Mississippi Institute for Forest Inventory

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Mississippi Institute for Forest Inventory
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• Do we need a total state forest inventory?

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How much resource is there now? Where is the
resource located? What will the resource be in
the future?
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Mississippi Institute for Forest Inventory

• What do we gain from a total State Inventory.

• 54,396 forest related jobs (2002)
• 1.68 billion total wages (2002)
• Twelfth consecutive year
  revenue over 1 billion

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Mississippi Institute for Forest Inventory

• Who Benefits?

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Mississippi Institute for Forest Inventory

• Recommended by the Task Force for Strategic
  Initiative for Forest-Based Economic Development
• Legislation passed by the 2002 Legislature
• To start the inventory process
• To be completed by 1/05
• To submit the findings in writing and by way of a
  web site
• To develop a continuous forest inventory

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Mississippi Institute for Forest Inventory

• Spatial Information Technologies Laboratory and
  College of Forest Resources faculty at
  Mississippi State University will provide
  technical assistance and support.

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• Mississippi Institute for Forest Inventory
• Southwest Region (2004-2005)
• Southeast Region (2005-2006)
• Central Region (2006-2007)
• North Region (2007-2008)
• Delta Region (2008-2009)

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Landsat 7Scene 23-38Perspective100,000 ft agl
(above ground level)
Jackson
Natchez
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Classified Image

• Water
• Pine Cover
• Hardwood Cover
• Non-Forest

Riverside Casino
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Forested Area Determination
Change Detection For Land Utilization
2003
1998
Afforestation Harvest Detection Deforestation
1993
1987
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Final Remote Sensing Products
Cover Types
Age Classes
Choctaw County
Choctaw County
Pine
0 - 3
Mixed Pine/Hardwood
4 - 6
Hardwood
7 - 12
Regeneration
13 - 19
20 - 26
gt 27
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Stratified Random Sampling Scheme
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Inventory Information
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Thank you!Questions or Comments

• Mississippi Institute for Forest Inventory
• P.O. Box 6350
• MS State, MS 39762
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]