Forestry Programs

Forestry Programs
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Agriculture and Forestry Committee
Publisher:
Total Pages: 66
Release: 1972
Genre:
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State and Private Forestry Programs

State and Private Forestry Programs
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Subcommittee on Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization
Publisher:
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1998
Genre: Law
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Forest Service Programs, Authorities, and Relationships

Forest Service Programs, Authorities, and Relationships
Author: Ervin G. Schuster
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2003
Genre: Forest management
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"The Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act (RPA) of 1974, as amended, directs the Forest Service to prepare and update a renewable resources assessment that would include "a description of Forest Service programs and responsibilities , their interrelationships, and the relationship of these programs and responsibilities to public and private activities." The first description was part of the RPA Assessment document in 1979. The second was published as an independent support document in 1989. This third description is organized around major Forest Service programs within the National Forest System, State and Private Forestry, and Research and Development. Programs and responsibilities within International Programs, Law Enforcement and Investigations, Capital Improvement and Maintenance, along with Senior, Youth, and Volunteer Programs, are also discussed. Each section discusses major program areas, legal authorizations, administrative and organizational considerations, and relationships within the Forest Service and with outside organizations. A listing of major legislative authorities is provided."

The Enhanced Forest Inventory and Analysis Program--national Sampling Design and Estimation Procedures

The Enhanced Forest Inventory and Analysis Program--national Sampling Design and Estimation Procedures
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2005
Genre: Forest health
ISBN:

The Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service is in the process of moving from a system of quasi-independent, regional, periodic inventories to an enhanced program featuring greater national consistency, a complete and annual sample of each State, new reporting requirements, and integration with the ground sampling component of the Forest Health Monitoring Program. This documentation presents an overview of the conceptual design, describes the sampling frame and plot configuration, presents the estimators that form the basis of FIA's National Information Management System (NIMS), and shows how annual data are combined for analysis. It also references a number of Web-based supplementary documents that provide greater detail about some of the more obscure aspects of the sampling and estimation system, as well as examples of calculations for most of the common estimators produced by FIA.