Pacific FIA Data Collection Team - Portland
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
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)
Field measurements National CORE (P2 and P3) National CORE optional Regional core Regional additions Negotiated extras
Plot layout
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
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..)
Personnel 3 office staff 77 field-going staff
Personnel 4PFT Field coordinators 24PSE Crew leaders 4PSE QA/QC 14TSE Crew members 12Summer seasonal 16Students 3SCEP 77
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
Budget $ 4.5 million Salary51% Travel16% Contracting13% Overtime10% Vehicles 4% Other 6% 100%
Schedule Annual inventory OR2000 (non-NFS) 2001 (all ownerships) CA2001 WA2002 P3 in all 3 states since 1998
Schedule Pacific Islands periodic inventories American Samoa2001 Guam2002 Palau2003 N. Mariana Islands2004 Federated States of Micronesia2005/6 Marshall Islands2007 ? Hawaii2008 ?
Schedule Alaska Coastal and SE2004 (non wilderness) 2005 (all lands, incl wilderness non-forested) Interior???
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2004 Field plot summary WAORCATotal Phase ,306 Phase 3 Only Phase 3 Co-visited Contracted Carryover Total to field ,060
Washington – all 10 panels
Washington – 1 panel
Washington – field visits
Washington – FIA crews
Washington – contract 1
Washington – contract 2
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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