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Attached to: PINE RIDGE FOREST INVENTORY ANALYSIS Federal contract opportunity
Solicitation number: 140A0421Q0009
Issued by: Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Rocky Mountain Region

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Executive Summary	1
Reservation Location and Setting	3
Program	3
A. Category and Purpose	3
C. Size and Scope of Program	3
Forest Inventory Methods and Standards	4
CFI Program Development	4
Stratification	5
Design Protocols	5
Plot Selection Method	5
Plot Design	5
Statistical Reliability	7
Field Procedures and Data Collection	8
Programming and Data Processing	9
Assumptions of Volume Calculations	9
All-Forest Profile	10
Ecological Groups	10
Management Groups	11
Stocking and Species Composition	12
Growth and Mortality	17
Tree Problems	18
Regeneration	18
Site Considerations and Management Summary	18
Lodgepole Pine Stratum	18
Stand Structure and Stocking	19
Species Composition	20
Growth and Mortality	21
Tree Problems	22
Regeneration	23
Site and Management Summaries (LP)	23
Mixed Conifer Stratum	25
Stand Structure and Stocking	26
Species Composition	28
Growth and Mortality	29
Tree Problem	30
Regeneration	31
Site and Management Summaries	31
Aspen Stratum	33
Stand Structure and Stocking-Mixed Composition	34
Species Composition	35
Growth and Mortality	36
Tree Problems	37
Regeneration	37
Site and Management Considerations	37
Pure Aspen Stands Described	38
Indicated Annual Cut (IAC)	39
Introduction	39
Models: Purpose and Types	40
Even-aged Stratum	40
Assumptions and Model Inputs	40
Results.	41
Uneven-aged Stratum	42
Assumptions and Model Inputs	42
Results and Discussion	44
Weather	46
D. Small Roundwood Estimation`	47
Recommendations for Future CFI Measurements	48
References	50
Appendix A: Summary of Key Plot Sorts	51
Appendix B: IAC Spreadsheets and Sorts	56
Appendix C: Glossary	62

List of Figures

Figure 1. Vicinity Map for the XXX Reservation	2
Figure 2: Plot Design (From 2017 CFI Handbook)	6
Figure 3: Plot 192 Showing Tagged Ponderosa Pine Reference Tree	7
Figure 4: Forest-wide Percent Species Composition by Two Measures	13
Figure 5: Major Species of the Area	15
Figure 6: Scheduled, Unscheduled, and Inaccessible Stands Less than 40 Percent Slope	16
Figure 7: Plot 120 (L) and Plot 320 (R)	19
Figure 8: Stand and Stock Tables by TPA and Basal Area	19
Figure 9: Recorded Ages of 22 Lodgepole Pine Stands	20
Figure 10: Species Composition Based on Basal Area	20
Figure 11: Total Trees Measured for Live Crown Ratio	23
Figure 12: Treatment Activity in the Lodgepole Pine Stratum	25
Figure 13: Plot 51 (L) and Plot 470 (R)	26
Figure 14: Stand Structure by Trees per Acre (L) and Basal Area	26
Figure 15: Ordinal Ranking of 180 Mixed Conifer Plots by Age	27
Figure 16: Board Feet Volume Distribution by Thousands of Feet (M)	28
Figure 17: Major Species Composition Based on Basal Area	28
Figure 18: Primary Treatment Windows Measured from 2017	33
Figure 19: Plot 478 (L) and 406 (R) Mixed Hardwood and Conifer	34
Figure 20: Stand Structure by Two Measures	34
Figure 21: Species Composition by Total Basal Area	35
Figure 22: Plot 184 (L) and 467 (R) Pure Aspen	38
Figure 23: Pure Aspen Stands Based on Total Basal Area	39
Figure 24: Height-Diameter Relationship for Desireable Ponderosa Pine Trees	44
Figure 25: Growth and Yield Stages of Langsaeter’s Plateau	45
Figure 26: Relative Years of Moisture Stress:	47

List of Tables

Table 1: Net Volumes by Species and Management Schedule1	1
Table 2: Estimated IAC	1
Table 3: 2007 Reservation Land Status Acres	4
Table 4: Nested Plot Attributes	6
Table 5: Minimum Specifications for Volume Calculations	9
Table 6: Basic Model Parameters	10
Table 7: Management System Details	11
Table 8: Habitat Types Assigned to Cover Types for FVS Modeling	11
Table 9: Scheduled Managed and Unscheduled Managed Acres by Strata	12
Table 10:Forest-Wide Sample Statistics (223 plots)	12
Table 11: Per-acre Forest-wide Attributes by Species	13
Table 12: Ten-Year All-forest Projection of Per-Acre Attributes (223 plots)	17
Table 13: Model Prediction of Per/Acre/Year Growth and Mortality	18
Table 14: Lodgepole Pine Stratum-Reliability Estimates-All Plots	21
Table 15: Per-Acre Stand Stocking for Major Species	21
Table 16: Varied Estimates of Board Feet Growth and Mortality per Acre per Year	21
Table 17: Coded Tree Problems	22
Table 18: Stocking and Density by Species—All Plots	23
Table 19: Site Limiting Factors	24
Table 20: Stocking Range of all Plots	24
Table 21: Silvicultural Treatment Types by Percent	24
Table 22: Stand Structures	25
Table 23: Mixed Conifer Stratum-Reliability Estimates (all species)	27
Table 24: Per-Acre Plot Stocking for Major Species	29
Table 25: Varied Estimates of Board Feet Growth and Mortality per Acre per Year	29
Table 26: Ten Year Projection Using Two Sets of Plots	29
Table 27: Coded Tree Problems	30
Table 28: Tree Numbers by Compact Crown Ratio Classes	31
Table 29: Stocking and Density by Species—All Plots Mixed Conifer Stratum	31
Table 30: Productivity—Limiting Factors	32
Table 31: Stocking Range Categories	32
Table 32: Silvicultural Treatments and Follow-up Treatments	32

Table 33: Stand Classification-Mixed Conifer	33
Table 34: Per-acre Plot Stocking for Major Species	35
Table 35: Past Growth—Mixed Conifer Plots (9)	36
Table 36: Componets of Net Growth: Aspen Mixed Plots—Projected 10 Years	36
Table 37: Ten Year Projected Change in Selected Plot Attributes: Aspen Mixed Plots	36
Table 38: Coded Tree Problems	37
Table 39: Productivity—Limiting Factors	37
Table 40: Sivlicultural and Followup Treatments Applied	38
Table 41: Pure Aspen Stand Growth Projection	38
Table 42: Individual Plot Attributes in Pure Aspen Stands	39
Table 43: Scheduled Lodgepole Pine Stratum Characteristics and Growth Alternatives	41
Table 44: Even-aged IAC Under Four Options	42
Table 45: Target Stand Attributes Before and After Harvest	43
Table 46: Summary of Austrian Formula Inputs and Outputs (Baseline Assumptions)	45

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