1. FIA Implementation 2005: Status and Prospects
Sue Willits
Program Manager
PNW-FIA
2005 PNW Regional Strategy Group

2. FY 2004 End of Year Status (National):
Approximately 76% of country covered (44 states) with 85% of funding
160 reports & publications
Released V 2.0 of the National Field Guide

3. Annual FIA Fieldwork Status, 2004

4. Availability of State FIA Data, November 2004
Age of the most recent data available to the public in online FIA databases.

5. FY 2004 End of Year Status (National):
Tested and presented the utility of approximate coordinates for mill studies and biomass. The results demonstrated the utility of the publicly available coordinates to deliver valid analysis.
Implement a final protocol for vegetative diversity as a final test where funding permits.
Core FIA data loaded into FSVeg.

6. FY 2004 End of Year Status (National):
Involved in numerous cooperative projects:
Fire risk and treatment opportunity analysis.
Insect and disease risk mapping.
National land cover mapping.
National, regional assessments.
Applications of NASA technology.

7. FIA Funding 2004-2005 ($ millions)
R&D: $52.0 $55.9
FRIA $ 5.0
TOTAL $57.0 $60.9
TARGET: $68.9 $71.0

8. FY 2005 Status (PNW): 61 % of Region implemented
Coastal Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington, FSM
80 % Funded ($3 million increase in FY06)
Consistent field manual for AK, CA, OR, WA
Extensive QA of NIMS compilation process & review by States.

9. PNW-FIA FY 04 goals FINISHED: Include P3 Veg in WA & AK
Load Regional data into NRIS
Review volume equations & standardize
Publish State Reports (OR, Guam, A. Samoa)
Publish CA Oak Woodlands, SOD, CA Forest Products Industry

10. PNW Goals for FY 04/05 Started/In Progress:
Increase efficiency of inventory – Lidar, etc.
Continue Riparian pilot work w/ ODOF
OR Mill Survey
Conduct Utilization Studies
Make BioSum into user tool

11. PNW Goals FY 05 Delivery of inventory data 6 months after field season
Set up work for Oregon 5-year Report
Continued delivery of periodic reports – Washington, CNMI
GNN Mapping for Oregon

12. Conclusion – National Picture
On course to full implementation.
Have addressed all Farm Bill criteria.
Strategic Planning for next 5 years

13. Conclusion – Regional Picture
Steady Progress towards full implementation
Interior Ak
Pacific Islands
Consistency among PNW states – variables collected and compiled
Continued progress in making data available
Continued emphasis on analysis & reporting