NEFIN Working Session Breakout 2 by Jennifer Pontius https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2 Potential Uses of EXPANDED Continuous Forest Inventory Data (CFI) - spatial and temporal aggregated data en-us 2021-12-15 22:39:52 UTC 2026-01-25 16:43:36 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f332.png Question 1 - Potential Uses jennifer_a_pontius https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1950657519 How could you use expanded CFI data to inform your work? 
What information could aggregated CFI information provide that you are not currently getting?  ]]> 2021-12-16 00:33:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1950657519 Question 2 - Desired Analyses jennifer_a_pontius https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1950672204 What analyses should be conducted on aggregated CFI data to better inform management of northeastern forests?]]> 2021-12-16 00:44:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1950672204 Question 3 - Benefits jennifer_a_pontius https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1950677147 What are the benefits / uses of this broader examination of CFI data (beyond our individual areas of interest)?  - Justification ]]> 2021-12-16 00:47:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1950677147 Group Takeaway jennifer_a_pontius https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1950689136 We are looking to develop working partnerships with stakeholders to develop various applications of the CFI database.  
 
What specific research question do you want to see the NEFIN project address as a use case study?

How would this analysis inform the sustainable management of
forest systems in the northeast?  

What key groups should be included in this work
]]> 2021-12-16 00:55:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1950689136 Comparison https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952623303 Is my data ina greement or an outlier]]> 2021-12-16 21:02:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952623303 Invasive plant distribution https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952624015 What portion of our woodlots are invaded vs. free of invasive plants?]]> 2021-12-16 21:03:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952624015 Forest management https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952624432 This is hard because all owner objectives are different, so hard to inform]]> 2021-12-16 21:03:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952624432 Long-term dynamics on a broad scale https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952625282 Have forests change to date due to climate change]]> 2021-12-16 21:04:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952625282 Carbon storage/sequestration https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952625441 Informing how management may affect sink/storage capacity of forests]]> 2021-12-16 21:04:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952625441 growth trends https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952625886 Age and stocking levels, by species

Growth trends by species and diameter]]> 2021-12-16 21:04:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952625886 Regional Change and Trends https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952625954 Could allow better analysis across the region of temporal changes]]> 2021-12-16 21:04:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952625954 Winners and losers jennifer_a_pontius https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952626421 I'm really interested in how productivity / growth / regeneration have changed over time for different species and what it means for the future composition of forests .... how (or what) should we be managing for in different locations?]]> 2021-12-16 21:05:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952626421 Soils/soil carbon https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952626441 What is the change in forest soils/soil carbon over time under different management frameworks]]> 2021-12-16 21:05:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952626441 Carbon storage is important to quantify if possible, analyses of importance center on species composition change and the encroachment of forests into heathland/grassland habitat https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952626718 2021-12-16 21:05:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952626718 CFI utiltiy https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952627317 Do i need my own CFI or can I just use FEMC data to help direct management]]> 2021-12-16 21:06:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952627317 new species https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952627651 Long term plots should eventually show new species arriving from our south due to regional warming]]> 2021-12-16 21:06:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952627651 Species composition https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952627936 How are specific species faring? Are we having trouble regenerating certain trees? This becomes more important (and probably more accurate) the longer we track this information.]]> 2021-12-16 21:06:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952627936 Forest Health https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952628059 What are changes in forest health and how does it vary across the region

]]> 2021-12-16 21:06:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952628059 spatial variability - micro site conditions matter jennifer_a_pontius https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952628218 We really can't make sweeping statements bout how individual species will respond to disturbance / stress, ... we need to understand the nuance in order to modify how we manage for different outcomes in different locations.]]> 2021-12-16 21:06:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952628218 Data Aggregation by Forest type https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952628392 Automatic aggregation of datasets that are linked by forest types to help link managers who are likely making similar plans.]]> 2021-12-16 21:07:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952628392 Foundational data for growth and yield modeling https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952629254 Provides the necessary ingredients for the allometric equations that drive our forest summary statistics.]]> 2021-12-16 21:07:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952629254 rapid change jennifer_a_pontius https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952629353 without regular repeated measures we may miss changes in forest structure or function that could be mitigated or managed for if detected earlier (e.g. invasives pests/pathogens)]]> 2021-12-16 21:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952629353 Call to action https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952630615 Find plots where monitoring is being discontinued- see if others teams are willing to pick up where one dataset left off]]> 2021-12-16 21:09:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952630615 benefits - puts our park in perspective across a broad geographic region https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952630844 2021-12-16 21:09:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952630844 gaps https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952641269 What are the gaps in what is being collected among multiple CFI programs]]> 2021-12-16 21:20:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1952641269 case study jennifer_a_pontius https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1953846232 Focus on Forest Change.... more descriptive than research question focused. For all of the key metrics, how are forests changing over time? Consider stocking, species composition, diversity metrics, distribution of species abundance, regeneration patterns]]> 2021-12-17 15:00:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1953846232 Use case jennifer_a_pontius https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1953848610 Maybe partner with town forests to see how locally managed stands differ from the broader forest / across the region. How informative is regional analysis when informing smaller parcel management?]]> 2021-12-17 15:01:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_a_pontius/NEFIN2/wish/1953848610