Welcome! The purpose of this site is to coordinate information and work progress for the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Technical Bands and FIA Management Team, that is, to ensure that all play in harmony.

The objective of chartering these Bands is to create a process that allows FIA technical staff in various field locations to interact constantly - by e-mail, by conference call, and by periodic workshops where they hash out the technical details of maintaining a core FIA program.

The intent is to reduce redundancy and increase quality by promoting coordinated approaches to core program issues. The Bands will identify weaknesses in our approaches to core issues and recommend solutions. An added benefit is that they see how other people are solving similar problems, which should add to the continuous improvement of the overall FIA program at the regional and local level.

Recent Decisions:

FY2012 Inter-band Project Priorities
(Oct 2011)

FY2011 Phase 3 Indicators
(Mar 2011)

Other Interesting Stuff:

Tree matrix issue (Feb 2012)

National Core Tables (Jul 2011)

Field Guide

National Sampling Design and Estimation Procedures (AKA "Green Book")

Joint Band Meeting

FIA Glossary (Jul 2011)

Related Web Sites:

National Forest Inventory and Analysis

National Forest Health Monitoring