Reforestation and Forest Surveys Data Standard Version 2.0
Bureau of Land Management
Oregon State Office
P.O. Box 2965
Portland, OR 97208
United States
Mission
This Information Bulletin announces the availability of the Reforestation and Forest Surveys (FOREST_SURV) Data Standard Version 2.
The Reforestation and Forest Surveys dataset represents information related to the following:
- Conducting surveys on BLM forested lands to determine results from reforestation efforts. In the life cycle of a forest, these surveys provide a measure of establishment, growth, and development of a forest stand.
- Measuring forest stand attributes.
- Preparing for or documenting treatment results. This dataset provides limited summary results from reforestation efforts to establish a young forest (i.e., stocking percentage, trees per acre). It does not contain summary data of older forest stand attributes commonly the results of a stand exam.
The FOREST_SURV dataset is part of the overall Micro*Storms (M*S) dataset, which includes polygon-based vegetation classification, recording vegetation treatments both completed and proposed, and recording treatment surveys both completed and proposed. M*S is daily use, mission critical tool which support a variety of day-to-day operations in forest management by the districts and supports corporate level reporting of forest conditions.
Changes in version 2 of the data standard include:
- Reformatted the document for accessibility.
- Added default values for required fields, added edit tracking fields, changed format of the date field, changed format of percent fields to whole numbers, and added date accuracy field.
- Added calculation and constraint data rule sections to section 9.4.
- Updated publication dataset section.
Any questions about this data standard can be directed to Sean Jeronimo, State Data Steward for FOREST_SURV at 503-315-5927; Dana Baker-Allum, Technical Lead at 503-808-6320; or Eric Hiebenthal, State Data Administrator at 503-808-6565.