1. Pacific FIA Data Collection Team - Portland

2. Team functions Collect P2 (FIA) Annual Inventory data 1 plot per 6,000 ac. Visit 10% (1 panel) per year (10 year cycle) Field visit all forested and potentially forested locations National and regional data items WA, OR, CA, HI and Pac Islands All land ownerships

3. Team functions Collect P3 (FHM) data 1/16 of P2 plots 1 plot per 96,000 ac. Visit 20% per year (5 year cycle) National, regional data items + P3 indicators Soil, crown, DWM, P3 Veg (WA) Lichens, damage – no Ozone (off-plot)

4. Field measurements National CORE (P2 and P3) National CORE optional Regional core Regional additions Negotiated extras

5. Plot layout

6. Team functions Quality control/quality assurance Development of Regional field procedures guide Training “Check plots” of various types Field data recorder and edits Editing of data Analysis, accountability and reporting

7. Team functions Collect P2 (FIA) Annual Inventory data Collect P3 (FHM) data Quality control/quality assurance Expertise and technical assistance to analysts and users Plot setup, review and ownership “Special” studies (fire effects, riparian, SNEP, SOD, etc..)

8. Personnel 3 office staff 77 field-going staff

9. Personnel 4PFT Field coordinators 24PSE Crew leaders 4PSE QA/QC 14TSE Crew members 12Summer seasonal 16Students 3SCEP 77

10. Personnel CA CoordinatorPaul Guarnaccia OR/WA Coordinator Marc LaPine Pacific Island Coordinator Sarah Butler QA/QC Coordinator Phyllis Adams Data ManagerPerry Colclasure Admin AssistantPam Calegari

11. Budget $ 4.5 million Salary51% Travel16% Contracting13% Overtime10% Vehicles 4% Other 6% 100%

12. Schedule Annual inventory OR2000 (non-NFS) 2001 (all ownerships) CA2001 WA2002 P3 in all 3 states since 1998

13. Schedule Pacific Islands periodic inventories American Samoa2001 Guam2002 Palau2003 N. Mariana Islands2004 Federated States of Micronesia2005/6 Marshall Islands2007 ? Hawaii2008 ?

14. Schedule Alaska Coastal and SE2004 (non wilderness) 2005 (all lands, incl wilderness non-forested) Interior???

15. AK Boat

16. 2004 Field plot summary WAORCATotal Phase 22753307011,306 Phase 3 Only313549115 Phase 3 Co-visited223848108 Contracted14325364460 2003 Carryover25113571 Total to field4966678972,060

17. Washington – all 10 panels

18. Washington – 1 panel

19. Washington – field visits

20. Washington – FIA crews

21. Washington – contract 1

22. Washington – contract 2

23. Contracting On publicly owned lands where R5 and R6 are contracting out other inventory work R5 and R6 have administered contracts Different challenges and advantages of each ~ 23% plots Cost effective way of doing business Doing both has provided flexibility

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