A New Annual Forest Inventory System for the South

Noel D. Cost

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A New Annual Forest Inventory System for the South

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Noel D. Cost

Year:

1999

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Forest Landowner. 58(2): 16-19.

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Abstract

The author and director of the Southern Annual Forest Inventory System (SAFIS) details the Forest Service’s Forest Inventory and Analysis program and the demand for more timely and reliable forest inventory data that led to the new annual inventory program. Cost discusses the research and implementation of SAFIS and the benefits the program has already produced.

Citation

Cost, Noel D. 1999. A New Annual Forest Inventory System for the South. Forest Landowner. 58(2): 16-19.