Reporting Team Sally Campbell – team leaderGlenn Christensen - analyst Erica Hanson – foresterPaul Dunham – analyst Jen Gomoll – STEP Joe Donnegan – analyst Khakie Jones – visual info trainee Karen Waddell - analyst Otha Terry – tech info specialistOlaf Kuegler - biometrician

Reporting Team…   …is responsible for summarizing and communicating results of forest inventories conducted in Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington, and the Pacific Islands.   … is also responsible for developing compilation procedures for annual inventories, analyzing and reporting on quality assurance results, and collaborating in the development of new inventory techniques and technology

Reporting Team … …is a shared resource for both Anchorage and Portland FIA staffs.

Reporting Team Products…   5-year State Reports (issue-driven publications)   State inventory results (statistical publications)   State highlights (issue-driven publications)   Biometrics analyses & assistance   Data (database development and CDs)   Data tools   Data analysis assistance

Reporting Team Products…   Website   Client meetings   Fact sheets – state facts, research results, research concepts, new technology   Brochures   Newsletters   News Releases

Alaska Products…now   Southeast Alaska Inventory Highlights   Alaska Client Meetings   Biometrics Contract   Alaska Fact Sheets Alaska State Facts Kenai NWR Adjunct Inventory Fire Fuels Dynamics following Widespread Spruce Beetle Infestation, Kenai Peninsula

Alaska Products…future   South Central Alaska Highlights   Topical brochures or pubs (e.g. Kenai)   More fact sheets   Single plot summaries   More Alaska-specific web info   5-Year Annual Reports (2010!)

Databases   Responsible, with other teams, for our inventory datasets   Karen Waddell helps maintain and update the Integrated Database (IDB - periodic data for OR, WA, CA 1990s inventories)   IDB widely used & requested  Pacific Islands databases developed & maintained by Joe Donnegan

Partnerships   DecAid Model (KarenWaddell & PNW & NFS scientists)   Umatilla NF inventory analysis & publication (Glenn Christensen & Umatilla NF)   Forest health assessments (Paul Dunham & R6 FHP)   Volume equations (Olaf Kuegler,Tara Barrett & NFS, state, industry, consultant, & university biometricians)   Pacific Island inventories (Joe Donnegan, Sarah Butler & island agencies)

Internal Collaboration   5-Year State Reports (mandated by Farm Bill) Will be issue driven Will be joint effort – research team member, reporting team member, and state person   Collaborative analyses & reports between FIA teams when appropriate e.g., Biscuit fire analysis; state highlight reports

  Increasing complexity of data analysis needs from customers   Data becoming just as important as printed publications   Consistency of annual system should result in efficiencies in data delivery, QA and core reporting – leading to more time to use inventory data to address regional and national issues   Opportunities to make data tools available   Development of coop ed employee – visual information specialist Notes…

Customers  Customers client database – 500+ entries client database – 500+ entries Owners – several hundred a year Owners – several hundred a year University, industry, conservation groups, states, other federal agencies (NPS, BLM, DOD), other FS, private citizens, forestry consultants, local governments University, industry, conservation groups, states, other federal agencies (NPS, BLM, DOD), other FS, private citizens, forestry consultants, local governments

Customers   Customers definitely define form and content of outputs. They are telling us: There is a need for both paper reports and data Want information and data to be accessible on Website Want to have more data tools – user friendly interfaces that allows them to customize data summaries Want data formatted so can be used by tools such as FVS

Program Delivery  Partnerships for Reporting Team NFS NFS Umatilla NF analysis & reportUmatilla NF analysis & report NE Washington NFs – data for Forest Plan RevisionsNE Washington NFs – data for Forest Plan Revisions Biometrics issuesBiometrics issues Integrated DataBase – NFS & SPF dataIntegrated DataBase – NFS & SPF data FHP FHP State forest health reports – data summariesState forest health reports – data summaries 5-needle pine assessment – data & GIS5-needle pine assessment – data & GIS National insect & disease risk map – data & analysisNational insect & disease risk map – data & analysis OR insect & disease analysis & reportOR insect & disease analysis & report Pacific Islands veg classification and mappingPacific Islands veg classification and mapping

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