1. NRIS FSVEG Data Translation
Third
Forest Vegetation Simulator
Conference
Richard Teck

2. A Decade Ago…….
In 1997, the Forest Service set out on a significant undertaking to:
Set agency wide standards for natural resource information
Data collection
Data storage
Data management
What emerged was something called NRIS

3. The NRIS Story What is NRIS Set of databases and tools for Vegetation
Soils & Geology
Air & Water
Fauna
Threatened, Endangered, Sensitive (TES)
Invasives
Social & Economic

4. NRIS FSVEG Field Sampled Vegetation (FSVeg) Module
Oracle database to store data from:
Stand Examinations (CSE)
Grid based strategic inventories
Permanent re-measured inventory plots
Special insect & disease surveys

5. FSVEG Common Stand Exam (CSE)
National consistency for stand examinations
Collection protocols
Standard code sets
Common storage format
National CSE user Guide
National Portable Data Recorder (PDR) software

6. NRIS FSVEG Stores Information for Settings (stands/plots) Trees Fuels
Understory vegetation
Surface cover
Site productivity
Insect & pathogens
Sample designs

7. NRIS FSVEG Timeline First Official Release Nine Releases
March 2000
Version 1.4.0
Nine Releases
Latest Release
Version 1.7
January, 2005
Future Release
Version 1.8
FS-NITC
June, 2007
National Data Center

18. Process Creates FVS input files
Fsveg_fvs.mdb
Suppose.loc
Fsveg.kcp
Fsveg.slf

19. Where is NRIS FSVEG Headed?

20. FS-NITC and I-Web National Data Center in Kansas City
Entire Agency’s data in one physical location
Virtual Private Database (VPD)
E-Authentication
Change Management
Should be easier/quicker to incorporate changes (fixes, enhancements, etc…)

21. FSVEG FVS DB Link Change Management