Program Expansions - PowerPoint Presentation

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Program ExpansionsA Brief History

Early 20th Century – Timberland End of 20th Century – Forestland In the 21st Century – Today – Land Use Change Tomorrow – Treed Lands?Day After Tomorrow – All Veg?Slide2

Program ExpansionsThe Broader the look; the Better the Parts

Timberland to Forestland Timberland; Reserved Forestland; Unproductive Forestland Forestland plus Land Use Change Forestland Urban Agriculture Rangeland Water

Land Use Change ≠ NO Trees Slide3

Trees Falling thru Gap

Not an Acre

Not 120’ Wide

Wrong Land UseSlide4

Why Fill the Gap

All trees:Sequester CarbonProvide HabitatFilter WaterStabilize SoilsProvide BiomassEnhance BiodiversityCreate JobsSome trees:Increase crop yieldsProtect livestockConserve energyImprove health and safety

Handy trees should be tally trees!Slide5

Filling the GapOne Constituency at a Time

Trees on Non-ForestlandsUrbanAgricultural “Working Trees”RiparianRangelandsSlide6

Filling the GapOne Constituency at a Time

New Constituency = SupportNew Support = FundingDirectIndirectNew Funding = Filling the Gap WITHOUT compromising the base forestland mission Slide7

Filling the GapUrban

Lot’s of Statewide Urban PilotsIN, WI, TN, CO, WA, OR, CA, HI, AKConfirmed we canQuantified urban forestsConfirmed value and benefitsNot resulted in strategic national investmentMaybe the scale is wrong??? FIA scale.. urban forests of USAUrban Constituency Scale…my citySlide8

Filling the GapUrban

Vibrant Cities Initiative (http://vcuf.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/vcuf_report.pdf)Urban areas - where most people live (84%) and vote!Urban areas viewed as ecosystemsPeople, infrastructure, and forest intermix/interactUrban forests key to vibrant urban environments “At the root of every vibrant city is an urban forest”“Ecosystem” key to scale issueCore Based Statistical Areas Scale at which FIA can contribute Slide9

Filling the Gap - Defining Urban StratumSlide10

Filling the Gap - Urban Slide11

Filling the GapUrban

12 Vibrant City Recommendations (Goals):Create a national education and awareness campaign.Foster urban forestry and natural resources stewardship and volunteerism.Create sustainable jobs in urban forestry and green infrastructure.Cultivate partnerships between public and private sectors.Develop new public administration models for urban ecosystems.Create comprehensive, multi-jurisdictional Urban Regional Natural Resource Plans.Integrate federal agencies’ green infrastructure goals.Establish energy efficiency programs that emphasize the use of trees.Ensure equal access to urban forestry and green infrastructure resources.Support collaborative urban ecosystem-focused research.Encourage open access to and use of social assessment tools.Establish national Vibrant Cities Standards.Slide12

Filling the GapUrban

FIA contributions to 12 Vibrant City goals:Baseline accounting of urban forests Long-term monitoring of change in urban forestsValuate urban forest benefits and servicesPlatform for sample intensification/augmentation Nationally consistent methods and procedures Data sharing and distribution tools Job opportunities Slide13

Filling the GapUrban

FIA BenefitsExtends FIA to voting populaceMakes FIA key to their needsBroadens support network• Parks and People Foundation• ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability USA• Chicago Wilderness • Tree Care Industry Association • Urban Greenspaces Institute • New York City Department of Parks & Recreation • Arbor Day Foundation • TreePeople, Inc. • Cascade Land Conservancy • Congress for New Urbanism • Trees Forever • Open Space Institute • International Society of Arboriculture • Sacramento Tree Foundation • Sustainable Urban Forests Coalition

• New York Restoration Project • Society for Municipal Arborists • Alliance for Community Trees • National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council

Strategic urban forest inventoryBuilt one metro area at a timeAllows seamless urban to rural monitoringSlide14

Filling the GapUrban

Other Logical PartnerDave Nowak, FS R&D, NRSUrban Forest SpecialistEstablished user baseEstablished partnershipsDoes urban forest inventory for a livingPartner in all our urban pilotsHas developed softwareI-TreeUrban Forest Effects Model (UFORE)Has read and emulated the little green bookEstablished processing engineEstablished reporting formatSlide15

Filling the Gap--Urban

Prefield

Field

Processing

Analysis

Distribution

Staged Cooperation

FIA

I-Tree/D. Nowak

Conceptual Partnering Model

Old Model

State Pilot Model

New Model

Future Model?Slide16

Filling the Gap --Urban

FIA LeadI-Tree LeadNew FIA / I-Tree Partnering Model

Plot Selection- overlay new FIA grid on top of any existing grid to facilitate trending/change estimation if resources available

MIDAS – modify to capture/edit combined field manual data on single-plot design and dual design for FIA forest plots in urban

Pre-Field – determine visitation; prepare navigational aids; consistency in cover/use calls with FIA/Urban/ICE

