TIGER 2000 and FIA

Joseph McCollum; Dennis Jacobs

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TIGER 2000 and FIA

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Joseph McCollum, Dennis Jacobs

Year:

2005

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C.; McWilliams, William H.; Cieszewski, Chris J., eds. Proceedings of the fourth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-252. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 223-229

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Abstract

The legal foundations of the FIA (Forest Inventory and Analysis) program are laid out. Upon those foundations are built a geographical definition of the United States and its components, and how applying that definition might change from decade to decade. Along the way, the American system of weights and measures as well as the unusual geography of the Commonwealth of Virginia are explained. Some recommendations are offered for the FIA program.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the fourth annual Forest Inventory and Analysis symposium

Citation

McCollum, Joseph; Jacobs, Dennis. 2005. TIGER 2000 and FIA. In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C.; McWilliams, William H.; Cieszewski, Chris J., eds. Proceedings of the fourth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-252. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 223-229