United States of America

Ronald E. McRoberts; Patrick D. Miles

Treesearch

United States of America

Formally Refereed

Authors:

Ronald E. McRoberts, Patrick D. Miles

Year:

2016

Type:

Book Chapter

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Vidal, Claude; Alberdi, Iciar; Hernandez, Laura; Redmond, John, eds. National forest inventories. Assessment of wood availaibility and use. Geneva, Switzerland: Springer: 829-842. Chapter 45.

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Abstract

The national forest inventory (NFI) of the United States of America (USA) is conducted by the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) programme of the U.S. Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The FIA programme has been in continuous existence since 1928 and is the only organisation that collects, compiles, archives, analyses, and publishes state, regional, and national forest information on all ownerships of forest land in the USA. The history of the programme is documented in numerous publications including LaBau et al. (2007), Gregoire (1992) and Yan Hooser et al. (1992); recent history is documented in McRoberts et al. (2005, 2010) and Bechtold and Patterson (2005).

Citation

McRoberts, Ronald E.; Miles, Patrick D. 2016. United States of America. In: Vidal, Claude; Alberdi, Iciar; Hernandez, Laura; Redmond, John, eds. National forest inventories. Assessment of wood availaibility and use. Geneva, Switzerland: Springer: 829-842. Chapter 45. https://doi.org/ 10.10007/978-3-319-44015-6_45.