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Type: Fact Sheet / Brief / Bulletin
Author(s): Brian Cooke
Publication Date: 2020

Forest inventory and analyses and shared stewardship have become more important today than ever before. With diminishing resources and limited budgets, land managers may struggle to support the 2012 Planning Rule, which requires forests to use the best available science. Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS) scientists, Forest Inventory Analysis (FIA), and National Forests (NFS) land managers and planners have been partnering together to improve Forest Planning processes and goals.

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Citation: Cooke, Brian. 2020. Making sense of big data: putting Forest Inventory and Analysis to work in forest planning. Science You Can Use Bulletin 39. Fort Collins, CO: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 11 p.

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Topics:
Climate    Monitoring and Inventory    Planning
Regions:
Alaska    California    Eastern    Great Basin    Hawaii    Northern Rockies    Northwest    Rocky Mountain    Southern    Southwest    National
Keywords:
  • aquatic ecosystems
  • climate change
  • FIA - Forest Inventory and Analysis
  • forest management
  • riparian ecosystems
  • shared stewardship
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Record Maintained By: FRAMES Staff (https://www.frames.gov/contact)
FRAMES Record Number: 61200