Identification_Information:
  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator: Dr. Robert C. Abt
      Publication_Date: 2001
      Title: area.xls
      Publication_Information:
        Publication_Place: Salt Lake City, UT
        Publisher: USDA Forest Service
      Other_Citation_Details: SFRA reference - Technical Report, Chapter 13 (TIMBR-1) Figures 15, 17, 18, and the projected portion of Figure 20
  Description:
    Abstract: These data are projections, 1995-2040, of forest area by management type, by Forest Inventory and Analysis Survey Unit (or by Ecoregion), by projection scenario, developed using the Subregional Timber Supply Model.
    Purpose: To project forest area in the South for the Southern Forest Resource Assessment.
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Range_of_Dates/Times:
        Beginning_Date: 1995 - 2040
    Currentness_Reference: 2001
  Status:
    Progress: Complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
  Spatial_Domain:
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -97.104246
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.773082
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.961157
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 23.957495
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword: timber management
      Theme_Keyword: biota
      Theme_Keyword: environment
      Theme_Keyword: economy
  Access_Constraints: none
  Use_Constraints: none
  Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Person_Primary:
        Contact_Person: Jeffrey P. Prestemon
        Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station
      Contact_Position: Scientist
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing address
        Address: Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, PO Box 12254
        City: Research Triangle Park
        State_or_Province: NC
        Postal_Code: 27709
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 919-549-4033
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 919-549-4047
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jprestemon@fs.fed.us
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
  Detailed_Description:
    Entity_Type:
      Entity_Type_Definition: text
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Ecoregion section identifier (Row 1)
      Attribute_Definition: see source
      Attribute_Definition_Source: Bailey (1995)-see text
  Detailed_Description:
    Entity_Type:
      Entity_Type_Definition: text
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: FIA Survey Unit identifier (Row 2)
      Attribute_Definition: see source
      Attribute_Definition_Source: USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis Unit, Southern Research Station -see text
  Detailed_Description:
    Entity_Type:
      Entity_Type_Definition: text
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Scenario (Column A)
      Attribute_Definition: Economic scenario (see text): IH = inelastic demand, high plantation growth; IL = inelastic demand, low plantation growth; EH = elastic demand, high plantation growth; EL = elastic demand, low plantation growth.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: Chapter text
  Detailed_Description:
    Entity_Type:
      Entity_Type_Definition: text
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Management type (Column B)
      Attribute_Definition: see source
      Attribute_Definition_Source: USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis Unit, Southern Research Station
  Detailed_Description:
    Entity_Type:
      Entity_Type_Definition: text
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Year (Column C)
      Attribute_Definition: projected year
      Attribute_Definition_Source: na
  Detailed_Description:
    Entity_Type:
      Entity_Type_Definition: numeric
      Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Survey Unit - million acres
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: forest area (Columns D-DP)
      Attribute_Definition: land covered by forest of the type indicated for each year for each projection scenario
      Attribute_Definition_Source: USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis Unit, Southern Research Station
Distribution_Information:
  Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
  Standard_Order_Process:
    Ordering_Instructions: How can someone get a copy of the data set? From the Question Manager
Metadata_Reference_Information:
  Metadata_Date: 20041117
  Metadata_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: Southern Research Station, SRS- 4851
        Contact_Person: John M. Pye
      Contact_Position: Ecologist
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: 3041 E. Cornwallis Rd
        City: Research Triangle Park
        State_or_Province: NC
        Postal_Code: 27709
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 919-549-4013
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jpye@fs.fed.us
  Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
  Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
  Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
  Metadata_Extensions:
    Online_Linkage: http://www.rtp.srs.fs.fed.us/econ/
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