Woodward, Okla. —
To aid the USDA in determining the status and trends of state forests, Oklahoma Forestry Services (OFS) will soon begin conducting a tree survey.
Called a Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA), the new analysis will specifically target 14 Western Oklahoma counties including Woodward, officials said.
The inventories in Oklahoma began in 2009. Some the information gathered includes the diameter, height and root structures of the trees.
Michelle Finch-Walker, OFS Communications Specialist, said the inventory will include non-forested as well as forested areas.
Carri Abner, FIA Coordinator, said the chief aspect that is reviewed from non-forested locations are rejuvenation factors, whether it is natural or artificial, and if the latter is through use of fertilizers or herbicides.
Private, industrial and public lands will have randomly selected sites for the research, Finch-Walker said.
"The private landowners are contacted beforehand if a plot is on their property," she said. "Inventory crews will be driving marked Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry vehicles, and they will have proper identification."
Granting admission to the survey plot would be very helpful, she said, and landowners or lessees are welcome to accompany the researchers while they are performing their assignments.
The inventory may begin in the next few days, Abner said, and will conclude by the end of October, "if not before."
She said OFS personnel note the Eastern Red Cedar, plus a hackberry species, and sycamores and cottonwoods as being plentiful throughout Woodward County.
"We inventory the eastern half of the state first," Abner said.
The information that is collected is added to a national database to give policy-makers information they need to make good decisions related to the future of the forests, she said.
For more information, contact Abner at (918) 290-9208 or carri.abner@ag.ok.gov.
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