1. NRSFIA RMT 2015

2. FIA Strategic Plan Finally sent to Congress! End of a 5 year effort! –Initial call for input 2010 –Decision to link to Farm Bill –Delayed awaiting Farm Bill passage –Various review drafts 2012, 2013, and 2014 –Delivered to Congress 2015

3. FIA Strategic Plan Farm Bill Funding Options A: Status Quo B: Recovery and Add Interior AK C: Enhance and Expand the Core D: Speed and Unify the Cycle E: Enhance and Expand Partnerships F: Leveraged Partner Intensifications

4. Any Farm Bill Related Funding Increases Region New forest area (mm acres) South55 Rocky Mountain26 North 9 Pacific 5 Total 95 Initiate Interior AK – the last hurdle Re-allocate for increases in forest area Inroads on Option C –Carbon –TPO –NWOS –Land use change –Urban

5. FIA Budget Situation FIA Funding Source FY10 (mm $) FY11 (mm $) FY12 (mm $) FY13 (mm $) FY14 (mm $) FY15 (mm $) FY16 PP (mm $) FY16 House (mm $) FY16 Senate (mm $) FY16 CR (mm $) NationalR&D66.966.864.260.966.870.0~83.0~70.0~80.0~70.0 S&PF4.94.64.33.70.0 Total 71.871.568.664.666.870.0 ~83.0~70.0~80.0~70.0 NRSR&D16.615.915.514.615.516.4~16.4?~16.4~16.4?~16.4 S&PF0.61.21.11.00.0 Total 17.317.116.715.615.516.4 ~16.4?~16.4~16.4?~16.4 FY16 Looking FLAT

6. R&D Budget Situation National FY15 (mm $) FY16 PP (mm $) Diff. from FY15 (mm$) FY16 House (mm $) Diff. from FY15 (mm $) FY16 Senate (mm $) Diff. from FY15 (mm $) FY16 CR (mm $) Diff. from FY15 (mm $) FIA 70 ~83+13~70+0~80+10~70+0 Rest of R&D 226 ~209-17~208-18~212-14~226+0 R&D total 296 ~292-4~278-18~292-4~296+0 Total R&D budget reductions Rest of R&D especially hard hit FIA increases coming out of Rest of R&D From a Station perspective CR best option

7. NRSFIA Budget Situation Reduced budgets and increasing fixed costs Operating costs being squeezed from both ends

8. NRSFIA Budget Situation Details Fixed costs up Fed staffing down Outsourced staffing fluctuates with Operating

9. NRSFIA Budget Situation Outlook Given: Operating budgets within the Unit Zero-sum funding game within R&D Current flat funding for FY16 Immediate focus of any new Farm Bill funding Then for the immediate future: Relatively flat funding Status quo delivery Building capacity and delivery as funding allows

10. NRS-05 Natural Resources I & M New! Organizational Changes

12. Reporting Reducing Pub Costs Standard templates < layout $$$ Printing costs Page limits Copy limits Fewer Pubs Sub-regional reports Southern New England Plains States NH/VT Push to Digital –Business Analytics –ESRI Story Maps –Minimize Hardcopy

13. Reporting Less paper; More technology »http://forest-atlas.fs.fed.ushttp://forest-atlas.fs.fed.us »https://public.tableau.com/views/NRS- FIAAnnualReport/Story1?%3AshowVizHome=no#1https://public.tableau.com/views/NRS- FIAAnnualReport/Story1?%3AshowVizHome=no#1 »https://public.tableausoftware.com/views/eab_story/eab_story?:showVizHome=no #1https://public.tableausoftware.com/views/eab_story/eab_story?:showVizHome=no #1 »https://public.tableausoftware.com/views/InvasivePlantSpecies- revised/Invasive?:showVizHome=no#1https://public.tableausoftware.com/views/InvasivePlantSpecies- revised/Invasive?:showVizHome=no#1 »http://www.texasforestinfo.com/http://www.texasforestinfo.com/ »http://www.asla.org/sustainablelandscapes/Vid_UrbanForests.htmlhttp://www.asla.org/sustainablelandscapes/Vid_UrbanForests.html »Smart websites/tools/apps Interpretive Interactive Topical Spatial Visual Graphical Contextual Temporal Dynamic

14. Reporting Partnering for Core Reporting States take on leader author role –States know issues best (relevancy) –Build internal FIA expertise Feds provide support role –Oversight –Coaching/Training/Data access –Coauthor Orchestration –Station QA protocols –Publication templates/procedures –$$$ Being tested in WI Feds focus more on –Special issues –x-state issues –Regional issues –Regional/national product line specialists