In 2012, the US Forest Service promulgated new regulations for land-management planning that emphasize the importance of scientifically credible assessment and monitoring strategies for adaptive forest planning and the maintenance or restoration of ecological integrity. However, in an era of declining budgets, the implementation of robust assessment and monitoring strategies represents a significant challenge for fulfilling the intent of the new planning rule. In this article, we explore opportunities for using data and products produced by the USDA Forest Service’s Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program to support the implementation of the 2012 Planning Rule. FIA maintains a nationally consistent statistical sample of field plots that covers most national forests with hundreds of plots. We suggest that leveraging FIA data and products can generate efficiencies for assessment, planning, and monitoring requirements detailed in the 2012 Planning Rule, and help fulfill the adaptive intent of the new planning rule. However, strong national leadership and investment in regional-level analytical capacity, FIA liaisons, and decision-support tools are essential for systematically realizing the benefits of FIA data for forest planning across the National Forest System.

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利用森林清查和分析数据支持国家森林系统规划

2012 年，美国林务局颁布了新的土地管理规划法规，强调科学可信的评估和监测策略对于适应性森林规划和维护或恢复生态完整性的重要性。然而，在预算下降的时代，实施强有力的评估和监测策略是实现新规划规则意图的重大挑战。在本文中，我们探讨了使用美国农业部森林服务局森林清单和分析 (FIA) 计划生成的数据和产品来支持 2012 年规划规则实施的机会。FIA 维护着全国一致的田地统计样本，覆盖了大多数国家森林和数百个地块。我们建议利用 FIA 数据和产品可以提高 2012 年规划规则中详述的评估、规划和监控要求的效率，并有助于实现新规划规则的适应性意图。然而，强有力的国家领导和对区域级分析能力、FIA 联络和决策支持工具的投资对于系统地实现 FIA 数据对整个国家森林系统森林规划的好处至关重要。