Forest Inventory Methods

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This paper explain that New Jersey is a unique forestry case study because the rapid urbanization of the state resulted in not as much comprehensive information about inventories and methodology being done as in larger states with more forests. The author points out that the state uses interpretation of aerial photos of the entire state to estimate the number, size and species of trees and compare re-photographed and re-measured plots periodically. The paper relates that a major component of New Jersey's forests is the urban forest, one of the most neglected fields in terms of resource management due to budget austerity, poor planning and non-efficient management.

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"A piece of knowledge that is useful about the Pine Barrens of New Jersey is the need to calculate fuel load in order to understand fire and how much it can affect the forest. This requires the extensive use of machinery. A Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) device was utilized in conjunction with FIA and other types of data to quantify the fuel lodes of the forest. The LIDAR was recorded at 400 Hz over three areas of 1 square kilometer with transects spaced at 200 meters and along 64 transects also spaced 1 square kilometer apart."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Georgian Court University. Plants Of The New Jersey Pine Barrens". <http://www.georgian.edu/pinebarrens/index.htm> September 6, 2007. December 16, 2007.
• Rutgers University. "Hemlock Decline In The New Jersey Highlands Region". Center For Remote Sensing And Spatial Analysis. <http://www.crssa.rutgers.edu/projects/hemlock>. October 2, 2002. December 16, 2007.
• Skowronski, Michael. "Remotely Sensed Measurements Of Forest Structure And Fuel Loads In The Pinelands Of New Jersey". <http://nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/jrnl/2007/nrs_2007_skowronski_001.pdf> October 22, 2005. December 16, 2007.
• University Of Massachusetts.. Northeast Center For Urban And Community Forestry. <http://www.umass.edu/urbantree/phd.pdf>. December 16, 2007.
• Widmann, Richard. "Forests Of The Garden State". United States Forest Service. <http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/newtown_square/publications/resource_bulletins/pdfs/2005/ne_rb163>October 8, 2004. December 16, 2007.

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