MIDAS – post-field edit; create urban output file that is UFORE input ready, streamline the pass to UFORE

FIELD – FIA train, certify, and QA; data collection (feds, states, cities, or contracts)

NIMS – process traditional FIA rural data as normal

I-Tree – Dave et al. analyze and publish typical UFORE report embellished with FIA data

I-Tree – process urban data through UFORE; accommodate FIA table outputs, condition weighting, error estimation, change estimation as practical/over time

FIA – pass estimation “weighting” info to I-Tree/UFORE engine

I-Tree – create FIADB-like standardized output file from UFORE that has UFORE variables concatenated at appropriate levels (tree, condition, plot)

I-Tree – create a new level of the I-Tree database to store FIA-certified urban forest inventory data (the standardized FIADB-like file from UFORE)

FIA – Develop data distribution tool to hit against FIADB-like UFORE output …UrbanEvalidatorSlide17

Filling the GapUrban

Dave Nowak design Single 1/10th acre fixed Fast and efficient in citiesFIA design Cluster of 4 - 1/6th acre fixed Clunky in cities

Pragmatic SuggestionSlide18

Filling the Gap Rural/Urban Strata

Dual Plot Design ModelRural StratumTraditional FIA Forestland4 subplot clusterUrban StratumSingle 1/6 acre fixed plot at subplot 1 on FIA non-forestlandDual DesignOn FIA Forestland in Urban Stratum

= Percent of FIA plots

32.8%

0.7%

3.6%Slide19

Filling the Gap - Urban Slide20

Filling the Gap - Urban

The NWOS contacts forest-land owners from across the country to ask them questions about: The forest land they own Their reasons for owning it Their uses of it Their management of it Their information needs Their future intentions for it Their demographics Extend NWOS to urban areas Different focus; different questionsSlide21

Filling the Gap – Urban Road Rules Partnership Model

FIA and I-Tree Under Vibrant Cities UmbrellaGoals: Long-term Strategic Inventory and Monitoring of the Nation’s Urban Forests Not another pilotBuilt one Census Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) at a timeAnnualized to FIA rural forest inventory cycles within the CBSAStrategic monitoring of all urban forests within each CBSAIntensified monitoring of urban forests in the target city within each CSBAProvide annual information on the status and trends in target city forestsProvide for the broader-scale monitoring of all forests along the urban to rural gradient Place city forests into context within the broader urban to rural continuumForward Vibrant City goals DesignPopulation Census--Core Based Statistical Areas (multi –county areas which build to national)Census-defined urban areas and urban clusters boundaries withinTarget-city boundary withinFIA Hexagonal Sampling FrameSampling IntensityFIA base intensity (1 plot/~6000 acres) in urban boundaryIntensify as necessary to achieve 200 total plots in the target citySlide22

Filling the Gap – Urban Road Rules Plot Design

4-subplot cluster for FIA (rural) forestsSingle plot at subplot one for urban 1/6 acre fixed Dual design for FIA forest plots in urbanExploit marginal cost opportunity (FIA already visits 20% of urban plots)Maintain consistency with rural and urban designs/estimationAnnualizeMatch FIA rural forest cycleMatch FIA production/delivery goalsCollect data in 1 yearProcess/post data within 6 months of last plotPublish comprehensive report every 5 yearsDevelop data distribution toolsMet by combination of FIA and I-Tree systemsData CollectionStart by merging FIA and I-Tree UFORE field manualsTraditional outputs of both ProgramsAugment/refine in timeLearn from initial effortsOnly after initial effort firmly underwaySlide23

Filling the Gap – Urban Road Rules Data Collection

StaffingBest mix (fed, partners, contracts)All must be trained All must be certified All must pass check plotsQuality Standards and AttainmentTrained and Certified crews4% - 10% of plots checked annuallyBlind, Hot, and ColdMeasurement Quality ObjectivesBasis for passing check plotQuantified and reportedEstimates with sampling errorsStatistical precision goalsFull breadth of FIA program with logical urban refinementsPlotsCharacterize vegetation and sites upon which it growsP1, P2, P2 + (ecosystem indicators)Timber Product Output

Characterize mills, wood used, products made, and residues generatedNational Woodland Owners SurveyCharacterize owners, attitudes, behaviors, and intentionsSlide24

Filling the Gap – Urban Road Rules Sample Integrity Protections

Do not bias the sampleAccessAncillary effortsMay not be the best platform for some R&D effortsPrivacy ProtectionsGet permission to collectDo not divulge individual’s proprietary dataSpatial Data ServicesMaximize data utility while staying compliant with Integrity/Privacy protectionsAugmentation opportunities paid by partnerSpatial intensificationIncrease the number of samples (sample intensity)More precise estimates/more confidence for smaller areas of interestTemporal intensificationSpeed the number of plots installed in a year/shorten the cycle lengthReport out soonerEstablishment of rolling average and change estimation soonerAdditional Data AttributesAugment when mutually beneficial and not detrimental to base effort