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Blog: Tree Census and a Wealth of Public Data

from USDA Forest Service, June 4, 2020

Blog: Tree Census and a Wealth of Public Data USDA Forest Service, June 4, 2020 As our country sets out on the monumental task of conducting the U.S. census, the USDA Forest Service is conducting a census of its own — the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA). Researchers conducting the FIA, also known as “America’s tree census,” measure trees, collect data and catalogue sample areas in research plots all over the U.S. According to FIA, currently, there are nearly 300 billion trees in the United States. But the program does more than just count trees. There are also several other measurements being gathered; a 580-page manual worth of measurements to be exact. READ MORE

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