FIA Band
Current
Proposed Changes
(to be implemented in Manual Version 5.0, except where noted)
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FIA Band Current
Proposed Changes |
Last Update: 12-Mar-2009 |
| Proposal Status Colors: | Type
codes: B=Bug Fix, C=clarification, A=addition, D=deletion, M=modificaiton |
4/4/08 Decision - Implementation of manual version 5.0 will be Fiscal 2011, beginning October 2010. Also note that some proposals, originally slated for 4.0, were delayed until Fiscal 2011 due to complications with their implementation. |
| Gray=Still in Change Review Process | ||
| Yellow=Proposal Accepted | Band Recommendation codes: S=Support, M=Modifications suggested, O=Object, NR=No Response, '-'=Response not required | |
| Orange=Proposal Withdrawn | ||
| Red=Proposal Not Accepted |
| Count | Proposal ID | Champion | Band Sponsor | Type | Description |
Band Recommendations | Band Response Summary | MT Decision |
Status | ||||
| AB | DAB | IMB | RSB | SB | |||||||||
| 1 | Damage - Most Recent Revision 2/26/2007 ------------------------------- |
Manfred Milke | IAB |
M | This is a revamped damage protocol intended to be implemented nationally at the tree level on P2 and P3 plots | - |
A | ||||||
| Review of damage chapter and NIMS business rules | M | NR | M | - | M | summary | |||||||
| 2 | Ownership Most Recent Revision 03/30/2007 --------------------------------- 06 16 2005 Ownership Variables (original form)Revision on Variables- 6/26/2006 Other documentation: April revision 4/3/2006 (first revision- 10/18/05) Field Variables (revised 10/18/05) Office Variables (revised 10/18/05) Expert opinion panels (revised 10/18/05) Recoding Existing Ownership Information New Codes Diagram (revised 10/18/05) |
Brett Butler | M | Modify forest ownership information collection, processing, analysis, and distribution. | S | S | - | S | summary | ||||
| M | M | M | - | S | A | ||||||||
| 3 |
Resubmitted Pre-proposal |
Thomas Brandeis |
AB | M | Revise Physiographic Classes | ||||||||
| 4 | Invasives |
Andy Gray | AB | A | Nationally standard protocols for collecting core-optional invasive species data. | - |
A | ||||||
| 5 | 04_28_2006_Landuse | James Blehm, Bill Dunning |
DAB | A | Add codes to PRESENT NONFOREST LAND USE, and change When collected. | M | S | S | NR | S | summary | M | |
| 6 | P2Veg - Most
Recent Revision 12/29/2008 RevisionP2Veg_field_guide_post_bandrvw_12_08 3/17/2008 Revision 9/17/2007 Revision ------------------------------
06_09_2006_p2veg_revised_7_27_06
- proposal |
Beth
Schulz, et.al. |
AB |
A |
New protocol for collecting Veg variables on P2 plots. | ||||||||
5/22/2008 - Band Response Summary for revised 2/25/2008 manual UPDATED 12/29/08 - Champion response to 5/22/2008 band reviews |
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| 7 | 06_23_2006_GPS Locating FIA plots using GPS |
Mike Hoppus | RSB | M | Modify procedures in collecting GPS data. | S | M | S | NR | S | summary | A | |
| 8 | Pre-proposal 09_29_2006_salvable_dead_preproposal |
Larry Deblander & Vol/Biomass Team | AB | D | Drop salvable dead classification (FIADB - SALVCD) | ||||||||
| 9 | 03_05_2007_MAI | Andy Gray | A | Add the calculated value for mean annual increment at culmination (CMAI) to the condition table (COND) in NIMS | |||||||||
| 10 | DWM 03_22_2007_DWM_Lite (change form) DWM_lite_proposal_Apr_24_07_pdf |
Chris Woodall, et. al. | A | New protocol for collecting DWM variables on P2 plots | S | O | O | - | S | summary | |||
| 11 | Pre-proposal |
Bryan Lanier | IMB | A | Design and implement a database routine that correctly identifies all plots that are to be moved from the computation system (NIMS-CS) to the presentation database (FIADB). | ||||||||
| 12 | Paul Patterson | A | Add variables to record "nonsampled nonforest" to accommodate the P3 indicators that sample on nonforest. | S | M | S | M | summary | A | ||||
| 13 | P3Veg Proposal |
Beth Schulz |
M | Modification of the P3 Vegetation Indicator field guide to clarify text, remove inconsistencies, and adjust tolerance classes for ocular estimates of cover, based on recent MQO analyses. | M | S | S | M | summary | A | |||
| 14 | Proposal 11_15_2007_Tropical_species(original proposal) |
Thomas Brandeis & Joseph Donnegan | A | Revised proposal includes only Caribbean species Original proposal - Add tropical species to the National FIA species list |
S | S | S | S | summary | ||||
15 |
Pre-proposal 12_10_2007_lean_angle_revised |
KaDonna Randolph & Jim Steinman | A | Add lean angle variable to P3 to account for lean in live trees | |||||||||
16 |
Pre-proposal 02_15_2008_sample_kind |
Sharon Woudenberg | M | Modify sample kind codes to separate plot design from remeasure/new plot information. | |||||||||
17 |
Pre-proposal 02_26_2008_Agroforesty |
Thomas Brandeis & Joe Donnegan | A | Add treatment codes to capture agroforestry activities | S | M | M | S | summary | ||||
18 |
Pre-proposal 03_03_2008_growing_stock |
Ray Sheffield, GS task team | M | Provide a nationally consistent definition of growing stock. | |||||||||
19 |
Pre-proposal 03_26_2008_acacia_is_woodland |
Jeff Turner | B | Document acacia species as woodland and measure at DRC | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
20 |
Pre-proposal 03_31_2008_rotten_missing |
Larry DeBlander | M | Separate rotten from missing in the current national rotten/missing defect variable. | |||||||||
21 |
Pre-proposal 03_31_2008_standing_dead |
Glenn Christensen | A | Tally standing dead on sapling size trees. | |||||||||
22 |
Proposal 07_01_2008_species_changes |
Carol Alerich | B | Bug fix for species codes for 4.0. | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
23 |
Proposal |
Gretchen Smith & Dave Gartner | B | Field manual clarification | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
24 |
Pre-proposal |
Dave Gartner | A | Add a code to subplot status to indicate whether P3 QA remeasures were conducted | |||||||||
25 |
Proposal |
Doug Shipley, Sam Lambert, Dennis Jacobs | A | Add a variable to indicate that the GPS data was electronically transferred from the GPS unit to the PDR. | M | S | S | summary | |||||
26 |
Proposal |
Sharon Woudenberg & Bob Rhoads | B | Bug fix to correct legal subplot slope values that were changed in the field manual. | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
27 |
Proposal |
Sharon Woudenberg & George Breazeale | M | Add text to "When Collected" for variables that are collected on non forest plots. | S | S | S | S | summary | ||||
28 |
Pre-proposal |
Dave Gartner | M | Add a coordinate check routine to MIDAS so that changes to coordinate data are resolved in the field. | |||||||||
29 |
The Mother Proposal |
IAW Analysis Team - POC John Shaw | M | Creates nationally consistent definition of forest land based on 10 percent cover of live trees; classifies all P2 plot locations by cover and land use. | M | M | M | M | summary | ||||
30 |
Reserved Status & Admin Withdrawn |
Andy Gray, et. al. | M | Clarifies definition and interpertation of Reserved Status Code (RESERVCD). Adds new core-optional code for designation of administratively-withdrawn lands. | |||||||||