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From i-Tree to Urban FIA: A New Partnership for Measuring the Nation's Forests

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Arbor Day Foundation
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The US Forest Service is implementing an urban forest inventory program called Urban FIA to census trees in urban areas, as required by the Farm Bill. They have selected 25 cities to begin collecting data in 2017 and are pre-testing a survey of urban residential homeowners regarding their trees. They are also exploring how to study urban wood flows and determining how FIA can help provide data and analysis.

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US Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis Urban October 2016 Urban FIA - One Iconic City at a Time
Forest Inventory & Analysis photo by Ben Kimball The Nations Forest Census!
Status Update Why Urban FIA? Farm Bill 8301 subparagraph 2: Implement an annualized inventory of trees in urban settings, including the status and trends of trees and forests, and assessments of their ecosystem services, values, health, and risk to pests and disease.
Status Update - Implementation Urban Areas / Urban Clusters
25 Cities will be operational by 2017 Census-Based Statistical Areas Status Update - Implementation
Status Update Implementation FIA We are FIA
Status Update Urban Survey What? Who? Where? When? Pre-testing a survey instrument to measure attitudes and behaviors of urban residential owners regarding their trees and other green spaces Private urban residential owners with some type of green space (yard, garden, trees) 3 Pilot cities Austin, TX with Texas A&M Forest Service Madison, WI with the Wisconsin DNR Baltimore, MD with the Urban Field Station Pilot surveys began December 2015 with results from Austin expected by April 2016 Want more information? Contact Brett Butler, NWOS coordinator, bbutler01@fs.fed.us
Status Update UTPO Progress: Lots of interest in Urban Wood Flows Have identified interested parties in 5 cities Baltimore field station has taken the lead Identifying where FIA fits in best Working with John to find a path forward
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From i-Tree to Urban FIA: A New Partnership for Measuring the Nation's Forests
From i-Tree to Urban FIA: A New Partnership for Measuring the Nation's Forests
From i-Tree to Urban FIA: A New Partnership for Measuring the Nation's Forests
From i-Tree to Urban FIA: A New Partnership for Measuring the Nation's Forests
From i-Tree to Urban FIA: A New Partnership for Measuring the Nation's Forests
From i-Tree to Urban FIA: A New Partnership for Measuring the Nation's Forests
From i-Tree to Urban FIA: A New Partnership for Measuring the Nation's Forests
From i-Tree to Urban FIA: A New Partnership for Measuring the Nation's Forests
From i-Tree to Urban FIA: A New Partnership for Measuring the Nation's Forests
From i-Tree to Urban FIA: A New Partnership for Measuring the Nation's Forests
From i-Tree to Urban FIA: A New Partnership for Measuring the Nation's Forests
From i-Tree to Urban FIA: A New Partnership for Measuring the Nation's Forests
From i-Tree to Urban FIA: A New Partnership for Measuring the Nation's Forests
From i-Tree to Urban FIA: A New Partnership for Measuring the Nation's Forests
From i-Tree to Urban FIA: A New Partnership for Measuring the Nation's Forests
From i-Tree to Urban FIA: A New Partnership for Measuring the Nation's Forests

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From i-Tree to Urban FIA: A New Partnership for Measuring the Nation's Forests

  • 1. US Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis Urban October 2016 Urban FIA - One Iconic City at a Time
  • 2. Forest Inventory & Analysis photo by Ben Kimball The Nations Forest Census!
  • 3. Status Update Why Urban FIA? Farm Bill 8301 subparagraph 2: Implement an annualized inventory of trees in urban settings, including the status and trends of trees and forests, and assessments of their ecosystem services, values, health, and risk to pests and disease.
  • 4. Status Update - Implementation Urban Areas / Urban Clusters
  • 5. 25 Cities will be operational by 2017 Census-Based Statistical Areas Status Update - Implementation
  • 6. Status Update Implementation FIA We are FIA
  • 7. Status Update Urban Survey What? Who? Where? When? Pre-testing a survey instrument to measure attitudes and behaviors of urban residential owners regarding their trees and other green spaces Private urban residential owners with some type of green space (yard, garden, trees) 3 Pilot cities Austin, TX with Texas A&M Forest Service Madison, WI with the Wisconsin DNR Baltimore, MD with the Urban Field Station Pilot surveys began December 2015 with results from Austin expected by April 2016 Want more information? Contact Brett Butler, NWOS coordinator, bbutler01@fs.fed.us
  • 8. Status Update UTPO Progress: Lots of interest in Urban Wood Flows Have identified interested parties in 5 cities Baltimore field station has taken the lead Identifying where FIA fits in best Working with John to find a path forward