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Image-based change estimation (ICE): monitoring land use, land cover and agent of change information for all lands

The Image-based Change Estimation (ICE) protocols have been designed to respond to several Agency and Department information requirements. These include provisions set forth by the 2014 Farm Bill, the Forest Service Action Plan and Strategic Plan, the 2012 Planning Rule, and the 2015 Planning Directives. ICE outputs support the information needs by providing estimates...

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Kevin Megown; Andy Lister; Paul Patterson; Tracey Frescino; Dennis Jacobs; Jeremy Webb; Nicholas Daniels; Mark Finco

Year:

2015

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In: Stanton, Sharon M.; Christensen, Glenn A., comps. 2015. Pushing boundaries: new directions in inventory techniques and applications: Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) symposium 2015. 2015 December 8–10; Portland, Oregon. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-931. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. p. 218.

Photos for estimating fuel loadings before and after prescribed burning in the upper coastal plain of the southeast

Although prescribed burning is common in the Southeastern United States, most fuel models apply to only western forests. This paper documents a fuel classification system that was developed for plantations of loblolly and longleaf pines for the Upper Coastal Plain region. Multivariate analysis of variance and discriminant function analysis were used to confirm eight...

Author(s):

Eric R. Scholl; Thomas A. Waldrop

Year:

1999

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Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-26. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 29 p.

A GIS-based tool for estimating tree canopy cover on fixed-radius plots using high-resolution aerial imagery

Recent changes to the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program's definition of forest land precipitated the development of a geographic information system (GIS)-based tool for efficiently estimating tree canopy cover for all FIA plots. The FIA definition of forest land has shifted from a density-related criterion based on stocking to a 10 percent tree canopy...

Author(s):

Sara A. Goeking; Greg C. Liknes; Erik Lindblom; John Chase; Dennis M. Jacobs; Robert Benton

Year:

2012

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statistics, estimation, sampling, modeling, remote sensing, forest health, data integrity, environmental monitoring, cover estimation, international forest monitoring

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In: Morin, Randall S.; Liknes, Greg C., comps. Moving from status to trends: Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) symposium 2012; 2012 December 4-6; Baltimore, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-105. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. [CD-ROM]: 237-241.

A test of the Forest Inventory and Analysis Program’s down woody material indicator for regional fuel estimation in the Southern Appalachian Mountains (PROJECT SO-F-06-01)

Both the National Fire Plan (http://199.134.225.50/nwcc/t2_wa4/ pdf/RuralAssistance.pdf) and the Healthy Forest Initiative (http://www.fs.fed.us/projects/ hfi/2003/august/documents/hfi-fact-sheet. pdf) call for reduction of hazardous fuels. Consequently, estimations of forest fuel loading at various scales become necessary. The Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA)...

Author(s):

G. Geof Wang; Zhi-Ping Wang; Aaron D. Stottlemyer; Thomas A. Waldrop

Year:

2013

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In: Potter, Kevin M.; Conkling, Barbara L., eds. 2013. Forest health monitoring: national status, trends, and analysis 2011. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-GTR-185. Asheville, NC: USDA-Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 143-146.

Accuracy assessment of biomass and forested area classification from modis, landstat-tm satellite imagery and forest inventory plot data

The objective of this study was to determine how well forestfnon-forest and biomass classifications obtained from Landsat-TM and MODIS satellite data modeled with FIA plots, compare to each other and with forested area and biomass estimates from the national inventory data, as well as whether there is an increase in overall accuracy when pixel size (spatial resolution...

Author(s):

Dumitru Salajanu; Dennis M. Jacobs

Year:

2007

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In: ASPRS 2007 annual Conference. Tampa, Florida. May 7-11. 10 p.

Predicting cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii) abundance in high-elevation streams: revisiting a model of translocation success

Assessing viability of stream populations of cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii) and identifying streams suitable for establishing populations are priorities in the western United States, and a model was recently developed to predict translocation success (as defined by an index of population size) of two subspecies based on mean July water...

Author(s):

Michael K. Young; Paula M. Guenther-Gloss; Ashley D. Ficke

Year:

2005

Keywords:

cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarkii, high-elevation streams, stream populations, translocation

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Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Volume 62, Number 10, 1 October 2005, pp. 2399-2408(10).

Assessing biomass and forest area classifications from modis satellite data while incrementing the number of FIA data panels

Our objective was to determine at what level biomass and forest area obtained from 2, 3, 4, or 5 panels of forest inventory data compares well with forested area and biomass estimates from the national inventory data. A subset of 2605 inventory plots (100% forested, 100% non-forested) was used to classify the land cover and model the biomass in South Carolina. Mixed...

Author(s):

Dumitru Salajanu; Dennis M. Jacobs

Year:

2005

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In: Pecora 16 Global Priorities in Land Remote Sensing, October 23 – 27, 2005, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. 10 p.

The effect of using complete and partial forested FIA plot data on biomass and forested area classifications from MODIS satellite data

Authors? objective was to determine at what level biomass and forest area obtained from partial and complete forested plot inventory data compares with forested area and biomass estimates from the national inventory data. A subset of 3819 inventory plots (100% forested, 100% non-forested, mixed-forest/non-forest) was used to classify the land cover and model the...

Author(s):

Dumitru Salajanu; Dennis M. Jacobs

Year:

2006

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In: Proceedings: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 2006 annual conference. Bethesda, MD: American Society of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing.

Characterizing and contrasting instream and riparian coarse wood in western Montana basins

The importance of coarse wood to aquatic biota and stream channel structure is widely recognized, yet characterizations of large-scale patterns in coarse wood dimensions and loads are rare. To address these issues, we censused instream coarse wood ( 2 m long and 10 cm minimum diameter) and sampled riparian coarse wood and channel characteristics in and along 13 streams...

Author(s):

Michael K. Young; Ethan A. Mace; Eric T. Ziegler; Elaine K. Sutherland

Year:

2006

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abundance, channel type, reach length, sample size, volume, woody debris

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Forest Ecology and Management. 226: 26-40.

Movement and capture efficiency of radio-tagged salmonids sampled by electrofishing

Electrofishing-based estimates of fish abundance are common. Most population models assume that samples are drawn froma closed population, but population closure is sometimes difficult to achieve. Consequently, we individually electrofished 103 radio-tagged trout of two species, westslope cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi and brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis...

Author(s):

Michael K. Young; David A. Schmetterling

Year:

2012

Keywords:

electrofishing, radio-tag, salmonids, westslope cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi, brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis

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North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 32: 823-831.