Proceedings of the Second Annual
Forest and Inventory
Symposium

Edited by
Gregory A. Reams
Ronald E. McRoberts
Paul C. Van Deusen

Salt Lake City, Utah
October 17 - 18, 2000

Hosted by
USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station

Sponsored by
USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station
USDA Forest Service, North Central Research Station
USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc.

Published by
USDA Forest Service
Southern Research Station
Asheville, North Carolina
December 2001


PREFACE

On October 17-18, 2000, the USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station sponsored a second annual Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) symposium in Salt Lake City, Utah. Symposium organizers successfully sought to document regional and national progress in implementing an enhanced FIA program. By the end of calendar year 2000, all Forest Service research stations will have begun annual inventories in at least one State using protocols developed for a system that is national in both scope and scale.

Papers included in this publication have been sorted into a number of general topic areas. Those areas include remote sensing and Geographic Inventory Systems (GIS), statistical estimation and modeling, information management, analysis and reporting, and a special-studies session. We thank all presenters and convey special thanks to those who so copiously documented their work and submitted papers for this publication.

Gregory A. Reams
Ronald E. McRoberts
Paul C. Van Deusen
Asheville, North Carolina


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Remote Sensing and GIS

Analyzing Regional FIA Data in the ArcView Geographic Information System
D. Reed, S. Pugh, P. Miles, and K. Pregitzer

Forest/Nonforest Classification of Landsat TM Data for Annual Inventory Phase One Stratification
J. Rack

Phase I Forest Area Estimation Using Landsat TM and Iterative Guided Spectral Class Rejection: Assessment of Possible Training Data Protocols
J. Scrivani, R. Wynne, C. Blinn, and R. Musy

Landsat TM Classifications for SAFIS Using FIA Field Plots
W.H. Cooke III and A. Hartsell

Stratifying FIA Ground Plots Using a 3-Year Old MRLC Forest Cover Map and Current TM Derived Variables Selected by "Decision Tree" Classification
M. Hoppus, S. Arner, and A. Lister

Honeycombing the Icoshedron and Icoshedroning the Sphere
J.M. McCollum

Accuracy of Remotely Sensed Classifications for Stratification of Forest and Nonforest
R. Czaplewski and P. Patterson

Remote Sensing Precision Requirements for FIA Estimation
M.H. Hansen

A Nonparametric Geostatistical Method for Estimating Species Importance
A. Lister, R. Riemann, and M. Hoppus

Statistical Estimation Modeling

Areal Control Using Generalized Least Squares As An Alternative To Stratification
R. Czaplewski

Updating Indiana Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Plot Data Using Eastern Broadleaf Forest Diameter Growth Models
V.C. Lessard 

Estimating the Uncertainity inDiameter Growth Model Predictions and its Effects on the Uncertainty of Annual Inventory Estimates
R.E. McRoberts and V.C. Lessard

A Comparison of Several Techniques for Estimating the Average Volume per Acre for Multipanel Data with Missing Panels
D. Gartner and G.A. Reams

FIA Estimation in the New Millennium
F.A. Roesch

Alternatives to the Moving Average
P.C. Van Deusen

Information Management

The New Southern FIA Data Compilation System
V.C. Baldwin, Jr. and L. Royer

On FIA Variables for Ecological Use
D.C. Chojnacky

Analysis and Reporting

Estimation Based on the First Cycle of the Annual Forest Inventory System: Methods, Preliminary Results, and Observations
M.H. Hansen, G.J. Brand, D.G. Wendt, and R.E. McRoberts

Analysis and Reporting Needs for Annual Forest Inventories in the South
M.T. Thompson

Special Studies

Assessing Regeneration Adequacy in Pennsylvania's Forests: A Pilot Study
W.H. McWilliams, S. King, and C.T. Scott

Comparision of Standing Volume Estimates Using Optical Dendrometers
N.A. Clark, S.J. Zarnoch, A. Clark III, and G.A. Reams

Land Use, Recreation, and Wildlife Habitats: GIS Applications Using FIA Plot Data
V.A. Rudis

Integrating P3 Data into P2 Analyses: What is the Added Value?
J.R. Steinman

Plotview Software for Retrieving Plot-Level Imagery and GIS Data Over the Web
K. Boss

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