I A

State Reports F I A Less than 5 years old 5 to 10 years old More than 10 years old Planned for 2010 Planned for 2011 F I A

What’s NEW in 2010? Support for NM ARRA funding Experimental Forest & Rangelands Climate Change Genetic Sampling Update the FIA National Strategic Plan New Mexico received $.0 million in ARRA for jobs in natural resources – doing acceleration of plots to catch up 3-4 panels of data. We are training and doing QA Congress added $2.0 million to FIA base with the purpose of integrating the intensive site research on EF&Rs with the broader framework of FIA PARTICULARLY for carbon assessment and climate change. A national team is working on an implementation and funding strategy; Not just plots. A lot of science is needed to make those linkages. Test using the FIA production effort for improving climate modeling and expanding genetic sampling – we have several studies funded by the Station in ALL our States to expand on local studies. Updating the Strategic Plan following the Inventory and Monitoring Science Program review – which went VERY well, and in fact mostly provided support for our current direction. F I A

Goals for 2010 Continue the annual inventory work in current States (UT, CO, AZ, ID, MT, NM) Implement annual inventory in Nevada and initiate the annual inventory in Wyoming Collaborate with NM to install 3-4 panels Implement MIDAS everywhere Continued emphasis on safety and efficiency F I A

…And Now, the Rest of the Story What’s going on in IW-FIA Partner’s use of FIA You provide feedback to us: Questions Concerns Ideas F I A

Questions? F I A