1. Resources for People Who Want to Analyze FIA Data http://www.fia.fs.fed.us/

2. Purpose of Presentation http://www.fia.fs.fed.us/ Review and provide a short description of available tools Training opportunities

3. Three Levels of Analytical Tools http://www.fia.fs.fed.us/ Basic – includes online spreadsheets, published summary tables, etc. Advanced – FIDO, EVALIDator, etc. Expert – Download FIA data, FIDO

4. Basic Analytical Tools http://www.fia.fs.fed.us/ Tables published in 5-year reports for example, “Virginia’s Forests, 2007 “ at http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/33513 http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/33513 Online spreadsheets – http://srsfia2.fs.fed.us/states/sc/tables/SC_2006_tables.shtml http://srsfia2.fs.fed.us/states/sc/tables/SC_2006_tables.shtml Standard tables – http://199.128.173.17/fiadb4- downloads/standardReports.html http://199.128.173.17/fiadb4- downloads/standardReports.html

5. Advanced Analytical Tools http://www.fia.fs.fed.us/ FIDO – http://fiatools.fs.fed.us/fido/index.html http://fiatools.fs.fed.us/fido/index.html EVALIDator – http://fiatools.fs.fed.us/Evalidator401/tmattribute.jsp http://fiatools.fs.fed.us/Evalidator401/tmattribute.jsp Tools developed by NCASI: Gforest – http://ncasi.uml.edu/google/gforest.shtml http://ncasi.uml.edu/google/gforest.shtml COLE – http://ncasi.uml.edu/COLE/index.html http://ncasi.uml.edu/COLE/index.html SOLE – http://ncasi.uml.edu/SOLE/ http://ncasi.uml.edu/SOLE/

6. Expert Analytical Tools http://www.fia.fs.fed.us/ FIDO – http://fiatools.fs.fed.us/fido/index.html http://fiatools.fs.fed.us/fido/index.html FIA DataMart – http://199.128.173.17/fiadb4- downloads/datamart.html http://199.128.173.17/fiadb4- downloads/datamart.html

7. Other Analytical Tools http://www.fia.fs.fed.us/ TPO – http://srsfia2.fs.fed.us/php/tpo_2009/tpo_rpa_int1.php http://srsfia2.fs.fed.us/php/tpo_2009/tpo_rpa_int1.php NWOS – http://fiatools.fs.fed.us/NWOS/tablemaker.jsp http://fiatools.fs.fed.us/NWOS/tablemaker.jsp

8. Spatial Analytical Tools http://www.fia.fs.fed.us/ Visit a regional FIA Data Center: o Northern and National Requests: Region: Elizabeth LaPoint, elapoint@fs.fed.us, 603-868-6775 elapoint@fs.fed.us o Interior West Region: Jock Blackard, jblackard@fs.fed.us, 801-625- 5393jblackard@fs.fed.us o Pacific Northwest Region: Dale Weyermann, dweyermann@fs.fed.us, 503-808-2042dweyermann@fs.fed.us o Southern Region: Samuel Lambert, samlambert@fs.fed.us, 865-862- 2097samlambert@fs.fed.us Send your coverage area and FIA staff can populate your request Formal agreement – Usually a MOU even if no funds required

9. Training Opportunities, Pre-requisites http://www.fia.fs.fed.us/ Review available database documents: o The FIA Database: Database Description and Users Manual Version 4.0 for Phase 2 o The FIA Database: Database Description and Users Manual Version 4.0 for Phase 3 Review available field guides: o FIA Field Guide for Phase 2, Version 4.0 o FIA Field Methods for Phase 3 Measurements Use the online tools prior to the sessions

10. Training Opportunities http://www.fia.fs.fed.us/ Classroom sessions Webinars Self-guided tutorials Working one-on-one with experienced FIA data analysis staff

11. Training Discussion and Questions http://www.fia.fs.fed.us/