1. 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…
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2. 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?
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3. 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

4. FIA Regional Programs F I A Interior West FIA Pacific NW FIA
Northern FIA
Interior West
FIA
Southern FIA
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5. Status of FIA Accomplishments in 2009 Statewide Inventories Funding
Expenditures
Workforce
What’s Next
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6. 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
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7. Appropriated Funding NATIONAL
2010 is 92% of TARGET appropriation
R&D S&PF
% more appropriated
(69.8)
TARGET 78million
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8. 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.
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9. 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
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10. IW-FIA Annual Progress

11. 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

12. 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

13. IW-FIA Workforce
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14. 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
NATIONAL
Expenses million
Admin
Data Collect 28.3
Info Mgt up 2%
Analysis
Research
Other – image processing, office space, misc equipment
Indirect includes things such as Station, Department, and ASC charges
TOTAL 67.8
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15. 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%
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16. Grants and Agreements - Outgoing
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17. G&A Distribution
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18. 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
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19. 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
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20. 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.
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21. 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
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22. …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
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23. Questions?
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