Strategic National Urban Forest Inventory for the United States

Christopher B. Edgar; David J. Nowak; Mark A. Majewsky; Tonya W. Lister; James A. Westfall; Nancy F. Sonti

doi:10.1093/jofore/fvaa047

Strategic National Urban Forest Inventory for the United States

Christopher B. Edgar, David J. Nowak, Mark A. Majewsky, Tonya W. Lister, James A. Westfall, Nancy F. Sonti

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In response to the strategic plan required by the Agricultural Act of 2014, the USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program is initiating a strategic inventory of the nation's urban forests. The inventory is designed to provide timely and credible data on urban forests, thereby meeting an expanding need for information on trees located in communities where more than 80% of people live. The program monitors the status and trends of trees in urban settings (i.e., urban forests), enabling assessment of their composition and structure, ecosystem services and values, health, and risk from pests and disease. At full implementation with funding, resources, and partnerships in place, the program as designed would provide annual updates of urban forest conditions on approximately 68 million acres of land and for 100 of the most populous cities in the United States. The traditional forestland inventory of FIA continues and is complemented by the new urban inventory providing the means for a more complete assessment of the tree and forest resources across the United States.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	86-95
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Forestry
Volume	119
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvaa047
State	Published - Jan 1 2021

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Funding Information:
Funding to support this effort was provided in part by the USDA Forest Service Project 15 FIA-Forest Biometrics Program Support (RJVA 15-JV-11242305-100) and Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station Project MIN-42-078. We thank Jason Henning of Davey Institute who contributed to discussions on the article concept and provided feedback on early drafts. We thank the FIA program managers for their review. The concept for the article was shared equally by all authors. All authors contributed to the design and inclusion of ideas in the article. CE led the writing process with all authors contributing to editing. All authors contributed to the response to reviews and revision process.

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© 2020 The Author(s).

Keywords

FIA
estimation
i-Tree
monitoring
sampling frame
urban settings

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